Soo... Who on this site honestly cares about backwards compatitbility?

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I didn't purchase a PS3 until earlier this year once I was confident the PS4 would not be backwards compatible.

Now that I have a PS3, I would most likely be purchasing an XB1 within the first 2 years if it had BC (having not owned a 360), but as it is I will probably wait until the end of the gen and decide between the PS4 and XB1.

One of the big reasons I bought a Wii was because I skipped out on the PS2/GCN/XBOX gen and the Wii was backwards compatible with a pretty awesome Gamecube library (especially for someone who hadn't been following console gaming for several years).

I'm hesitant to pick up a Vita as it seems its pushing Digital really big (and I don't like digital) but the Backwards Compatability with the PSP (which I have not owned) is a big plus (if it was physically backwards compatible I would probably pick it up this coming spring, although I still might depending on how tax returns, expenses, etc. go).

A lot of gamers have a lot of disposable income and/or parents with disposable income, they buy every big name $60 AAA title and trade them in when done - but not everyone. There are a lot of gamers that buy games and keep them, we play games from decades before everyonce in a while and its nice to have them and be able to go back to them - and not having to setup another console is a big plus when it can happen.