• tombuben@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Hopefully this means backwards compatibility on digitally purchased titles. Would be silly if they still didn’t have this figured out.

    • circuitfarmer
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      2 years ago

      It’s not about figuring it out. It’s about people rebuying stuff. As long as they do, Nintendo has no reason to change anything.

  • interolivary@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Heh, maybe they’ll do a “console as a service” thing. Everything is more and more just digital goods and nobody eg. owns games anymore it’s all just “you have a license to play this game”, so why bother selling hardware at all?

    • flynnguy@programming.dev
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      2 years ago

      If that’s the case it’ll be the first nintendo platform I don’t buy since the original NES. I still buy physical cartridges and if that’s no longer an option I guess I’m just a retro gamer playing emulated systems.

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        2 years ago

        Same. There is something about holding onto a physical copy that digital will never replace. You could also let friends borrow them and resell them.

    • circuitfarmer
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      2 years ago

      I 100% think this is the thing, and I 100% hope it backfires.