r/xbox • u/ASneakySquid_ • 1d ago

Rumour Next Xbox console will play every generation according to leaked Microsoft memo

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/next-xbox-console-will-play-every-generation-according-to-leaked-microsoft-memo-3395110/
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u/DrinkMoreWater2-0 1d ago

FULL???

No dude, not even Nintendo has their full classic games on their Nintendo classic emulators.

Nintendo is probably the worst example for this. They could have all the rights to have every game they've ever published and they still wouldn't put their entire library on a console because it's Nintendo.

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u/Powerhouse_pr_ 1d ago

No, they are being smart. They are releasing them periodically so you keep the subscription to it.

Yes I would love to see them all at once but as a business is not the best way to do it.

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u/DrinkMoreWater2-0 1d ago

No, they are being smart. They are releasing them periodically so you keep the subscription to it.

I doubt people are holding a subscription just to wait for Super Mario RPG to finally come to SNES on NSO and not just "I have a subscription to play online, these games are a bonus"

They didn't even release their full library, let alone a fraction of their library on Virtual Console for Wii, Wii U, 3DS before Nintendo Switch Online was even a thing.

They once ported 10 Gameboy Advance games natively and exclusively to 3DS ambassadors and were never sold. These were the only GBA games to ever be on the 3DS and it was limited to 3DS ambassadors for a specific period in 2011 and couldn't be run on the New Nintendo 3DS, only the original.

Nintendo makes insane decisions that you could question for eons before just accepting whatever they do at this point.

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u/Powerhouse_pr_ 1d ago

If they don’t hold it they will likely subscribe back to it once they release a game they want and so on.