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Forums - Sony - Did Anyone Actually Expect PS4 to have B/C?

Not after they announced they were ditching the cell.



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omg you guys, put your panties back on. It will play your precious ps3 games one way or another.



Trunkin said:
Considering that we've known the CPU architecture for months now, no, I didn't expect it to have BC.


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I would want one console to play both my PS3 and 4 games instead of having to switch between one or the other. It's a time saver.



oldschoolfool said:
theprof00 said:
No cell, no ps3 BC.
This has been known.


I did'nt know. Not everybody is smart when it comes to tech.


Its not only that, Sony had a Nvidia made chip in it also and Microsoft had trouble suppling decent BC because of Nvidia with the 360, so it a mixture of the change of CPU and the change of GPU. And Gaikai will never be a 100% replacment for BC for various reasons.



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I did. But it doesn't really bother me to keep my PS3 connected. It never did.



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oldschoolfool said:
It's a deal breaker for me. no BC,no buy and I own a ps3.


Seriously? You wont ever buy a PS4 without PS3 B/C? 



No. No way 8 Jaguar cores can emulate Cell, and putting another Cell processor inside the PS4 for BC would make the price go way above $599. But it is a shame, every console should have BC IMO.



By Gaikai yea, but I agree just keep my PS3 to play PS,PS2,PS3 games and PS4 for PS4.



Not surprised. At all.

Once it became known that the CBE architecture was gone, I figured the only way PS3 games will ever be seen on the PS4 is through Gaikai server side game streaming.