THEORY: Nintendo dropping backwards compatibility for the NX

[Arlo]

Aquietguy said:

Arlo said:
I've been thinking about this. On the one hand, if the system sells better it will give Wii U games another chance to sell. But I think they'll drop it, because you would have to build gamepad support right into the system, which would overcomplicate things and make the system too expensive. I absolutely love BC, but at this point I'd like them to just move on. I don't want gamepad support AND Wiimote support to be required right off the bat. The past shouldn't drag down the future.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought BC was more about being compatible with coding and architecture of the past system and not the controller.

They can go away from BC with a modern different architecture and still use the pad or wii mote as a control option.

I guess I more just mean that it's built into the system exosystem as a whole, beyond just being able to connect with the controller.  It's got to be built into the software, and they've got to sell them separately, and overall just the whole idea of trying to hold onto this system that just didn't work seems futile.  You're right though, the architecture thing is another reason why they'll probably drop it.  At this point emulating last gen on current gen hardware just isn't feasable yet.