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Nintendo Rumored To Show Next System At Gamescom (www.startmenu.co.uk)
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[–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

For their handhelds they have an excellent history of backwards compatibility - but for consoles it’s only the Wii generation where we saw it. People are nervous because Nintendo didn’t make the Switch backwards compatible and because it’s technically complex to make something backwards compatible with the nVidia hardware in the Switch.

I really hope, and strongly think Nintendo SHOULD, make the Switch 2 backwards compatible but I won’t be surprised if it’s not.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Only the Wii generation? You mean, for the past 22 years (as it includes the GameCube).

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago*

    I mean that since 1983 (I’ll be generous and exclude the Color TV-Game era) through seven console generations only the Wii and WiiU were backwards compatible with the previous console which covers 11 years. That’s 28.5% of consoles and 27.5% of years. Not great odds.

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