• WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    and miss out on re-selling their ancient games for 10.99 to people who already own them on 5 different systems?

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      to be fair most, if not all nintendo consoles (even their handhelds for the most part) have been physically backwards compatible with the previous generation.

      Wii could play Gamecube, Wii U could play Wii/GC, etc. Switch not having a disc drive had to be the main reason behind Switch not at least being BC with Wii games.

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        to be fair most, if not all nintendo consoles (even their handhelds for the most part) have been physically backwards compatible with the previous generation.

        I feel like Wii and WiiU being backwards compatible are exceptions to the rule for their home consoles.

        You're right about the Gameboy and DS families, though!

        • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          Yeah none of they're systems were backward compatible, since they were all on proprietary carts. The Wii was the first to have backwards compatibility with GC because, and only its oringinal model