The successor to the Nintendo Switch’s backward compatibility with existing software has been addressed by the company’s President during a recent earnings call, when asked how it would affect current Switch’s sales.
The reveal that Nintendo’s upcoming console would be backward compatible with not only Switch games, but the Nintendo Switch Online service’s titles came as a shock to fans, as it meant their existing library would stick around.
During an earnings call presentation, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked if the backward compatibility would affect Nintendo Switch sales, as people would be motivated to move to the new console.
Furukawa responded that the Switch’s player base is so big that Nintendo wants consumers to be able to keep playing the games they have already purchased.
The company will continue to promote the original Switch alongside its successor.
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