However, Microsoft has now locked down this feature in standard retail mode. One of the Xbox Series X/S’s unique features was its ability to easily emulate older games, allowing users to install emulators that could play classic PlayStation 2 and GameCube games on it. While this move may seem trivial to some, it has left a small but passionate community of retro enthusiasts, preservationists, and homebrew devs up in arms, calling on Microsoft to reverse course and make legal emulation easy again, even if it means potentially antagonising competitors like Sony and Nintendo.
Microsoft has recently made a move that has sent shockwaves through the gaming community, shutting down classic game emulation on the Xbox Series X/S as of April 6.
