Can MS & Sony just simply make next gen fully BC?

[Mr Puggsly]

PwerlvlAmy said:

DonFerrari said:

Still some people have proof that is definitive and certain that PS5 will have BC.

Not sure what koolaid they were drinking. Sony didnt buy that Cloud service just to give us full BC compatibility out of the kindness of their hearts. Its to make us pay for it lol. Same with Microsoft. There's no reason to give us full on B/C when were all still buying what they feed us

I absolutely agree the motivator of BC is monetization, if they couldn't find a way to make it profitable there would be less or no motivation to do it. But there are some holes in your argument.

The reality is the way MS is handling it, packaging the games into new digital downloads and selling games digitally, this all requires consent of the publishers/developers or who ever owns the games. If they made a basic emulator that pretty much only runs disc, I don't think they would need permission much like the OG Xbox emulator on 360. However, their selection OG Xbox actually in the store was very small. No money is being made if people are simply using old discs.

However, it worth noting there are some games that are on BC that are only available on a disc. That means MS is actually making the effort to add games to BC they can't even monetize. Now you must admit that's actually pretty nice.

I think most people agree its probably impossible for the PS4 to handle a PS3 emulator that can run all games at full speed. So they can't really monetize PS3 games on PS4 the same way MS monetizes OG Xbox games and 360 games on Xbox One. Most people who use BC are likely using old discs and old digital purchases, but MS is still sells over 500 games previous gen games in their current store. Its not just a nice gesture from MS, its being monetized. Anecdotally I've bought numerous OG Xbox and 360 games in the Xbox store thanks to BC.

You exaggerate how many remasters we actually get. Just take into consideration most of the games on Xbox BC don't have remasters. There are many studios that would be happy to keep selling a previous gen game without having to actually port or remaster it. That's where BC comes in.