Selvom der findes organisationer og initiativer dedikeret til at sikre, at spil præserveres for eftertiden, så er der som sådan stadig mangel på tilknytning fra de største spiludgivere. Det er noget der bekymrer Xbox-chef Phil Spencer, og han er faktisk bange for at spilbranchen direkte kan glemme sin egen arv, da der ikke er bred nok opbakning for præservering.
For nylig dukkede Spencer op i Kinda Funny-podcastet, og her udtrykte han sin bekymring:
"I do worry a little bit about losing our artform and the history of it. When I think about old ROMs and MAME and these things of where these old games are going to go as the hardware that's capable of running those games... I really wish as an industry we'd come together to help preserve the history of what gaming is about, so we don't lose the ability to go back."
Han sammenlignede desuden med mediebranchens overgang til digitale formater fra gamle VHS-bånd, og her hjalp blandt andet The Paley Center med at gemme og bevare gamle tv-programmer i årevis.
"As an industry, I would love it if we came together to help preserve the history of what our industry is about so we don't lose access to some of the things that got us to where we are today and built this industry. That would be a cool thing."
