| BraLoD said: PSNow is renting, I'm talking about owning here. Also, they could use the bar codes to let you download a copy of your original game, I mean, if they still have means to these codes to be proven original PS games. And emulating PS1/PS2 is not a problem even to the PS3, how could it be to the PS4? I know the licensing would prevent a lot of games from being free, but still some can get this working, Sony itself have lots of games on their own to provide, and as soon as Sony do it the paid old games would even profit more, as people would be getting some spare to buy other games. But yeah, it's a utopia :/ |
The Older PS3's could do it because they had the hardware that supported BC and others had software that was used but the software BC was buggy and not all games worked and was eventually dropped.
The PS4 can't do it because there is no software that supports the architecture the game was built for. Also just because you own a physical copy of a older game or any game for that matter does not entitle you to digital copy. In the case of older games the games were never licensed that way and really the licenses only covered that game for use on the intended hardware. It costs money to host these games and the bandwidth used when people download them! What is in it for Sony when you pop in a game you bought 15 years ago? You got your moneys worth on the INTENDED platform, if you want the digital copy of a game to use on hardware that the game was never intended to play on they you pay for it.
