@Lionyone For 1st party retro games, it's a case of Nintendo locking them behind the paid online service and release at a very slow rate (2-3 a month, currently NES only).
This is exactly one of the big reasons why Nintendo's approach to retro games on Switch (as well as shutting down the Wii Shop Channel) is extremely obnoxious.
While it's nice having original hardware, it will die eventually and lots of games will be lost forever as a result. While far from perfect, what Microsoft has been doing with Xbox backwards compatibility over the past few years is a step in the right direction.
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Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
@Lionyone For 1st party retro games, it's a case of Nintendo locking them behind the paid online service and release at a very slow rate (2-3 a month, currently NES only).
Re: Feature: Your Beloved Games Console Is Slowly But Surely Dying
This is exactly one of the big reasons why Nintendo's approach to retro games on Switch (as well as shutting down the Wii Shop Channel) is extremely obnoxious.
While it's nice having original hardware, it will die eventually and lots of games will be lost forever as a result. While far from perfect, what Microsoft has been doing with Xbox backwards compatibility over the past few years is a step in the right direction.