Ljink96 said:
I think NSO games will carry over to the next console. Nintendo's prior issue is that they didn't have a modern account system that could easily be utilized by future hardware and by extension, software. Now that they do have it in place and are charging you $20+ a year for it, they have an obligation to make sure your content is there day 1...or at least I hope. I don't think NSO is what we should be worrying about carrying over to the next console though. I'm more worried about Backwards Compatibility. In terms of preserving history for customers, sure Nintendo isn't the best at it because they have priorities that sometimes take precedence over what some customers want. However we do have emulation, console modding and pretty much every rom or iso you could think of wandering the internet. So the software is well preserved by gaming communities. Nintendo themselves, as seen in the Giga Leak of 2020, pretty much has everything they've ever developed & published backed up and preserved for when or if they see need to use it. So in that regard, it's preserved but nobody besides them get to use it unless they release it. That does indeed suck but the 2020 Giga Leak was a glimpse into what we've missed. |
Yeah I mean the very nature of the subscription service makes it obvious that this is the retro games service that they will have for now on. They've been slowly building it out this gen but that's okay because we'll have it for generations to come. The only question is what systems will be added (presumably GB and GBA while before Switch is done, and hoooopefully GC during next gen). Then once the games service is fully built out with all the games they plan to release for all those systems, where do they go from there?? Do they occasionally add new games like Tetris99/Pacman99/Mario35/the couple free pokemon games on there/etc, or will it just be a static finished library?
Backwards compatibility is interesting. I mean I don't see how they could NOT make the successor backwards compatible with Switch. I am assuming 100% it will be backwards compatible. I think most people are expecting not just similar architecture but also similar design - basically Switch 2 whether its called that or not. And with Switch being arguably the most successful system of all time by the time its life is over it would also make zero business sense to not use that advantage by letting consumers seamlessly move from Switch to Switch 2 with their existing game library intact on the new system, and new buyers able to pick up great games from the original Switch if they want. Nintendo certainly makes some bizarre decisions from time to time but it would make zero sense if the successor didn't have full backwards compatibilty.
