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Update on NS2 Backwards Compatibility testing (www.nintendo.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, it's just like the Xbox 360 compatibility program. Don't sell your Switch unless you aren't interested in playing some games anymore. I saw quite a few games I own on the lists, so I'll be keeping mine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, it’s just like the Xbox 360 compatibility program.

While I do agree that anyone with a big collection should hold on to their Switch 1 until we get more updates and real-life testing, I don't think this is a fair comparison - even now this looks massively better than anything MS did for backwards compatibility.

There are 462 games made backward compatible out of 989

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360

There are 632 games that have been made backward compatible out of 2,155

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_games_for_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I guess we'll see. Based on their language, their testing isn't exactly thorough. Their highest rating is "basic compatibility testing" (which I take to mean "played for a few minutes"). Their next highest is "the game boots up."

There are 15,000 Switch titles. Many of those are shovelware, but there are still thousands of legit titles. I guarantee a significant portion of them will never get the necessary patches to run without at least some problems (shader problems, textures, and other glitches).

Of course the 100-something Nintendo titles will get more love and attention than the others. Those patches will also be $20 each.