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Daddy System

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 A situation in which both a "next-gen" console and its predecessor are both still being made, sold, and developed for concurrently. Companies then have to decide when and whether to kill releases for the older one in order to push sales for the new, or if they should take advantage of the Daddy System's (usually) larger install base. There is usually a big jump in technology, but many designers realize that some games don't need to use that jump. Companies may even demand games for the newer system must utilize the updated technology for marketing purposes, meaning a company's lower tech game being shipped out on the older system for a lower price, such as "classic"-style games or quirky budget games. Other designers rationalize that an older system in its golden years usually has all its technology worked out by programmers, resulting in a smooth-running game. This results in some systems having a much longer shelf life than the casual gamer might expect.
Backwards compatibility is largely seen as a solution for this, a way to get around Daddy Systems and convince gamers to buy new systems.
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 Just Dance 2020 was released for the Wii but not the Wii U. This means that in North America, the Wii outlived its successor. The reaction was so strong that Ubisoft themselves had to publicly address the fact that it was true. According to some sources, the only thing that stopped Ubisoft from releasing even more Just Dance games on the console was Nintendo ending support for the release of new Wii games.
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 Pier Solar and the Great Architects was released in 2010. The Genesis is generally considered a dead system, but there's still people playing it - which means that there's still a market for new Genesis games.
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 Sony received flack for cutting back on the PS3's backwards compatibility, as well as supposedly discouraging big name publishers from making PS2 games despite that system's huge install base, enough that Persona 4 being on the PS2 surprised gamersnote A bit of Values Dissonance applies here, as in Japan, consoles (especially popular ones) typically stay supported for longer than they do in the West..
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 Similarly, Persona 5 somehow managed to appear on the PS3 as well as the PS4note  Royal, the Updated Re-release, was PS4-only, despite being released in September 2016 in Japan and April 2017 internationally, almost 11 years into the former console's lifespan. Part of this is possibly due to the 8-year Sequel Gap between it and Persona 4, meaning that it was likely put on the PS3 as well to compensate for skipping over an entire gen. Impressively, aside from some longer load times and a smaller rendering resolutionnote The PS3 version runs at 1280x720 and PS4 version runs at 1920x1080, the two versions of the game are basically identical. It was also the final non-Sports Game to be released on physical disc for the console.
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 Dynasty Warriors:
Dynasty Warriors 6, a PS3 title, was released later for the PS2 as Dynasty Warriors 6: Special. The latter version omitted duels and swimming and had severe lag and framerate issues, but in a twist, it actually added more content, including unique weapons and stories for six characters, which were never released for the PS3.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires was released for both the PS3 and PS4. Koei Tecmo had only started testing the waters for the latter, since this game was clearly formatted to be a PS3 game (the original game and its Xtreme Legends expansion was previously packaged as a PS4 launch title).
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 Madden NFL 08 was put out on a bunch of systems, including the now-dead Nintendo GameCube. In August of 2007. It was the last game released for the system. This was repeated with Madden 09 and Madden 12 serving as unofficial goodbyes to the Xbox and PlayStation 2 respectively.
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