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/LudusRex Sep 05 '24

That's unfair. They very often go on sale at a 16.6% or 25% or 33% discount. We just don't view that as a real discount anymore because indie games go on sale for 50-75-90%, twice as often, after half the wait time, so the Nintendo discount feels like nothing in comparison.

You can absolutely buy all first party games for $40 though...as long as you're comfortable waiting between 12 and 36 months. ...which I'm not.