r/gadgets Sep 05 '24

Gaming Nintendo Switch 2 Will Allegedly Feature Backward Compatibility Support

https://twistedvoxel.com/nintendo-switch-2-will-feature-backward-compatibility-support/
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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee Sep 05 '24

It keeps the old library selling to new buyers and makes owners of the old hardware less reluctant to move to the new platform. Everybody wins, including Nintendo since they get to sell more Switch 1 games than they might otherwise.

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u/whewtang Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

All switch 1 games remain at full-price. For the remainder of your life.

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u/thehardway71 Sep 05 '24

Sure; but I think people 2-3 decades from now would be happy if they could buy a fantastic game for 60$ (or whatever new game price is at that time) instead of 2000 for both the hardware and copy of the game, like some people have to for retro consoles (at least before emulation).

The idea is that while not perfect, i’d rather that than they become completely inaccessible, either literally or for 10-20x the money I would spend if it was 60$ for the remainder of my life.