Snesboy said:
brendude13 said:
Michael-5 said:
blkfish92 said:
Is it really that big of a deal lol |
To some it is. One big reason I bought a 360 before PS3 was because I didn't have a core XB, and I wanted to play Halo 2 and Conker. I also got my PS2 to play PS1 games since my PS1 broke, and there were lots of great games I had yet to play. I almost skipped getting a Wii to get a BC Wii successor, but Donkey Kong and Pikmin pushed me over (Now Pikmin is gone!).
However I hate how companies limit BC to one gen. PS3 had it right being BC with everything, why stop? I understand DS and 3DS not being able to play old GB games because of the different port, but with disk games there is no excuse, especially since current gen systems can play older gens. If PS4 can play PS1 games I would consider it more strongly then I do now, as I still can't play my Chrono Cross (PS1-PS3 all broken, PS3 I borrow isn't BC).
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Firstly, SONY had to stop BC with the PS3 because of how costly it was to put PS2 components into the PS3, I still don't know why they didn't take the emulation route though.
I don't think the 3DS has a port at the bottom, but the DS did have a port that could fit original GB and GBC games.
And you do know every single PS3 is backwards compatible with PS1 games right?
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Oh yeah, because the 10 year old Emotion Engine is so expensive. Sony is just a bunch of cheapskates.
The DS did not have a Z80 processor making GB and GBC game playing impossible. Also, Nintendo was just too cheap to put in a 20 year old processor in the DSes hardware.
/rant
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I'm sure it cost a fair amount to put in those extra PS2 components, power them, cool them etc.
After the removal of the PS2 components, the HDD size increased, $100 was slashed off the price tag and the likelyhood of getting the YLOD dropped significantly.
