@kindgineer: Companies prefer profitable to interesting.
...I don't think that was the point of this thread? Why does everyone point this out? He was asking if we would support it - and I would. I don't care if it's profitable. Be a special charity thing where they release it in limited quantities. I don't know.
I mean the question is not "would it be financially viable" right? You're asking would you like new games on older systems and I'm totally into that.
This. I think a lot of people are thinking way too hard about it. I think it would be a cool side-project for some companies to take a shot at. It would be something akin to an NES classic being released. Nothing serious, just a little "fan-service" to make a specific year (or years) interesting.
But why do that on an older console? A console most people don't have? Why not support your new console where you can put out the exact same game you would've developed on that old system but make it better? Even leaving out the fact that they can make it a much better game, and the fact that it isn't financially viable; then still why not release it on your new system so people can actually play it?
I get what you're saying; but, at least to me, there would be something endearing, or special, about Nintendo/SEGA/Sony releasing a new game on an old console. Who is to say they couldn't release that game later on a newer console but just reserve a little while to make a little of the headlines creating a game for a dead system?
Everyone is thinking way to hard on this topic. I swear.
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