Preservation of the game has become a big topic in recent years. Over time, some people worry about old physical media and tiring hardware, coupled with those who want to play classic games on modern platforms without damaging the bank. While backward compatibility helps with some of it a little and has become an increased focus area for some platform holders, we have not seen a holistic approach to preservation of the game. That’s where the Xbox Boss Phil Spencer thinks that the main push for emulation can help.
A big voice sounds off on a controversial topic
In a recent interview with Axios, Chief Xbox Phil Spencer said he wanted to see a greater encouragement for the legal emulation of the industry’s biggest players. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony have all the emulations supported to a certain extent on modern consoles and consoles in the past, but there has never been an integrated effort and focused to ensure that past games do not disappear when we turn to a newer platform.
“My hope (and I think I have to present it now) is as an industry, we will work on legal emulation that allows modern hardware to run (for reasons) longer executed,” Spencer told Axios. It’s a big expectation, but in the end it can be a good thing for the industry to fight for the perspective of consumer happiness and preservation of the game.
Legal emulation could be a game-changer for retro gaming
However, emulation can be the best bet in preserving past games and allowing modern customers to play old-old games with affordable. Emulation is a popular way to play old games, but it’s not entirely legal from the copyright perspective. However, if Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, the developer, and publishers work together to make a kind of approved emulation that allows the old game to run a modern platform, it can be a win-win for everyone involved.
