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rakugakist on 24 December 2015
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sc94597 said:
sabvre42 said:
sc94597 said:
Versus_Evil said:
Why dont you own a PS2.

I don't want to lug another console around as a transient student in addition to my Wii U, PC, PS3, and future PS4. Out of the four PS2's I've owned only one works, and it barely works at that (need to restart discs multiple times.) It also happens to be my phat model. 

So you have a PS3 ... but bought the non BC version -- then proceed to bitch about the PS4 BC?

You also complain about having to haul around all those devices... but willingly haul around a library of ancient physical media?

Actually I originally had a 20GB PS3 with full hardware backwards compatibility, it broke like almost every Sony console does. This is my third PS3. You can only really depend on the current gen system working with Microsoft and Sony, they are that bad with making their platforms last the test of time. Hopefully with common components and X86 architecture this is no longer an issue. And no my library is not with me currently (I have it digital on my PC for emulation, which I was hoping Sony would surpass and make better.) But game installs have been a standard for almost a decade now. Sony could always support installs off the original discs, and therefore you don't need to carry your library with you. But even if I did carry my library with me, that doesn't take away from the point that you would have to carry the library AND another console. The issue is still not resolved. It just makes it even more urgent. 

 

Wait, let me get this straight, you want Sony to let you put in a PS2 game, download it to your hard drive, and then never have to use it again, hence not carrying your library around with you?  So I can just download it to my PS4, hand the disc off to my friend, so he can then get it.  Make sure all my friends who want it have it, then sell it.  Genious, pure genious.

Even if that's not what you would do, that's what most people would end up doing.  It's not going to happen.