| Nintation360 said: This doesn't make sense to me. Eversince the Wii, Nintendo always had backwards compatibility. I can't see Nintendo not having this feature for their next console... Like why would they? I hope they dont make us pay for games we already own just like how Playstation did. But what will they do for people to get the more expensive NX version instead of Wii U version? WIll do they do some kind of big dlc? What do you guys think? I know its a rumor that Smash for Wii U will be released for Wii U. But its a rumor that can come true. |
Well since the birth of the first Playsation to Playstation 3 it was fully backwards compatible but times change/Sony changed.
As much as people put down remasters, it still sells tons because there are those that actually don't mind rebuying for the extra perks of the remaster, and more importantly it helps the first time buyers because older gen games stops production and can possibly make it harder to find. It would sure beat paying alot more for a hard to find game on eBay.
For those that skipped Wii U and bought an NX, im sure majority wouldn't buy a system to play/buy last gen games so they'd likely want the game for current gen. That's where remasters come in. It may sound silly but that's just good marketing lol And sure technically Nintendo can just keep producing Smash 4 for Wii U, but it sounds a bit silly that they're continually producing a last gen game for the sake of current gen's backwards compatibility feature.
With the huge sales Nintendo got from Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess remasters for Wii U it wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo finally sees why remasters are good money makers.
And for the history, if I can remember, Nintendo was the very first to create remasters by releasing Super Mario All-star for SNES, bringing last gen NES games to current gen SNES at that time. They even brought some of the N64 Zelda's onto Gamecube. So if Nintendo not having backwards compatible then it's more like they're going back to their roots.
So in a sense, Sony's now doing what Nintendo did originally.
Just pointing these out off the top of my head.
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On a side note: If the rumors of the NX using cartridges are true they that's more likely it wont have backwards compatibility. That would mean that Nintendo would have to put in a disc slot just for last gen games, unless Nintendo decides to finally put in a dvd/blu-ray player but that never happens.
