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1. Plug and Play
Remember when you could just plug your NES into a television, put a game in it, and it would play that game? You may be thinking, “My current systems already do that,” but take a minute to think about how restricted your gaming has actually become.
We’re in an industry where games could carry always online DRM to prevent us from playing a single player mode if we don’t have Internet access or if servers are down. Hell, if gamers didn’t rebel, the Xbox One would be enforcing DRM on all of its games! Other games have online passes that require gamers to input a string of letters and numbers just to unlock a mode that is already included in the game, which also punishes those that purchase used games by making them buy these codes separately. A ton of games also have ridiculous update and installation times that happen quite frequently.
Admittedly, not many of these problems exist on Nintendo platforms, but restrictions still do exist. I remember getting my Wii U for the first time during Christmas and being really excited to try it out, but then being halted by a three hour firmware update. Then when the update was finally complete, I had to sit through ten minute updates for each individual game that I had.
What do I have to do to play an NES game? Well, I put the game in and play it. There’s no BS attached, making it a lot more convenient to use. While things like installations and updates are improving, as you can now play games during download times on certain systems, the accessibility and ease of playing on NES is still superior to me in every way.
