Switch-The platform of ports and shovelware

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Machina said:

This entire generation (if you count NS, PS4 and XO as effectively now being part of the same generation) has been one of ports - it's hardly exclusive to Switch. 

It's one of the reasons I've felt this generation was so shit for the longest time, with publishers pumping out re-releases to make up for a lack of new releases (and particularly new IP) for the first few years. Nintendo has just followed a trend started with the other publishers, seeing a huge opportunity to essentially double or triple sales of games released on WiiU without there being much of a backlash, because the WiiU is pretty much a 'lost' platform while the Switch has gone mainstream. I don't blame them really - it's easy money and it bolsters the software line-up during a period when releases will often be quite sparse - but it is a wearisome trend that I hope doesn't carry on into the next generation.

The only way to disincentive remasters or ports is through backwards compatibility so it's in your best hope for console manufacturers to retain backwards compatibility for the next generation ...