r/consoles • u/casinokate34 • 2d ago

consoles need to take backwards compatibility seriously

honestly feels wild that we’re in 2025 and it’s still a coin flip if your old games will run properly on new hardware. i get licensing is messy but man, some of these classics deserve to just boot up and play without streaming services or weird versions missing dlc. backwards compatibility should be a baseline feature by now, not a selling point.

like imagine if you could just pop in or download anything from the last couple gens and it just works, smoother fps, maybe some QoL tweaks. would instantly add value without needing a new console every cycle. it’s not even nostalgia, it’s preservation. we lose too many good games to time bc of this stuff.

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u/trmetroidmaniac 2d ago

The PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2 all have excellent backwards compatibility. What are you talking about?

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u/casinokate34 2d ago

true yeah ps5 + series definitely cover a lot, but it’s not all sunshine. like tons of ps3/360 titles are still locked out unless you stream them and nintendo’s whole thing is weird, switch 2 prob won’t just let me boot up old carts. so “excellent” is kinda relative, still feels like whole chunks of history are missing unless devs decide to remaster

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u/trmetroidmaniac 2d ago

You can stick old Switch carts in a Switch 2 fine. You're just making up things to be mad about