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Persistantthug on 20 November 2012
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Kresnik said:
Persistantthug said:

If Sony doesn't devise a way for me to play the 20 - 30 PSN games I own/have acquired, I swear I'll never buy another Playstation system nor will I ever set foot or darken the doors of Sony's online store(s).

I don't care if it's built into the PS4 or if it's GAIKAI......But Sony better have the shit I bought and trusted them with, and they better have it ready whenever I get good and ready to play it....yes, I said better.

No offence but - you bought/owned/acquired those PSN games for the system you bought them on.  You weren't misled into buying them on the principle that they'd be compatible for a system which at the time may have just been a twinkle in a Sony engineer's eye.

There's no obligation for Sony to make these games available on the next home console, much like there's no obligation for them to make PSP downloads compatible with PS3.  

There's an expectation that it should be and many people like yourself feel entitled to it because it's digital content over physical.  There may be a point there, but much as an N64 cartridge wouldn't run on a Gamecube, a PS3 digital download may not be compatible with the PS4 without some serious re-jigging.  Maybe everything will be compatible, who knows.

Personally, I'd rather have every programmer's effort going into making new content over making everything work, which is why I put up with certain PSP downloads not being compatible with Vita.  


Listen buddy,

 

This has nothing to do with legality or legal obligation, or anything of that kind of sentiment....

This has everything to do with "the customers always right" type sentiment. 

Apple makes sure the shit I buy works across generations.....Valve makes sure the shi7 I buy works across generations.....Microsoft will, reportedly, make sure we don't get screwed.  Even NINTENDO, as sh177y as their online has been, even they made sure that they take care of the sh17 you buy across generations works too...sloppily...but it works.

 

If Sony knows what's good for them, they will move heaven and earth to ensure that they aren't the lone fool that fails to ensure mine, and everyone's online stuff works. 

If not, then their whole SUPER STORE, SEN/PSN aspirations are gonna go right down the tubes as a laughing stock of the entertainment industry......and rightfully so.