Topic: Backward Compatibility? This could be a BIG factor!!!

I know this has been talked to death but this is really of a concern for many Switch v1, Switch OLED v2 whom owns many games and can't just go merely and purchase the same game at higher cost just to use Switch 2. I do hope it does come out with BC because if not I have 300+ games EN, JPN games that would suffer greatly and will hurt future plans to own a Switch 2. As I will still keep my Pokémon, TOTK, Splatoon OLED as they are keepers but I want to use the Switch 2 to upgrade gameplay as well.

@SwitchForce You don't need to worry. Nintendo's talk about Nintendo Accounts has already signaled that they want to maintain their ecosystem across systems, but leaked info for the Switch successor indicates its cartridge slot is built to support Switch and Switch 2 games, and there's no way they wouldn't maintain digital backwards compatibility after DSiWare and WiiWare carried over to 3DS and Wii U

@PikaPhantom Problem is they haven't come out and just plainly make a statement clearly stating that the unit Next Gen console will have Backward compatibility. I don't think that isn't that hard of a statement to make? Leak info doesn't confirm or deny anything until they make Official statement of such BC that I've see nor can anyone at this point clearly state them saying so.

if the switch 2 has backwards compatibility i will buy day 1. if it doesn't I'll wait for Splatoon 4 release.

If Switch 2 has backwards compatibility, the benefit to me would be that even if my kids want to play an OG Switch game, they can do that on the Switch 2, while I grab the OG Switch to try to finish off some games I started on it. LOL.

Another benefit of backwards compatibility is to draw in new users that don't already have a Switch, but have been thinking about it.

They may have an Xbox, or PS, or nothing at all, and have been looking at the Switch . . . there are a few games they'd like to take on, but now that the Switch is 7 years old, they don't think it makes sense to pick one up.

But if a Switch 2 comes out that is backwards compatible, they can get in on the ground floor (so to speak) of the Switch 2, and still have the ability to get to those games already out for the Switch they have had their eye on for a while.

We're definitely getting backwards compatibility. That's already been announced.

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-will-officiall...

From now on, it's really just about the details. I don't think we can necessarily expect that every game will get a free upscale to 4K and a boost to a solid 60fps, but it's certainly a possibility for some of them. We're also not necessarily guaranteed a free update if something gets an enhanced port either.

Still, the worst case scenario is that you get to play your old games as is, and that's a decent starting point.

At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well.

That says software it never indicate physical cart games? Where did he say physical cart games can be used in the successor?? Software and Physical cart games are two different animals here. How hard was it to say software and physical cart can be played on the successor???? We have to be clear and concise about the semantic here.

So I'm guessing Switch 2 will have even less physical copies of games from different devs or companies, which will result in possibly more unofficial releases from LRG and so fourth, which will also become even more niche over time as we head to an all digital future. with unofficial copies, you pretty much have to wait up to 7 months(depending) or more for a copy of a game that's already available digitally. Talk about stressful. Time is of the essence, My patience is officially down the gutter. I'm already all digital with Switch & PS5. I double dipped and scored a few physical Switch titles solely because of the cover art, with Jim Power and The lost Dimensions being my crown jewel. What a cover. lol but they just rot on a shelf for display purposes.

Sigh. I'm just so flip floppy with Digital and physical media. On one hand, i'm a bit of a minimalist, and at this point i don't want to have an attachment to modern physical media(PS5 game cases, like XSX's are ugly, I'd never consider lining up that junk in a shelf, ever), i just want to experience the game and have that convenience factor without mountains of plastic eating up space. But i also hate having zero re-sale factor, or any kind of return window policy. Plus I'm getting older, and in the end they're just 'things' you can't take them with you. At this point, physical media winds up being mental clutter for me personally. Zero interest in having multiple book cases with DVD/Blu-ray/UHD 4K, Switch, PS5(etc) Spines. But to each their own.

There's no right or wrong way. You gotta do what brings you that bliss, joy and happyness in the end, and if collecting games & movies are a part of that, than go to town. I'm completely torn between digital and Physical myself. lol It's the DVD's that get me.