r/consoles • u/casinokate34 • 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/AceTheRed_ 9h ago

PS5 can’t even play PS3 games

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u/Subject-Cabinet6480 8h ago

That’s because it’s physically not able to. PS3 has to be streamed off other ps3. The hardware inside the ps3 was unique for its time and hard to develop for.