MADRID, 18 Nov. (Portaltic/EP) –
Xbox has defended emulation as a way to preserve video games of the past on current consoles for which they are no longer available, something for which he has claimed a increased industry support.
This has been stated by the Head of Xbox and Executive Vice President of Gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer, in an interview with Axios, in which he has focused on the importance of preserving classic video games in the face of the constant advancement of ‘hardware’.
“I think we can learn from the story of how we got here through creativity“, has affirmed Spencer, who has indicated that the preservation already takes place in other fields such as music, cinema and television, and that” there are positive reasons why video games want to continue “this trend.
As a method to address this problem, the Xbox CEO has proposed the video game emulation on current consoles. In many cases these are consoles that are not backward compatible – the Xbox Series X and S consoles are – and in which games from previous generations are not available.
“My wish is that as an industry let’s work on making emulation legal on modern ‘hardware’ in order to run (within reason) any old video game available“, said the Microsoft executive.
Spencer concluded by setting a goal for the entire video game industry: “I think in the end, if we were to say ‘anyone should be able to buy any game or own it and keep playing’, it seems like a good benchmark as an industry.”
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