Microsoft provided the new details of the Smart Delivery concept in an Xbox Wire post.

In short, if you buy a game for Xbox One, you’ll get the Xbox Series X version for free if it supports Smart Delivery. It applies to both physical and digital games, „if the developer or publisher decides to implement it.” (That doesn’t sound too promising.)

They provided a few examples: „If you own Gears 5 or are loving it via Xbox Game Pass now, you can play it today on Xbox One. Then, if you pick up an Xbox Series X this holiday, all it takes is a push of a button to download it and you’ll have the Optimized version of Gears 5—available on day one at launch with the console—at your fingertips.

When Halo Infinite launches alongside Xbox Series X and Xbox One this holiday, you only have to buy the game once and you’ll get the best version for whichever console you own, or both. If you pick up Xbox Series X for your living room, Smart Delivery will recognize that and deliver you the Optimized version there. If you decide to move your existing Xbox One to a bedroom or the office, Smart Delivery will recognize that too and deliver that version when you’re playing on Xbox One.

Lastly, some new and existing Xbox One titles will be Optimizing their games after the Xbox Series X launches. For example, if you buy Cyberpunk 2077 when it launches on September 17, you’ll be set to explore Night City on Xbox One. If you pick up Xbox Series X at launch this holiday, you can play it there too in compatibility mode, picking up exactly where you left off. Then, when CD Projekt RED delivers an Xbox Series X Optimized version of Cyberpunk 2077, you’ll automatically get upgraded once it’s available at no additional cost.” Keep in mind that specific Xbox Series X versions have to exist for the game. If you play a non-Smart Delivery Xbox One title on the new console, then it will be running in compatibility mode without any automatic optimizations.

The Smart Delivery will be supported by some Xbox Game Pass titles. All Xbox Game Studios (first-party) titles will be supporting the concept, but third-party titles will be decided by the developer and the publisher. Your game progression will carry over from the Xbox One to the Xbox Series X, too. These games are confirmed to support Smart Delivery (developer/publisher in brackets): Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft), Call of the Sea (Raw Fury), Chorus (Deep Silver), Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED), Destiny 2 (Bungie), DIRT 5 (Codemasters), Gears 5 (Microsoft), Halo Infinite (Microsoft), Metal: Hellslinger (Funcom), Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco), Second Extinction (Systemic Reaction), The Ascent (Circle Entertainment), Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 (Paradox Interactive), Yakuza: Like a Dragon (SEGA).

The Xbox Series X will launch this Holiday season.

Source: Gematsu

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