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What is more important: New large exclusive AAA-games or backward compatibility?

I want always new "AAA Games". 296 80.43%
 
Backward compatibility is... 34 9.24%
 
I can not decide. 10 2.72%
 
I only play small /minigames. 5 1.36%
 
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Cobretti2 on 12 June 2017

New games every day of the week..

KEEP YOUR OLD CONSOLES YOU TIGHT ASSES AND BC IS A TRIVIAL FEATURE



 

 

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Pemalite on 12 June 2017
VGPolyglot said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I had the og Xbox. I played everything I thought matter of the four years of its existence (not much). The ps3 had ninja gaiden blacks remaster. Micosoft left it behind for a reason and the ps2s library was multiples of the size in games and quality. Microsofts best games of the og Xbox to me were kotor and they are still available on PC with mods.

Yeah, I have the OG Xbox too. There's numerous worthy games on it, and many of the multiplats performed better than the PS2 versions. They also had quite a bit Japanese games for it.

Some Original Xbox games simply aged better than the PS2 versions as some were high-definition, widescreen and had full SM 1/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4 pixel shader effects.

Backwards Compatability is awesome though. No doubt about it. And there are a ton of people who find it a usefull feature regardless of the platform you use.

Still. Microsoft needed to follow it up with *new* games to go with it. Some big, bold new I.P's that pushed Scorpio.

Cobretti2 said:
New games every day of the week..

KEEP YOUR OLD CONSOLES YOU TIGHT ASSES AND BC IS A TRIVIAL FEATURE

Unless of course the backwards compatability feature improves those older games.
Not everyone wishes to have a dozen consoles connected to their TV either for various and obvious practical reasons.





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tiffac on 12 June 2017

I keep my old consoles in working condition as best as I can. So I'd always like something new because the old will always be here with me.



KiigelHeart on 12 June 2017

New games obviously, but with Xbox One I'll have both and I'm loving it :)



LudicrousSpeed on 12 June 2017
Cobretti2 said:
New games every day of the week..

KEEP YOUR OLD CONSOLES YOU TIGHT ASSES AND BC IS A TRIVIAL FEATURE

BC can offer improved features, and you don't need to keep all of your old consoles and cables and games and controllers around. I always either give my old consoles away or donate them. I don't want to deal with the hassle of all those cords and old accessories. BC is just convenient.



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Qwark on 12 June 2017

I buy new consoles for new experiences nit to.relive the past.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

Qwark on 12 June 2017
VGPolyglot said:
Slade6alpha said:
Such a shoe horned question, lmao.

Yeah, like it's somehow one or the other

Well if you look at Microsoft and Sony/Nintendo it kinda is.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

Aeolus451 on 12 June 2017

Nostalgia is awesome.....

in small doses.

Old games can't be the main thing to play on a modern gen console because it would defeat the point of buying it. Might as well sell it. I buy new hardware to enjoy games that are new and have higher quality experiences that are more immersive than the gen before. There's a world of difference between playing a side scrolling space game and No Man's sky.



S.T.A.G.E. on 12 June 2017
VGPolyglot said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

I had the og Xbox. I played everything I thought matter of the four years of its existence (not much). The ps3 had ninja gaiden blacks remaster. Micosoft left it behind for a reason and the ps2s library was multiples of the size in games and quality. Microsofts best games of the og Xbox to me were kotor and they are still available on PC with mods.

Yeah, I have the OG Xbox too. There's numerous worthy games on it, and many of the multiplats performed better than the PS2 versions. They also had quite a bit Japanese games for it.

OG Xbox took multiplats from PC like Jade empire and Kotor. Those games are still functional on PC in a way that makes the investment in OG Xbox not seem worth it. The superior remaster of Ninja Gaiden is on the PS4 and not only that but even with Phantom Dust...many gamers are realizing how badly these games have aged.



S.T.A.G.E. on 12 June 2017
Aeolus451 said:
Nostalgia is awesome.....

in small doses.

Old games can't be the main thing to play on a modern gen console because it would defeat the point of buying it. Might as well sell it. I buy new hardware to enjoy games that are new and have higher quality experiences that are more immersive than the gen before. There's a world of difference between playing a side scrolling space game and No Man's sky.

Exactly. Microsoft is surviving right now on nostalgia that was set mostly by multiplatforms. They cannot sell nostalgia in the same way as Sega, Nintendo or Sony because of their lackluster investment in first party.