“ There is nothing to support. The old consoles will be able to connect to it, that is it. Nothing special has to be done for this to happen. It already happens. No extra work is required.
People really are trying to fear monger while not having a clue”
Clearly it is you who has no clue – anyone who’s built and kind of software or service knows there is maintenance involved and that the methods that service uses will not be the industry standard in 5, 10, 15 years.
Quick examples… encryption algorithms change all the time… TLS versions… HTTP versions… to name but a few.
There is a clear cost associated with supporting old and new devices trying to hit the same service – you either update your old device to be able to talk to the new services, or you make the service support both new and old devices – both of these have a dev cost.
