Why do people make such a big deal about backwards compatibility?

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My issue is that I like to keep one or two systems to play games on and when a new generation starts, I would like to get rid of my old systems and make room for the new one! But the issue with consoles that don't have backwards compatibility is that:

a) They don't have enough games to keep me entertained until at least the second year b) The old systems still have games coming out that I want c) I sometimes want to go back and play the older games which = bringing back my old system from its dustbin

With that being said, I don't buy a system only cause its not backwards compatible, I don't buy it for other reasons + a lack of BC

Oh and the other issue is that when the system is not backwards compatible, that usually means that we have the rebuy the games we already own in the future if we want it to play on the current gen console which is terrible imo. I am not saying we should be able to play games from 2 generations back but its always nice to play games from the last generation without having to rebuy them in VC