Nightengale
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I was thinking about forward compatibility regarding holding back, like today with Pro and X and no exclusives.
Pro & X are called "PS4" and XB1" for a reason. They exist to not have exclusives because they're the same family of products as their 2013 sibiling.
But Pro and X will (very likely) not be able to play PS5 and XB2 games, so that concern is hopefully moot.
But BC can definitely hold back the new generation if they have to choose a specific CPU/GPU to not break BC.
Well, you would hope that whatever BC decision they make ain't stupid enough to compromise the quality of new-gen games they can create. These companies don't exist in a silo.