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| Different Platforms - Dependant and Independent |
What is Platform dependency and Independence?
This is where consoles and gaming platforms have the ability to play older generation games or where they are restricted from doing so due to their technology. In some cases older generations of consoles can have their games from previous consoles played on them, for example this would work with the Xbox original & Xbox 360, where with some games they can be played on the Xbox 360. This would be called platform dependency where games made to work on the same platform can be done. Many platforms have implemented this hardware dependency by allowing their predecessors games to be played on their most recent console, this works with PlayStation 3 > PlayStation 2 > PlayStation 1, Xbox 360 > Xbox Original & Nintendo Wii > Gamecube.
Along with hardware dependency there is hardware Independence where games can be played on multiple platforms such as PlayStation, PC & Xbox 360 which is normally based around Java Games. Java is a platform which allows for their games to be played across multiple platforms and is normally implemented into most consoles and platforms so they're games can be played on everything. Java is normally implemented into games such as Arcade games on the Xbox live marketplace which is then distributed across other consoles for their marketplaces such as PlayStation Network where those games created will be placed and able to download on there.
They're other platforms which are classed as both independent and Dependant due to the games they allow to be played, these are such things as the Nintendo Wii, where it allows for games on the Gamecube to be played and run on the Wii. This means that games from an entirely different console however from the same company can be played on the Nintendo Wii and work the same way as before. This would be classed as console dependency and in-dependency.
