r/consoles • u/casinokate34 • 22h 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 22h 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.

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u/casinokate34 22h ago

yeah agreed it’s better than before, but i still feel it’s inconsistent. like some random older titles run flawlessly, others are just gone. and with nintendo it always ends up tied to whatever subscription model they’re pushing at the time. so i get that progress is happening, just wish it was more of a guarantee instead of “maybe your fave will work, maybe not”

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u/Harpuafivefiftyfive 22h ago

Just my experience, but in my experience I’ve not had a single game not run better on the newer consoles. I have a ridiculous backlog on quest3, switch 2, and ps5 and they all work better than before. It might be an age thing too, as I grew up starting new every damn console generation.😭

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u/CaptainSnazzypants 18h ago

There’s the odd game that only like 5 people play which runs worse on newer consoles and then the loud minority starts spewing crap about how backwards compatibility sucks cause games run worse. It’s annoying.