If the PS4 is not B/C with the PS3's purchased online wares, I will need to be compensated.

[Kasz216]

leatherhat said:

Kasz216 said:

kain_kusanagi said:
I have no doubt that PSN only games will be supported since they all are lower end games as most are multiplatform anyway. But the bigger retail games could end up being left in the dust is Sony doesn't go with a Cell compatible chip like is rumored.

As for me, I always keep my consoles so while I find backwards compatibility convenient it's not a deal breaker because I can always pull out my old system. With that said, there aren't many PS3 exclusives that I've ever felt the need to replay so I'm not sure if I'll even feel the need to go back during the next gen. I'll definitly want to replay games like the Mass Effect and Portal series but I didn't get them on PS3.

The problem i have is... even well maintained, modern consoles seem to break easy... at least the Sony ones do. (I believe the original Xbox dies pretty easy too right?)

While my Bally Astrocade, Atari, NES and SNES work...

Neither of my PS2's work and my PS1 doesn't work....

I'd be shocked if my Ps3 worked in 4-5 years.
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It's one of my big reasons for shifting to PC gaming.

With older consoles you can just emulate everything anyway

I could, except i live in a country where for most practical purproses it's illegal...

and where the few legal uses of it like Bleem! get stomped out by countless harrassing lawsuits.