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Thomas Winwood
@ketsuban.github.io

This gets to what I think is the heart of it. Console vendors could have been making branded PCs with the same standardised controller for thirty years now and had near-effortless backwards compatibility, but they just can't stop chasing controller gimmicks like random touchpads and haptic triggers.

X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord)@xkeeper.net

think of the 3DS or other weird input systems! there is no way in hell we are ever going to see a device like the Wii U again. there is just no way to bring those experiences forward. but you can wheel out a .mp4 whenever! a game is good once, when it comes out. videos are forever.

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Thomas Winwood
@ketsuban.github.io

As a result they can't just let you buy Demon's Souls (2009) and play it on Playstation 3 or later; they "had" to get Bluepoint to make a (worse) remake so PS5 owners could play a simulacrum of a game that gained popularity after its commercial life had ended because its spiritual successor blew up.