you know every couple years xbox and ps release new consoles and the new games cannot played on the old consoles so my dude is what happend when on a couple years they release new console and the game was palying on xbox one and release a new console they adapted game to the new console and abandon the old console ????
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Right up until Xbox becomes a service on Windows, bringing STO full circle, back on PC.
Sony will likely follow suit.
They still support the handful of people that play the game on their old PS3s today.
As others have stated, the next-gen consoles are about 4 years away, and if STO handles it like other companies have even then the older consoles will not be immediately phased out.
PS4 and X1 lacked backwards compatibility because the PS3 and X360 were NOT PCs, they used IBM PowerPC processors instead of x86. The X1 BC uses an emulator and per-game fixups.
Yes, it's a small one since as others said, the next generation of consoles are likely years away and should still support the game. Still, the chance is there that STO won't transfer to the next generation of console, it's just a question of rather you think the risk is worth it. I know that both Microsoft and Sony are focusing on people being able to take games with them from platform to platform since that was a big complaint of the last gen. People had games for their XBox 360 and PS3 consoles that they could no longer play on the new consoles.
I personally think the risk is small, but it's a risk none the less. For all we know though, STO won't even be around in 3-4 years.
(And then Nintendo seems to be going with a hybrid console/handheld, instead of separate ones.)
In four years you might lose access to your console stuffs? A proper DOOM! thread should be spreading fear about the game shutting down next week for lack of players, or because the zika virus has made the developer brains really tiny.