Nymeria said:
Every generation? PS2 played PS1 games, and the early PS3 played PS1 and PS2 games. It was great having three systems in one, but it didn't sell that well and lost Sony lots of money. PS4 has been a huge success for them and seem to focus on streaming for older titles. I think PS5 might have BC assuming they do similar architechture, but Sony has been told by the market that they value big new third and first party titles over older games. |
Every generation going forward I mean. I'm talking about the long term though. Over time Sony could build their ecosystem to have PS1/PS2/PS3 and PS4 games under the same roof, all purchaseable on PSN. The same way we can buy any game from Wolfenstein 3D to CoD on Steam, why not be able to access any PS title on your latest Playstation? Create a culture like Steam where they encourage people to buy games of all ages, where it's shelf life is beyond the few months it's relevant in the media. But still have the new games, everything Sony is doing now plus the vast PS library at your whim.
I don't even think they should market it as backwards compatability, just have it be an all encompasing library of PS games on PSN. Even if it isn't disc based. Like Steam for PS games.
