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

[Persistantthug]

J_Allard said:

Persistantthug said:

J_Allard said:
No? You bought the stuff for the PS3, not the PS4.

 

--The games I bought from Apple's Online store for my IPHONE 3gs works for my IPHONE 5

--The games I bought frome STEAM for my Windows XP computer works for my new Windows 8 PC computer and new PC laptop.

--I'm very confident the games I bought from XBOX LIVE for my XBOX 360 will work for my XBOX 3.

--The stuff I bought from Nintendo's online store for my Wii will work on a Wii U.

 

Why is Sony supposed to get a free pass to diverge from this apparent INDUSTRY STANDARD?

Why does this change for Sony?

For starters, no, what you can do in the mobile market and PC market do not apply to the console market. So those are in no way an "industry standard". The architecture and OS of the PS4 will not be the same as the PS3, so there goes the Apple/Windows analogies. And who knows about the Xbox.

 

Nintendo does use the same stuff for all the Wii/Wii-U/3DS, so you can transfer most stuff downloaded to the Wii-U, since it is backwards compatible with the Wii. But that doesn't mean the same applies to PS4. They better have a new OS, a new store, and a radically improved architecture over PS3. And who knows if it will even play PS3 games.

 

If all else fails just don't buy a PS4?

You're trying to throw STEAM and ISTORE out of the picture, but they sell games online.....that makes them relevant here.

Nintendo is obviously relevent.

Microsoft is using the same architecture, so the likelyhood of them being B/C at least with their online material, is almost a given.

 

So my point, is if Sony doesn't......they'll be the lone fool here.

That's bad.  

Very bad.