Tell Us Dammit: Do You Still Play Old Video Games?

When new consoles are announced/released/discussed one question always rears its head: is backwards compatible?

That seems to be super important to a lot of people. But I don’t understand it: when I buy a new console I want to play new video games. I don’t think I’ve ever used a backwards compatibility function in a console ever.

Am I alone here?

It’s one of those features that sounds good in theory. I get it — you’ve spent all this money on video games, you want to be able to play them on the new console, but in my experience you simply don’t. When I get a new console I actually find it pretty difficult to go back to older games.

In fact, I don’t play older games in general. The one exception being Metroid Prime, which I replay quite regularly because it’s the best.

There are just so many new games to play. I literally don’t have the time to indulge in older games that usually sit better in your memory than they play in real life.

How about you?


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