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EA Confirms its Games Will get Free Patches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Compatibility

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Thursday, May 07, 2020 6:05 AM (permalink)
https://www.techpowerup.com/266750/ea-confirms-its-games-will-receive-free-patches-for-playstation-5-xbox-series-x-compatibility
 
EA has confirmed that it's existing games for Xbox One and Playstation 4 will receive free patches to upgrade them for next-generation consoles. The PS5 and Xbox Series X both feature ways to play current-generation games, both consoles will attempt to automatically boost games up to 4k resolution. While these options ensure broad inter-generation compatibility issues can arise from game limitations, this is where manual patches come in allowing developers to take advantage of the extra performance and radically overhaul their games.

Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen confirmed in a recent earnings call that EA would not charge consumers for these patches. "As usual, we have presented the quarterly phasing of our net bookings in our earnings presentation. Note that this year, the phasing includes the effect of revenue recognition from the games we are launching for the current generation of consoles that can also be upgraded free for the next generation."
 
This should be a nice free offer for console gamers who upgrade to the next-gen consoles. 

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    Re: EA Confirms its Games Will get Free Patches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Compatibi Thursday, May 07, 2020 7:33 PM (permalink)
    That's a nice feature. Perhaps a reason to upgrade to next gen.
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    Re: EA Confirms its Games Will get Free Patches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Compatibi Thursday, May 07, 2020 10:01 PM (permalink)
    easy choice for EA to remain relevant

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    Re: EA Confirms its Games Will get Free Patches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X Compatibi Friday, May 08, 2020 0:44 PM (permalink)
    Excellent news.

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