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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope it’s all compatible with the old one. I don’t really want to upgrade.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You might get one dual console launch game like twilight princess or BotW but that's it. If switch 1 could run elden ring or FF7R they'd have had ports years ago

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you don't upgrade, why's it matter if it's backwards compatible? Its not like switch 2 games will work on switch.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

If two platforms share compatibility then developers can choose to target the weaker system and release on both.

For some games this might involve a bit of compromise and cause resentment with the owners of the more powerful system, but for other (simple) games it might not involve any compromise at all.

Either way there are a lot of Switch consoles in the wild and there will be some publisher support for the Switch for a few years yet.

As an example from the other side of the fence ps4 is still getting titles:

https://opencritic.com/browse/ps4/last90