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[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I REALLY hope this doesn’t lead to the original Switch’s eShop closing anytime soon. The industry as a whole has been terrible at historical preservation lately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Considering the wii and 3DS eshops were kept alive several years into the switch's lifetime, how "soon" are you worried about?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There are two prerequisites to me being ok with the eShop closing.

  1. The entire catalogue (or the most historically valuable portions) must be in the hands of historians and/or game preservation organizations

(option A). The games humanity collectively cares about would have to all be remade, and remade well, for later audiences. (option B). All titles the public want to remain available would have to be made permanently available by some other means, such as legalized emulation infrastructure (such as the Virtual Console on previous systems, but much more permanent). 3. (an alternative to the other options/prerequisites, I’d rather this one not happen). If other prerequisite options can’t be met, after so much time has passed that functioning Switches no longer exist.

My point is, I’ll be ok with the eShop closing when as little information would be lost as possible.

[–] ieightpi 1 points 11 months ago

This is definitely a possibility. As the Switch 1 was announced in October 2016, it's very likely it will be announced this fall.

So will it happen during the fall direct that is likely in September or will they announce it separately? Either way we should have some fun announcements from them this fall.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

My uncle works at Nintendo, and he confirms it’s real.

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