This year’s E3 had some tremendously big announcements. ย One of those was the reveal that
But let’s get real for a minute. ย Backwards compatibility is like tinting your car windows. ย It looks cool, the police can’t see inside your car if you are doing extra-curricular activities, and it probably adds about 100 dollars of resale value to your automobile. ย But in pure function, it really does not change much. ย There is a reason that this is called the NEXT generation of video game consoles. ย Game publishing companies are now focusing on how to maximize the hardware of new systems. ย The graphics of the future will hopefully give us video gamers those “wow” moments that sometimes lack. ย Now that Microsoft and Sony are beginning to pump out some really good content (Witcher, Bloodborne for example), there is plenty of content to engage yourself in. ย Is it really necessary to go back and play a game from five years ago?
Another reason that this move by Microsoft is being heralded as a great decision is because people will sell their old consoles when they decide to buy a new console. ย Now, I’m not coming on here to say I make a ton of money, because I don’t. ย But how much are you truly getting for your old consoles and games?? ย I can go on eBay and find myself a PS3 console for around 100 bucks. ย If playing these old titles is that important to you, just hang on to your old consoles. ย You can still get some use from them here and there.
We as humans tend to get very nostalgic about things. ย I use the expression “when I was a kid” all the time. ย There are things that I will admit were better back in the day, such as the simplicity of life and the way people communicated with each other. ย People used to be a lot more active, baseball fields were filled after school with kids throwing the ball around, and you really don’t see that much anymore. ย But going back and playing old video games is not one of those things. ย Some of my all time favorites such as FFIV, FFVII, Mario 64, Goldeneye, etc… are damn near impossible to play today. ย As much as I want to lie to myself, I can’t; graphics ARE important in today’s gaming industry. ย I remember trying to run Goldeneye a few years back, and it was a really tough play. ย The game felt very choppy and blocky. ย At the time, Goldeneye was probably the most popular game among everyone I knew. ย It wasn’t just about how amazing the multiplayer was. ย The graphics wowed us.
Microsoft deserves a golf clap for the backwards compatibility they have implemented on the