RIP Physical Backward Compatibility (1986-2017)

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Teeqoz said:

RJ_Sizzle said:

We are? Since you need the disc to even play the game you downloaded I say that has quite a big effect. Having the ability to play the old game on the console is fantastic, but calling it true physical b/c is the straw that's being grasped.

I'm just asking why in the world it matters wether the game is actually being read from the disc or from the harddrive. Newsflash, none of the PS4 and XBO games are read from the disc, they all install to the harddrive. It's just silly distinction to make "Oh, yeah sure, you can use your disc to play the game on the next generation console, but it's not really physical BC".

Okay then answer me this.

Can you play an xbox one or ps4 game without an internet connection if all you have is a disk?

Can you play an xbox 360 game on an xbox one without an internet connection if all you have is the disk?

The point is, if you have true hardware backwards compatibility your ability to play that game does not hinge on if you have an internet connection, or if the service that provides the downloaded content is still in operation, or if you have the available space to download that content to your machine.

You would pop the disk in, and play.

It makes a HUGE difference.