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Vodacixi on 17 March 2020
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DonFerrari said:
Vodacixi said:

Let's put it this way:

Series X:

- Nice specs

- Backwards compatible (which is nice, since I never had an Xbox I could discover some gems... but the nostalgia and replayablity factor is not there)

- Only a few exclusives I'm actually interested on

PS5:

- Probably, nice specs

- Not backwards compatible (let's assume it isn't for the sake of comparison)

- Only a few exclusives I'm actually interested on

In this situation, Series X would be my obvious choice because from my perspective, they would be the same thing, but Xbox got a feature that allows me to play more games. Even if it is not as appealing as it would be if PS5 had it.

Now, if PS5 actually had bacwards compatibility, that would change everything, because I really want to be able to play any PS game in one device.

As for your second question, I'm well aware of that... but If I'm not mistaken, pretty much every game of certain importance is backwards compatible on Xbox One and in te future Series X. I know it's not just put the disc and play: you have to download the game. But the point stands: it's much more convinient than having to plug an old device. Also, maybe on PS5 you won't need to download the game. Who knows...

PS4 BC has already been confirmed like 1 year ago, the other BCs are rumored and actually most of the relevant games have received PS Classic or Remaster threatment.

So since you don't have the Xbox games to play on BC (you would need to buy all of them), then buying the classics or remaster would be similar case.

So it doesn't really make that much of a sense, unless you want to just buy to make a point that you want full BC for all gens that company had a console or it is just strange.

But I don't care much about backwards compatibility if it's just PS4. I want PS1, PS2, PS3 AND PS4. As for the PS Classic, that's an incredibly slim collection of games, some of which are actually worse than the original releases. The Jak and Daxter games for example run noticeably worse than their PS3 or PS2 counterparts. As for remasters, there are certain games I would rather play on their original versions for different reasons. Also, there are still classic PS games that are yet to recieve a remaster version on a home console (Dragon Quest VIII, The Simpsons Hit and Run come to mind)... or the remaster exists, but it was just a PS3/360/Vita release (Beyond Good and Evil, Persona 4 or the first two God of War come to mind).

The backwards compatibility on Series X, while as I pointed out in the previous comment wouldn't give me the nostalgia/inmediate value that its hypothetical PS5 counterpart would, it is still a very useful tool for discovering certain Xbox games that I didn't have the chance to play before. And while, as I said I would rather have the ability to replay PS games than discover some Xbox games, if PS5 doesn't have full backwards compatibility, I would choose Series X.

All of this being said, I don't know what you are trying to do here. I made myself very clear from the beginning that I really wish PS5 is fully backwards compatible because that's something I've dreamed for quite some time. I don't get why are you pushing me this far to explain my needs as a gamer. Are you just extremely curious or are you just trying to make someone feel stupid for liking whathever he wants?

Either way, I believe that's enough for this topic. Have a nice day.