Does the PS4 have a weakness?

[JoeTheBro]

DevilRising said:

Turkish said:

 

No. The PS4 is cheaper than xbone and also has stronger hardware, it never is seen before in the industry. Backwards compatibility will be bigger than ever with PS Now. They'll earn a lot with those subscriptions not only on PS systems but also TVs, smartphones and tablets.

PS Now is not "backwards compatibility". It's a service that will allow you to play old games. Backwards compatibility is the ability to play your actual, physical games from a past console on your new, current gen console, ala playing GC on Wii, playing PS1 on PS3, DS on 3DS, etc. That is a feature PS4 does not have.

Correct. PS NOW is a rental service/netflix for games that just so happens to partially fullfill the role of backwards compatibility.

True BC for PS1 and PS2 games last I heard is coming to the PS4 though. Stick the disc in and it plays at 1080p. PS3 digital BC is also being handled with "cross-buy." It's only been done on a few titles, but it's better than nothing. Flow, flower, Escape Plan, Sound Shapes, and soon Dead Nation are all free for PS4 owners that bought the games on PS3 or Vita. For the supported titles it's actually better than traditional BC since the games are fully optimized and re-designed to support all PS4 features.

 

On topic, I don't think it does. Lack of proper BC is only going to matter for these first few years and I don't think it's a big issue anyway.