it’s hard to say this isn’t troubling. Assuming a console stays alive for 20+ years you should be able to play whatever games you own on it. At least those that aren’t always online though that’s another topic of discussion as well.
Imagine this, Nintendo put this battery and setup in the original NES, SNES and N64 while Sega did the same with the Genesis, Saturn… How many of those consoles would now be defunct because of a dead battery? It’s a valid concern and one that could drastically hurt retro gaming in the future. Furthermore these games often aren’t brought forward or re-released. Even those that are get cheap, rushed, cash grabs where the original is still supreme.
Whether any individuals themselves care about this is irrelevant. There’s a large enough market & group who want to have the ability to play their games on their consoles for decades to come; assuming their console lasts and/or they have backups. Not to mention the youth who may want to play retro games because they weren’t even a sperm in their daddies sack yet when the game/s released. At the very least there should be a way to replace the battery and connect to the internet so an account/system can reclaim the game licenses & any required updates for games…
2 cents
