What's to become of our downloaded games?

[scottw182]

If they DID care, you should have already been able to play your old NES games on your Wii using the serial number on the cartridge, without having to buy it again!

That's not the same, it's a whole different story with download-only games. As somebody else pointed out, they're branded to that system. So, once our systems break, we're screwed. If I knew there was some way that I would be able to play them forever, even if I have to keep replacing the system if it breaks, I would be completely fine.

[BetaWolf47]

I don't like the opinion that a lot of people seem to have about "something worthwhile" only being remakes and sequels to classic games. We've got other great download-only titles, and if the memory on our current-gen systems ever goes kaput then they will be lost forever.

[YoshiM]

That's not the same, it's a whole different story with download-only games. As somebody else pointed out, they're branded to that system. So, once our systems break, we're screwed. If I knew there was some way that I would be able to play them forever, even if I have to keep replacing the system if it breaks, I would be completely fine.

As long as the systems are still supported and repairable by the manufacturers, you shouldn't worry about not being able to play downloaded games for a while.

As for playing forever, like the saying goes, nothing is forever.