Nintendo har et rigere katalog af klassiske titler end nogen anden udgiver, men indtil videre har deres måde at tilbyde bagudkompatibilitet været noget ujævn. Det store spørgsmål er så om hvorvidt deres næste konsol vil være kompatibel med eksisterende Switch-spil, eller om det kommer til at blive et "hårdere reset".
I en nylig Q&A svarede Nintendo på dette, men ville ikke give et definitivt svar på hvad de har i sinde at gøre:
"Previously, software development for dedicated video game systems was conducted in development environments dedicated to each hardware platform. This meant that those environments could not be brought forward when the hardware changed, and it would become impossible to play software released for previous hardware without making changes. However, the software development environments have recently been gradually integrated. So, generally speaking, it has become easier to implement an environment where software released for past hardware can be played on new hardware."
"Having said so, Nintendo's strength is in our creation of new entertainment, so when we release new hardware going forward, we plan to continue to offer new and unique gameplay that cannot be realized on existing hardware."
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