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archer9234 on 20 May 2014
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NightDragon83 said:
superchunk said:
Because it should simply exist.

All other digital media has BC. Some for many generations like discs and iOS/Android.

In gaming being able to sell my past console because my new one can play the same games, is awesome. Less clutter in home and it lowers my entrance free to next gen.

Not including BC is simply a dick move.

No other digital media has software specifically designed for exclusive use with proprietary hardware.  All your VHS/DVD/Blu-Rays work with their respective players, and Blu-Ray is b/c with DVD because the technology is essentially the same.  All music CDs work with both regular stereo and CD-ROM drives as well as DVD/Blu-Ray players for the same reason.  Software specifically designed for proprietary hardware does not work with any other hardware by definition.

Is it a dick move that the videogame console industry is the only multimedia and entertainment industry in existence where you CANNOT use software and media across multiple platforms?  Imagine DVDs and Blu-Rays by Sony Pictures and its affiliates being playable ONLY on Sony hardware, or only being able to stream certain TV / internet content like Netfilx on specific devices rather than just about anything with an ethernet or Wi-Fi connection that meets the minimum hardware requirements.

There's a stronger case to be made for XB1 games  being playable on PS4 than their is for PS3 games to be playable on PS4.

To be fair a game system requires a certain GPU, RAM, and CPU. disc media doesn't. different beast. Emulation isn't possible on the next system because horsepower needs to be several times more than the actual hardware.

It saves space. I use a 83 inch wide TV stand. Just to connect and house all my game systems I play. And that's only for all Nintendo and Sony systems. And a Sega Genesis.