Xbox's Phil Spencer Wants Emulation of Old Games on All Devices
Phil Spencer wants the entire industry to help 'preserve the past' of video games by collectively ing emulation of old titles on any device.
- Phil Spencer is calling for work on a common system for emulating old video games;
- The head of Xbox believes that the video game industry should follow the example of similar initiatives in the film and music markets in order to "preserve the past".
Phil Spencer has outlined another interesting initiative. This time, the idea of the head of the Xbox brand is much more ambitious, because it concerns not only Microsoft. Spencer called on the industry to develop a system for widespread emulation of older games on any device to preserve them for the future.
In an interview with itted that it had to abandon further development of backward compatibility. The reason? Licensing issues don't offer much of a chance for many games to return. At least through the Redmond giant itself.
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Xbox's boss compared his idea with similar initiatives in the film and music industries. In his opinion, there is no reason not to take similar measures to "preserve the past" of video games. He also realizes that, like Microsoft, the industry would face problems, including the need to access. Nevertheless, Spencer sees it as an ideal we should be working towards:
"'Hey, anybody should be able to buy any game, or own any game and continue to play,' that seems like a great North Star for us as an industry.”
However, it's not hard to guess that not all publishers would be in favor of the idea. After all, they do enjoy releasing remasters, and in some cases, being able to play old, virtually unavailable titles is an incentive for customers to choose a particular platform or service (vide Nintendo Switch Online). Many of these old games are in fact exclusive titles, whether for the (S)NES or the first PlayStation.
The attitude of publishers to old games is evidenced by the actions of Nintendo, which consistently a trilogy of remasters, an alternative option to making the old title available again.
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