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HyrulianScrolls on 10 April 2014
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the-pi-guy said:
HyrulianScrolls said:

Of course it is. It's nothing but greed on Sony's part. If Sony were really interested in giving people who own a ps4 but never owned a ps3 a chance at playing The Last of Us, they would have made the ps4 backwards compatible. Why is it that Nintendo gets no credit for being the only one to retain backwards compatibility this gen? That should be a huge plus, as they're truly looking out for the consumer there. Meanwhile, Sony and Microsoft nixed backwards compatibility with the sole intention of turning last gen games that can still be considered new into additional $60 cash grabs. And the worst part of all of it is Sony gets praised for this by the blinded fanboy masses! Seriously?!?  Really pisses me off.

1.)  Backwards compatibility is not something that most consoles have.  Could you argue that Nintendo was greedy with every system up until the GCN using your same logic?  

2.)  Backwards compatibility is best done with the actual hardware.  This is how previous systems did it.  This is how the PS3 did it for the earlier versions.  They might be working on a emulator right now for the PS4.  But it might not be possible. 

3.)  A year old game that was praised, getting rereleased for PS4 with improvements is not worthy of praise?  A lot of people wanted this to happen anyway.  What difference does this make really? Can you no longer play the game on the PS3?  Or is it a nice bonus for a game to be remade for newer hardware.  Why can't I play Nintendo games on PlayStation consoles?  Greed?  

You're talking about the GCN? That was back when the technology was relatively new and it wasn't standard. It would have been a major hassle for the GCN to play N64 games since they were two entirely different formats. Nowadays it's no problem to include something like backwards compatibility since games have been disc based for a long time, and it should be standard. X1/PS4 could easily have it if Sony/Microsoft weren't greedy. But the public supporting this type of thing ensures that it will never be standard again, believe that. Yes it's nice for OLD games to be updated to newer hardware. The Last of Us is a freaking 9 MONTH old game that is barely going to look any different on PS4. And what on earth are you bringing Nintendo not playing Playstation games into this for? That's a laughably stupid comparison.