| Imaginedvl said: I think it would be more like that: PlayStation Four backward compatibility would save "PlayStation gamers" a lot of money... |
This is such a fallacy...
In terms of remasters, there aren't as many as you think.
The people that buy these remasters aren't usually people that played the game recently -- or already own it for the very last gen console.
If they do buy it again -- its because of some major enhancement (see Diablo 3... its not an actual remaster but essentially a remake of the entire game that they relaunched on both consoles simultaneously -- yet abandoned support of the old gen consoles).
By offering previous generation games on the PSN store, they actually continue to gain revenue from legacy games. Final Fantasy VII often sold for $10 -- of which sony probably got between $3-5. This is a game that I actually own on disc, but would repurchase digitally just to ditch the stupid PS1 disk.
You WILL see PS1/PS2 backwards compatability. PS3 just isn't feasible -- if it was, Sony would make way more money from offering those old games digitally on PSN than from not.
