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PS2, DS, and Wii all had backwards compatibility. They all won their generation. Backwards compatibility helps to make sure that early adopters have something good to play while waiting for the first slow two years to pass. It also lowers the price of a new system for people that had the hold system, via trade-ins while flooding the market with cheap last gen machines. Lots of people get into a different brand of consoles, because they picked up the last gen system. How many people grew up playing PS1 games when PS2 was out and then stuck with Sony forever?