| Wii_R2_Hardcore said: @AndrewWK Wow, I didn't know about that. That Wii you are referring to was released last year. But you see my point? Nintendo give its customers reasons to transition to the next machine. You can use old games, you can use old controllers. Microsoft and Sony haven't been very good at that, |
I don't really think that's very fair. Historically, Sony have been better at providing backwards compatability than Nintendo (You can't play SNES games on N64, you can't play N64 games on Wii).
There are PS3's with backwards compatibility out there, if you really want one. Every single PS3 can still play PS1 games.
The problem for Sony is that the PS3's differing architecture made backwards compatibility with PS2 very hard. Early models had a whole PS2 built inside them, but I'm sure you're aware of the high-priced disaster that was the PS3's launch, so something had to give. The first thing they got rid of was the emotion engine inside the PS3 to cut costs. Whether that was fair or not will depend on your viewpoint, but from their standpoint they had to cut costs somehow.
I think since then, Sony have been a bit more money-grabby with backwards compatibility (HD Collections, downloadable PS2 games), but it depends how you look at it. Of the HD Collections I've played, I never owned them on the PS2, so playing them in HD with trophy support is a bonus - I enjoy owning them, I wouldn't buy them otherwise.
Finally, I noticed you quoted RPGManiac's list - it's a very good look at exclusives, but I feel like he's missing a few of my favourite PS3 games, so just to supplement his list a little, here's some more exclusives you should consider:
- Ratchet & Clank: (Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time)
- Flow, Flower & Journey
- Fat Princess
- Starhawk
- WipEout HD Fury
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift (if you like it, try out the other two games from there)
- Modnation Racers
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (not out yet, though)
And of course, any of the HD Collections that you've never played before are very good choices (and pretty decent value for money given the content on offer, too.
