We haven't had backwards compatibility in our game consoles for very long -- around just two generations. The desirability of the feature is so widespread, though, that people are willing to follow ...

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I went on a quest to find the cheapest backwards compatible PS3 on eBay... and here it is! It's a 60GB backwards compatible ...

I decided to buy another untested console... so this time, I bought an untested BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE PS3 from Goodwill!

In a new message on social media, Nintendo confirmed that its upcoming console will be backward compatible with the Nintendo Switch. The word came down on the company's own corporate Twitter/X account ...

With Nintendo’s new console on the horizon, fans and tech enthusiasts have endlessly speculated what the gaming giant’s latest endeavor could bring to the market. While the console has yet to receive ...

Nintendo has now officially confirmed that the Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with current Switch games, and it sounds like investors are seeing this as a good sign of things to come. This ...

While the Switch 2 may be backwards compatible, Nintendo would not confirm whether we'll still be able to use our old cartridges. Reading time 2 minutes Nintendo announced late Tuesday evening that ...

A brace of news reports this week highlighted an interesting scenario in console world (and arguably for PCs as well, though I'll address that separately). First, Sony executive Jim Ryan was openly ...

Nintendo Switch fans probably didn't expect to hear any details about the Nintendo Switch 2 console on Wednesday, but it happened. Well, Nintendo still isn't ready to announce the Switch 2. But the ...

The PS4 does not support native backwards compatibility for games from the PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation 2 (PS2), or PlayStation 1 (PS1). This means that retail or digitally downloaded games from ...