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Are 16-bit games not solved via DOSBox?
Also, I get where you're coming from, but it's the economics of it that are tearing down consoles. If you've got a set target, Game X launches on PS4. Now the PS5 comes out. It plays PS4 games, but it can't ever run them better than the PS4 ran them. It also asks for an upgrade to run the "PS5 version". It also demands you use a PS5 controller and not a PS4 controller. Game X is still super popular for more than the duration of the PS5's lifespan. Now the PS6 is coming out, and the cycle will repeat.
Because of console cert, and all of those added costs, it's far easier to get out the next indie hit on PC for less money. People go to play the indie hit, and it's old news by the time it gets a port for Switch 2.
PS2 used to have tons of exclusive games that Sony didn't even pay for the privilege. Now architectures and capabilities are so similar that if you're making a game on only one platform, you're leaving money on the table. So as the customer, you'll probably end up going for the one with the most games you want to play, which has a greater chance of being PC every time the above paragraph happens.
Online gaming doesn't have to come with a subscription fee, but they all choose to, and customers are savvy enough to notice their long-term costs after they've been gaming for some time.
Each of these things gets people to check out of the console space as it loses the value it once offered.
Nah, I've hit stuff that can't run in it. No amount of futzing with the IRQ settings would restore audio, that kind of stuff.
Regardless, the issues you describe is not necessarily the way things have to be. I mentioned the Evercade in another post elsewhere. It's a console made with cartridges. You put the cartridge in. You play the game. You don't need to subscribe to anything. You don't need to upgrade to another version. You don't need to purchase the missing chapter.
If I made a game today for the Evercade, yes it would need to go through certification, but in 20 years, if I put that Evercade cartridge in my Evercade... It'll play. No ongoing maintenance patches. No workarounds. No troubleshooting by the end-user.
I'm aware of the Evercade. I just don't see that becoming a market that's going to trend up and resemble the market that consoles had at their peak in 2009. So who's going to challenge Sony's supremacy? To me, it looks like no one, because even Sony isn't poised to be supreme anymore.