Should it be necessary to have a PS2, PS3 AND PS4 hooked up all at once to play?

[TheKoreanGuy]

DigitalDevilSummoner said:

TheKoreanGuy said:

DigitalDevilSummoner said:

NightDragon83 said:
Backwards compatibility is definitely overrated.

This.

PS3 ditched ps2 compatibility because it did not prove to be a major selling point and it was not worth the additional costs.

It would have been a better selling point if the thing didn't launch at freaking $599.

How ?

The PS2 compatibility came at a cost: the ps3 hardware itself couldn't play PS2 games, it came with the PS2 CPU & GPU.

The Cell processor is the main reason for the high cost of PS3. If PS3 launched at $499 without Cell and with BC, I would bet that it would've sold so much better. Sony didn't ditch PS2 BC because it proved to be worthless. They did it to lower costs in order to alleviate their other poor decisions with the PS3. Now PS4 has to suffer because Sony is smart enough to ditch the Cell processor. I'm not saying having no BC is a deal breaker, but having it is a GOOD selling point, if not major for others.