Wman1996 said:
Yup. While backwards compatibility has been cyclical in gaming, it does seem like it's here to stay now. Even if PS6 and the 5th Xbox ditch physical games (likely), they will still want to support your digital library being carried over. Video game hardware has been moving away from propriety hardware and re-inventing the architecture with each generation. They seem to want to make things as seamless as possible for developers and for backwards compatibility. Nintendo will be morons if Switch 2 doesn't have a similar architecture to Switch and support backwards compatibility. |
Re: the Switch 2 not having backwards compatibility, it is worth noting that the Switch was the first Nintendo console in a long time to not have it. Literally every Nintendo handheld has been backwards compatible with its immediate predecessor, and so was the Gamecube->Wii->Wii U trio.
I am confident that the hypothetical Swtich 2 will be backwards compatible.
