The movie and music industries over the past three decades have reaped profits from their vaults. Technological advances in hardware provided new revenue streams for old media. The electronic entertainment industry largely has failed to reap the same rewards, even as it continually has released new hardware platforms. Many older video games essentially are left behind and unplayable unless the gamer has an old console or PC sitting around. Many classic titles are all but forgotten as a result.
I have gamed on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The recent move to forgo single player mode in the next Call of Duty series for the Xbox 360 has caused me to rethink gaming consoles. For one, my old games except for a couple won't play on the Xbox One. I don't care to run two consoles so I either give them up or hope Xbox One will eventually support them. Backwards support is severely lacking in Xbox One and Microsoft is making a token attempt to fix it. Not all is happy on the PC side either as older games are tricky to play in newer Windows OS if they originally were not designed or updated for it. Some games work fine, some don't. The gaming industry is about moving forward. Selling you a new console, new games, new video cards for PC's, they are all meant to support a gaming ecosystem.
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Vintage Video Games Reloaded
Posted by: Peter Suciu December 1, 2015 06:00 AMThe movie and music industries over the past three decades have reaped profits from their vaults. Technological advances in hardware provided new revenue streams for old media. The electronic entertainment industry largely has failed to reap the same rewards, even as it continually has released new hardware platforms. Many older video games essentially are left behind and unplayable unless the gamer has an old console or PC sitting around. Many classic titles are all but forgotten as a result.