RCU005
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I've been following video games since the SNES, and I have never seen this much focus on old games when a new generation is released. Microsoft was the first to announce specs for their new console and everybody will agree that it is a beast of a console. They even used the "Most Powerful Console" slogan which it was fitting. Suddenly, though, Microsoft did a 180º and started focusing on Backwards compatibility.
I'm not saying it's bad to have BC (although, I personally, don't care for it at all). However, ever since the PS2, there has never been focus about BC at all when a new console launches. PS2 has BC, but it was just a checkbox marked, but everyone was excited about all new possibilities of the new system even if they weren't shown at the time.
The PS3 made a bigger splash when it came to BC because Sony decided to remove it after the console released, so it was an unusual (but necessary for them to reduce cost). Ever since, BC has been "demanded" by gamers, and Microsoft seems to have taken this way too far.
Nobody has complained that a new console is out and there are no games taking advantage of them at launch. This have been the norm for many decades. We normally have to wait one year or so to start looking at games that truly take advantage of the new consoles. This time, though, Microsoft decided to focus on BC, and now, all the narrative about next gen is about lead-times and performance about OLD games running in the NEW system.
Are people really excited to play their old games? Like, I know and I understand it's convenient to be able to play an old game when you feel like it, or that you are able to get rid of your old console in order to buy the new one and still be able to play your games, but putting the focus on BC is very odd to me.
I was expecting conversations about how we would get great games in the future because of the monster specs that Xbox Series X has, or how Sony would be able to make new games with the power of the PS5. Yet, we only see how people get excited about a 5 year old game running at 60fps!
I don't think there ever was more than once sentence in describing BC in older systems. I haven't revisited the reviews, but I could bet it's the case for the PS2, Wii, PS3, GC (for the lack of it), etc. It used to be a "cool, you can still play your old games.... anyway!..."
Why is it that everyone is so focused on it right now? You could say that there are not enough new games at launch, but I think it has been the case every time, not just now. Every console release only have few games the first few months.
Also, not just media, but people in general. You could see comments about PS4 saying things like " A new God of War would look amazing on a PS4", but now the conversation is: "Wow, XSX loads this old game, 5 seconds faster (or viceversa)".
I hate this!! What happened to the excitement of things to come! What happened to visualizing the future and getting surprised about games being better than anything we would have expected?
Sorry for the mild rant. It's just that it's so weird to me seeing everyone focusing on the past instead of the future for the first time.
I'm not saying it's bad to have BC (although, I personally, don't care for it at all). However, ever since the PS2, there has never been focus about BC at all when a new console launches. PS2 has BC, but it was just a checkbox marked, but everyone was excited about all new possibilities of the new system even if they weren't shown at the time.
The PS3 made a bigger splash when it came to BC because Sony decided to remove it after the console released, so it was an unusual (but necessary for them to reduce cost). Ever since, BC has been "demanded" by gamers, and Microsoft seems to have taken this way too far.
Nobody has complained that a new console is out and there are no games taking advantage of them at launch. This have been the norm for many decades. We normally have to wait one year or so to start looking at games that truly take advantage of the new consoles. This time, though, Microsoft decided to focus on BC, and now, all the narrative about next gen is about lead-times and performance about OLD games running in the NEW system.
Are people really excited to play their old games? Like, I know and I understand it's convenient to be able to play an old game when you feel like it, or that you are able to get rid of your old console in order to buy the new one and still be able to play your games, but putting the focus on BC is very odd to me.
I was expecting conversations about how we would get great games in the future because of the monster specs that Xbox Series X has, or how Sony would be able to make new games with the power of the PS5. Yet, we only see how people get excited about a 5 year old game running at 60fps!
I don't think there ever was more than once sentence in describing BC in older systems. I haven't revisited the reviews, but I could bet it's the case for the PS2, Wii, PS3, GC (for the lack of it), etc. It used to be a "cool, you can still play your old games.... anyway!..."
Why is it that everyone is so focused on it right now? You could say that there are not enough new games at launch, but I think it has been the case every time, not just now. Every console release only have few games the first few months.
Also, not just media, but people in general. You could see comments about PS4 saying things like " A new God of War would look amazing on a PS4", but now the conversation is: "Wow, XSX loads this old game, 5 seconds faster (or viceversa)".
I hate this!! What happened to the excitement of things to come! What happened to visualizing the future and getting surprised about games being better than anything we would have expected?
Sorry for the mild rant. It's just that it's so weird to me seeing everyone focusing on the past instead of the future for the first time.