Still a fairly poor analogy, because old movies were being brought to DVD but probably less than 1% of current generation games will get next-gen remakes.....and probably no 32-bit games will get remade. Nobody is forced to abandon their favorite movies when a new video format arrives, but they are forced to abandon a library of unique games.
Fair point. Of course, if, for example, a person's favourite game was Final Fantasy VII, then they would almost certainly have bought a PSOne to play it. Therefore they wouldn't need to abandon their old games, but instead simply find a spare cupboard in which to keep their old system so they can get it out if they ever want to play it. So it's not quite so practical, but a PSOne under the TV or in a nearby cupboard doesn't take up that much space - less, infact than ten PSOne game cases.
Plus many of the biggest games that come out on new systems are follow-ups or remakes anyway. Just take a look at this generation: Dead Or Alive 3, Dead Or Alive Ultimate, F-Zero, Final Fantasy X, Jet Set Radio Future, Mario Party 5/6, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil: Nemesis, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Ridge Racer 5, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Collection, Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur 2, Super Mario Sunshine, Tekken Tag, Tekken 4, Tekken 5 (which includes the original games), WipEout Fusion...
Many of these titles received top ratings and all are either follow-ups or remakes. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for BC. All I'm saying is that perhaps it isn't as important as people make it out to be.