Nintendo Switch 2 backwards compatability was "almost unavoidable" because players have a total catalogue of 1billion+ games they still want to play
That's a lot of games

The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 was finally official꧂ly announced this week, and to everyone's delight (and no one's surprise), it'🦂s coming with backwards compatibility.
There were a lot of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:leaks and rumors before the Switch 2 was actually unveiled by Nintendo, but we all expected it to be able to play Switch games. Nintendo has always been fairly good a💟t ensuring its consoles, even handhelds, can play games from the previous generation, and this time around is no di🍎fferent.
"I believe backwards compatibility was almost unavoidable, industry analyst Serkan Toto tells us. "Nintendo sold 1 billion Switch 1 games, and it makes sense to let buyers of the n🐷ew device carry over their library."
I knew Nintendo had sold close to 150 million Switch ไconsoles, but I never imagined the number of games people bough𝓡t would be that high. But when you do the math, that's almost seven games per Switch player on average, so the figure makes a lot of sense.
Last year, a market research firm said 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo would be the "clear winner" of the next console generation, with Sony and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft battling it out for second place, ♑with whichever comes third likely struggling greatly. With the Switch 2 coming out before Sony or Microsoft's next projects, and now that we know it will allow us to keep all our games, that prediction looks right.
The first game officially revealed for the Switch 2 is a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new Mario Kart. It features a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:redesigned Donkey Kong, who not everyone loves the look of. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hollow Knight: Silksong may also be a launch title, as one of the devs left us a lot of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:cryptic clues.
To keep up with all the news, check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Switch 2 spotlight that has all the latest.
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