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Pemalite on 21 January 2013
ishiki said:

But my xbox 360 failed, ps2 failed, and PS3 likely will. w/o backwards compatibilty I probably won't buy a PS4 (Sony is under no obligation to make it B/C, but I'm under no obligation to buy it).


All things man-made especially those that are mechanical or electrical in nature is prone to fail eventually, when you buy something like this, you should expect it to fail eventually.

If Sony and Microsoft can get backwards compatability working via a console addon or inclusion of the prior consoles processors or even in software, then great, I know allot of people who moved from a PS1 to a PS2 because it would  still run all their PS1 games, so it's obviously a feature many people wanted and helps lock in paying customers to a certain platform.




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platformmaster918 on 21 January 2013
Pemalite said:
ishiki said:

But my xbox 360 failed, ps2 failed, and PS3 likely will. w/o backwards compatibilty I probably won't buy a PS4 (Sony is under no obligation to make it B/C, but I'm under no obligation to buy it).


All things man-made especially those that are mechanical or electrical in nature is prone to fail eventually, when you buy something like this, you should expect it to fail eventually.

If Sony and Microsoft can get backwards compatability working via a console addon or inclusion of the prior consoles processors or even in software, then great, I know allot of people who moved from a PS1 to a PS2 because it would  still run all their PS1 games, so it's obviously a feature many people wanted and helps lock in paying customers to a certain platform.

I hope they have 2 SKUs.  One for $399 with no BC to sell more, and one for $450 with BC and possibly a larger HDD.




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Mohasus on 21 January 2013
Persistantthug said:
teigaga said:
Or you could just keep your ps3?


When I want to play ANGRY BIRDS on my new IPHONE, do I need to keep my old IPHONE 3G or GSto play it?

 

When I buy a new computer, and when I want to play HALF LIFE 1 & 2 from Steam, Do I need to break out my old rickety computer out of the ol garage to play those games?


When you buy a mac, can you run all of your steam games? 

Different platform, different code.



Porcupine_I on 21 January 2013
platformmaster918 said:
Porcupine_I said:
the best way for sony to go would be a optional B/C through a hardware expansion port.

basically you plug in a fully functional PS3 in the form of a seperate module.

that way the can keep basic model cost low and everyone can get the B/C later if they want it.

agree with everything except the later part.  They should have this at launch.  Also hopefully PS4 has a usb on the back so I don't have to look at some big expansion port in my entertainment center.

with "later" i mean you don't have to buy it with the new console, you can get it whenever you want.



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platformmaster918 on 21 January 2013
Porcupine_I said:
platformmaster918 said:
Porcupine_I said:
the best way for sony to go would be a optional B/C through a hardware expansion port.

basically you plug in a fully functional PS3 in the form of a seperate module.

that way the can keep basic model cost low and everyone can get the B/C later if they want it.

agree with everything except the later part.  They should have this at launch.  Also hopefully PS4 has a usb on the back so I don't have to look at some big expansion port in my entertainment center.

with "later" i mean you don't have to buy it with the new console, you can get it whenever you want.

oh ok I agree wholeheartedly then.  The preferable method however would be including BC in one SKU for $50 more than the other one for convenience sake.  I'm thinking $400 basic with $450 BC model (possibly bigger HDD as well).




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crissindahouse on 21 January 2013

i still try to put my n64 cartridges in the newer nintendo consoles but it doesn't work, i think nintendo has to compensate me for this, i bought it for n64, it is my good right that it has to work for wii u...

that's how i feel sometimes when people complain about something they bought for one console and can't use on another one. if you can play the games on another console it is awesome but if not it is nobodies right to get compensated for it.



Persistantthug on 21 January 2013
Mohasus said:
Persistantthug said:
teigaga said:
Or you could just keep your ps3?


When I want to play ANGRY BIRDS on my new IPHONE, do I need to keep my old IPHONE 3G or GSto play it?

 

When I buy a new computer, and when I want to play HALF LIFE 1 & 2 from Steam, Do I need to break out my old rickety computer out of the ol garage to play those games?


When you buy a mac, can you run all of your steam games? 

Different platform, different code.


Terrible analogy.

Of course you can't play WINDOWS BASED games on your MAC.

 

Terrible analogy.



Persistantthug on 21 January 2013
crissindahouse said:
i still try to put my n64 cartridges in the newer nintendo consoles but it doesn't work, i think nintendo has to compensate me for this, i bought it for n64, it is my good right that it has to work for wii u...

that's how i feel sometimes when people complain about something they bought for one console and can#t use on another one.

 

I hear what you're trying to say, but we're only talking about B/C for digital based games....the digital based games that were purchased.

Backwards compatibility for digital based games, for all intent and purpose is pretty much an industry standard.



sales2099 on 21 January 2013

You agree to terms and conditions. So Sony can do whatever they want.



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GameAnalyser on 21 January 2013

PSN games including PS3 digital-only releases should be playable on PS4. That is what we need from Sony . So I guess it's better to wait for the official updates on B/C from Sony.