Is Legacy content/backwards compatibility important for a console's success?

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SKMBlake said:

curl-6 said:

That games are not just about graphics is my point. Games are fundamentally about gameplay, and the gameplay in Demon's Souls PS5 is the same as it was when it first came out in 2009, all that's changed is the graphics, which are just a superficial facade.

I already explained why Demon's Souls remake was not just about graphics, but let's agree to disagree. It's an $70 PS5 exclusive, and shouldn't be used as an example regarding backward-compatibility.

I read those points but don't concur, so we will definitely have to agree to disagree. I never used it as an example of backwards compatibility though.

I'd say it's more an example of the industry's lack of new ideas and subsequent habit of constantly strip-mining its past because it's easier than making fresh original content.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 20 April 2021