I count myself extremely lucky to belong to the last generation able to play > 95% of the games I'd ever care to play without depending on some game dev keeping some server running.
Main issue in the case of PC games is continuing to be able to run a copy of XP in the case of games that won't run on a modern version of Windows.
We're eventually going to hit issues with hardware compatibility and the virtualization layer when emulating old operating systems is my guess. Nothing is safe from the ravages of technological progress. The more we advance, the more that is lost.
Linux with WINE can handle any XP-era software without any problems that I've run into. The fork that Steam uses called Proton has run every single game I've asked it to just as good as a Windows computer would.
I count myself extremely lucky to belong to the last generation able to play > 95% of the games I'd ever care to play without depending on some game dev keeping some server running.
Main issue in the case of PC games is continuing to be able to run a copy of XP in the case of games that won't run on a modern version of Windows.
We're eventually going to hit issues with hardware compatibility and the virtualization layer when emulating old operating systems is my guess. Nothing is safe from the ravages of technological progress. The more we advance, the more that is lost.
Eventually XP-era systems (including XP-era GPUs) will have to be emulated like DOS systems and consoles are.
Hopefully this will be an easier task than it was for certain consoles.
Linux with WINE can handle any XP-era software without any problems that I've run into. The fork that Steam uses called Proton has run every single game I've asked it to just as good as a Windows computer would.