Nintendo hasn’t announced its Switch successor yet, but we do know one thing for sure: it will be able to play current Switch games, with carryover for your Nintendo Switch Online services and account. The news was announced during Nintendo’s Corporate Management Policy Briefing, with further information promised “at a later date.”
All three of the major console manufacturers have had spotty records with backward compatibility. Both the Xbox Series X and the PS5 are mostly backward-compatible. But since the transition from the Wii U involved going from discs to cartridges, the Switch is not. Playing a game from previous Nintendo consoles is a function of optimism, involving the hope that either Nintendo releases a remastered Switch port…
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