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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - THEORY: Nintendo dropping backwards compatibility for the NX

beeje13 said:
If you want BC, then NX will need to be built on Wii tech like the Wii U, decade old technology, which goes against rumours of NX being modern and powerful. Or, you would need a Wii U chipset in NX which would run the old games, adding to the cost of the NX console.

I suppose the ideal would be 2 SKUs, one with BC, one without, $50 difference?

Hahahahaha. Modern and powerful. That's a good one.

Literally Iwata's exact words: "It of course does not mean that we are going to use exactly the same architecture as Wii U, but we are going to create a system that can absorb the Wii U architecture adequately."