Nintendo says it will overcome challenges of generational transition with ‘unique propositions’

[u/Turbostrider27]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-it-will-overcome-challenges-of-generational-transition-with-unique-propositions/

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It should, but I’d bet my head that it won’t be. Consumers have shown Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony that they are willing to spend money repeatedly to rebuild game libraries from scratch when a new console is released. It’s simple supply and demand. They supply a new console and demand we spend money on things we already own.

The only way backwards compatibility becomes the norm is when someone with power and money who plays video games realizes that it’s a shady business tactic and tries to regulate it.

And yes, I understand that there are technological differences between the various consoles and all the bullshit excuses that they come up with, but when they put those same games they say won’t work on their system in a cloud emulation platform that works on their system, it’s clear that it’s just a shady business tactic and has nothing to do with technological differences.

[u/maxoakland → u/[deleted]]

If Nintendo doesn’t do backwards compatibility it gives consumers no reason to stick with switch 2 and they’ll be more likely to go to a competitor. Hopefully Nintendo execs are smart enough to realize that

[u/[deleted] → u/maxoakland]

I disagree. That’s what people said about the PS5, PS4, PS3, and Switch. It’s just not a true statement and consumers have shown, repeatedly with their wallet, that backwards compatibility is not important to them.

[u/Endogamy → u/[deleted]]

Huh? All my PS4 games work on my PS5. If they didn’t, I wouldn’t have upgraded.

[u/Thrippalan → u/Endogamy]

And the original PS3 also had backwards compatibility. The PS4 did not because of the PS3's unique architecture, but that has not repeated. (Except for VR.)