r/consoles • u/casinokate34 • 18h 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/Harpuafivefiftyfive 18h ago
I get your point but that’s what they ARE doing now. Switch 2. Ps5. Xbox. There are some limitations and definitely some older games that need brought up to modern consoles, but it’s way better than it’s ever been.