No more hard resets each new generation!

[Kx11]

PCs can't do that without running DOSbox or its Win95 equivalent. Try running, for example, Sim City 2000, and you'll be in for a disappointment. Phones are even worse, its hard to go back even ten years.

you're right a DOSbox is needed to run something like SC2000


however in terms of download it click and play it's totally doable like a i just did now

 

[xollowsob]

Strong disagree. When everything is the same there's nothing unique. No uniqueness means no rarity. No rarity means no value.

A hard reset every generation has kept the console industry alive and interesting for 3 decades. Swapping to the upgrade options similar to mobile (you cannot upgrade a console in the same way you can a PC) has led to recent slump in games and slow down in production.

Making games for difficult architecture requires skill, talent and dedication, the three skills that used to embody the industry and it was better off for it!

 

[peter42O]

Personally, I want every generation to be what it's always advertised and marketed to be which is a NEW generation. A clean fresh start. And I freaking hate cross-generation games from Sony and Microsoft (and Nintendo) because why release a new console if I don't need the new console hardware to play your games? Third party publishers like Ubi, EA, etc., is understandable but the hardware manufacturers shouldn't have cross-generation games at all in my opinion.

 

[Box]

All I want is shorter developer times, it sucks waiting 7 years for a sequel to come out

 

[Bryank75]

All I want is shorter developer times, it sucks waiting 7 years for a sequel to come out

Well, I think thats something we can all easily agree on. (for once)

 

[historia]

I think if their improvement on OTA display playback, and ARM architecture got improved as well as they sunked a big on a compatiblity layer, we may see the new machine being handheld. And that is a big if.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

we basically already have that.

in terms of games:

First: Cross gen with the old hardware
Second: truly "next gen"
Third: Cross gen with the new hardware.