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DonFerrari said:
Barozi said:

I've read a few things about what people think Smart Delivery is here on VGC and I don't think people are fully understanding the concept.

Smart Delivery means you can buy any one version you like (Xbox One or Series X) but you're able to play that game on either console as the console will decide what version to download. Smart Delivery therefore has nothing to do with emulation or graphics.

I think you're talking about the enhancements of emulated games like OG Xbox and 360 games on Xbox One. There might be similar enhancements of BC games on Series X but we don't know any details. These enhancements happen automatically due to the way the emulator works.

What we do know is that some future BC games will receive an Series X enhancement update much like the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro did. Comparable to 360 BC games that saw 4k patches on Xbox One X. These updates will be optimized to get the most out of the new console. However, there are still Xbox One games!

MS already confirmed that all games from Xb og, 360 and One will be improved on XSX, I don't remember the name of the algorithm. But I put it together with the smart delivery because the premisse in the end is the same. For every game available on XSX you'll always play the best version.

We don't know what will improve though. Obviously Xbox One games with dynamic resolution and unstable framerate will see improvements due to the boost in power of the Series X. But we don't really know if 4k 60FPS games will see any enhancement at all on Series X.

The last statement is wrong though. You just assume that every Xbox One game played on a Series X would look like a Series X port of the same game. That only applies to games that support Smart Delivery because then you'd play the port and not a BC game. If the game doesn't support Smart Delivery the order would be as follows:
Series X port >>>>>> X1 game on Series X via BC >>>X1 game on X1X >>> X1 game on X1S