Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility

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• june@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s future backward compatibility.

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  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean Computers basically kind of have it

  I should be able to play any games that releases in the next 5 years on my current set up

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• bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think that just means not making any crazy technological decisions that will likely make games incompatible on future hardware. A great example was the PS3’s cell processor. It was excellent tech when used properly, but absolutley not “forward compatible”

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In fairness here, you can’t predict the future.

    Cell was just PowerPC as was the Xbox 360’s Xenon chip. PowerPC is all but dead now, but the same thing could happen to x86 or ARM in the future. No king rules forever.

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• HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Right? Like isn’t that a joke in Homestar

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