How important is backward compatibility in truth?

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TheKoreanGuy said:

Metallicube said:

Depends. If  you've owned the previous consoles from the particular company than I don't see the issue, but if you're like me and you've never owned a Sony console, BC becomes a HUGE factor for PS4, as you have litterally 1000s of games at your disposal from launch. But it looks like Sony doesn't want my business as it sounds like it's not including BC for PS4, so I'll most likely pass on Sony yet again.

Then buy a PS3? They are relatively cheap now, especially used.

That would require logic, buying a new console at $350+ in a years time to play a backlog of games you could play, right now, on a console for < $100, would obviously be too simple a solution that doesn't support his negativity towards the PS4.