PlayStation Exec Defends PS2-on-PS4 Price Points

[MikeRox]

sc94597 said:

MikeRox said:

EnjoyingMyGames said:
No thanks Sony. Won't support it when the competition does it right. I love the PS2 but won't support the greed like that.

Which competition is doing it right? Can't think of any systems with backwards compatibility from gen before last. And pretty certain Nintendo were expecting pretty similar prices for N64 games on Virtual Console.

They don't have to when they allow you to play seventh gen games allowing you to free up space for a sixth gen console. And at the very least one can bring Wii Virtual Console games to their Wii U, at the most they can unlock GC backwards compatibility in Wii mode. Sony doesn't do the same for PS classics. If you bought the game recently on PS3 you cannot play it on your PS4. That is something atypical for digital media in general. 

Does Wii U play GCN discs? They took GCN compatability out of the later Wii models. I'd be surprised if they re-added it to the Wii U.

None of the manufacturers seem to allow 6th gen playback on their 8th gen systems that I can see?

I don't think bc is as straight forward as people seem to think. The PS3 only played PS2 games because they put half of the PS2 hardware into early PS3 consoles. The PS4 is completely different to the PS3 hence no bc there (while XB1 is closer to 360 and Wii U has been designed to run Wii software as a design choice)

As for the Blu-ray vs DVD analogy some people came up with. The PS4 versions AREN'T a PS2 image. They have been modified to run on PS4, so technically the analogy is people complaining they have to buy a blu-ray of their favourite classic film to be able to enjoy it in "remastered" form which actually, yeah... that's exactly what Blu-ray owners have to do if they want to take advantage of the newer format. Just as DVD owners had to rebuy their VHS films if they wanted to take advantage of the DVD features.