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Why do you buy new gen consoles?

For last gen games! 10 3.05%
 
New gen is for new gens! 189 57.62%
 
Both, but new gen more. 121 36.89%
 
Both, but last gen more. 8 2.44%
 
Total:328
Farsala on 30 August 2015
Nintyfan90 said:
Farsala said:
Has it helped the Wii U? Idk, but it seems small at best. I think it helped the PS3 significantly because being BC with the highest selling console of all time is necessary. People and companies need to look at factors in what would make BC worth it.

Has not having it helped Vita?

The Vita lets you play your PSP games for free?



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deskpro2k3 on 30 August 2015
Farsala said:
Nintyfan90 said:
Farsala said:
Has it helped the Wii U? Idk, but it seems small at best. I think it helped the PS3 significantly because being BC with the highest selling console of all time is necessary. People and companies need to look at factors in what would make BC worth it.

Has not having it helped Vita?

The Vita lets you play your PSP games for free?


If you've bought PSP/PS1 games in the past from the PSN store, yes. cross-buy



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Nintyfan90 on 30 August 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
Farsala said:
Nintyfan90 said:
Farsala said:
Has it helped the Wii U? Idk, but it seems small at best. I think it helped the PS3 significantly because being BC with the highest selling console of all time is necessary. People and companies need to look at factors in what would make BC worth it.

Has not having it helped Vita?

The Vita lets you play your PSP games for free?


If you've bought PSP/PS1 games in the past from the PSN store, yes. cross-buy

So its digital BC?



Farsala on 30 August 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
Farsala said:
Nintyfan90 said:
Farsala said:
Has it helped the Wii U? Idk, but it seems small at best. I think it helped the PS3 significantly because being BC with the highest selling console of all time is necessary. People and companies need to look at factors in what would make BC worth it.

Has not having it helped Vita?

The Vita lets you play your PSP games for free?


If you've bought PSP/PS1 games in the past from the PSN store, yes. cross-buy


Didn't know as I do not own a Vita. The only thing that I read is that you had to rebuy it, and the prices were poor.



deskpro2k3 on 30 August 2015
Farsala said:
deskpro2k3 said:


If you've bought PSP/PS1 games in the past from the PSN store, yes. cross-buy


Didn't know as I do not own a Vita. The only thing that I read is that you had to rebuy it, and the prices was poor.


if you own the physical copy of the PS1/PSP game then yes, you'll have to buy the digital version on PSN if you want to play it on PS Vita.



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Farsala on 30 August 2015
deskpro2k3 said:
Farsala said:


Didn't know as I do not own a Vita. The only thing that I read is that you had to rebuy it, and the prices was poor.


if you own the physical copy of the PS1/PSP game then yes, you'll have to buy the digital version on PSN if you want to play it on PS Vita.


I don't consider that Full BC as someone who owns mostly physical games :P. PS3 had really good BC with 2 consoles and I think that made an impact a lot more then modern forms of BC.



Dusk on 30 August 2015

Where's the "no" option?
I don't think it's over hyped at all. I think it's great. I didn't by a PS3 or 360 but now I'm more tempted for the X1.



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NobleTeam360 on 30 August 2015

It's not going to push a ton of hardware but it's certainly a great feature to have.



binary solo on 30 August 2015

I think it would have been a bigger deal if it was genuine B/C, i.e. put any 360 disc in your Xb one and it will play instantly. Needing to wait for a slightly modified game to be made available through XBL and then download it throws a bit of a spanner in the works.

It's a shame it doesn't seem to have really had a big effect, because if it had translated into a substantial shift in sales marketshare then Sony would have had to respond in some way.



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Mnementh on 30 August 2015

Obviously many people do care. Even years after 3DS released the eShop still got a lot of new DSiWare-releases. Obviously the games sold and at some point probably more to 3DS-owners than to DS-owners. So seemingly many people don't mind to play last-gen-games on the new console.



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