recent earnings conferenceQuestion answerAmong them, Shigeru Miyamoto, who has the title of “Father of Mario”, said that according to the current technological development, it is not difficult to achieve backward compatibility on the new generation of game consoles, so as to play games that have been released on previous consoles. Not Nintendo’s current development goals.
In fact, Nintendo has already provided classic games released in the past through its Nintendo Switch Online membership service, but many players still want to play more games made by third-party companies in the past.
According to Shigeru Miyamoto, it is not difficult to achieve such an approach with current technology, but to make the game itself playable on the new console smoothly, there are actually complex copyright issues involved behind it. In particular, many game copyright holders in the past may have made it more difficult to re-obtain authorization due to structural changes such as publishers. Therefore, Nintendo previously mainly provided its own classic games in the past for players who subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online membership service to play.
On the other hand, Shigeru Miyamoto also stated that he hopes to use a simpler way to allow players to easily play classic games on the new console, rather than having to use a specific method.
In a similar situation, Microsoft previously proposed that players can directly put in game discs corresponding to old consoles such as Xbox 360 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and then play directly on new consoles. In fact, there are certain limitations, such as the need for an external Games played with accessories such as motion-sensing video cameras may have backward compatibility issues.
However, from Microsoft successfully through thedownward compatibility strategyIn terms of attracting more players to support the Xbox game console platform, even Sony has begun to rethinkdownward compatibility strategyPerhaps it will prompt Nintendo to provide more classic games that have been released on Nintendo game consoles in the past, but it mainly depends on whether third-party game companies and publishers are willing to support them.
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