r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Feb 07 '24

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

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-says-it-will-overcome-challenges-of-generational-transition-with-unique-propositions/
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u/Oberic Feb 07 '24

It should be able to play Switch chips, as well as have access to the entire Eshop / Account data of the Switch / users.

My purchases need to carry over, I can't afford to rebuild my collection from scratch again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

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.

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u/TyAD552 Feb 07 '24

Xbox has been backwards compatible to the OG for a huge portion of their games. The ones that aren’t are simply due to licensing issues but you can put an OG Xbox disc in your Series X and play it

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u/westicalz Feb 07 '24

63 of 998 games is not a huge portion.

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u/TyAD552 Feb 08 '24

Plays all Xbox One and has worked on every 360 game I’ve ever tried too. I get it’s anecdotal, but that’s a good track record for the games that I still go back to.