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MonstaMack on 21 February 2013

Ouch



It's just that simple.

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kitler53 on 21 February 2013
disolitude said:
Munkeh111 said:
disolitude said:
ClassicGamingWizzz said:
you have them on ps3 why the fuck should you care lol

Honestly you're being a pushover to Sony if you think this isn't a big deal. The moment I get a new Xbox and the awesome new interface, along with better features and faster/better everything, why would I want to boot up my old Xbox for an online game of Halo 4.

Microsoft better not pull the same crap. Sony appears to be just goofing off in terms of digital distribution and ecosystem but Microsoft should know how something like this can really hurt your ecosystem reputation.

The whole point is that you shouldn't want to go back to your old console. I used the BC on my PS3 4x overall, one of them was God of War II, since that came out after the PS3 if I am not mistaken, then the other were chances to play 2 of my favourite ever PS2 games. I can manage if I just play them on Gaikai instead. The only real problem was the lack of a football game on the PS3, so I did have to keep playing PES for a while

It is not to do with online infrastructure, it is to do with the radical change in architecture and lack of emulation. I can agree that it is probably just them being greedy wrt PS1 and PS2 games, but other than that it is fine.

Worst comes to worst, I will just have to keep my PS3 plugged in for FIFA. But anyway, living in the UK means that it will inevitably be late, so I will have more games to play at launch

I hear what you're saying and while options for backwards compatibility may be there on PS4, they won't be convenient as they should be. I've played around with Online streaming and it's not something I'm too impressed with. There is always slight input lag and visuals adjust up and down on the fly depending on bandwith.

Also it may be just me and my years of playing videogames, but at this point I get as much joy replaying old games as playing new ones. 

If Microsoft comes out and says...all Xbox 1 and 360 games compatible, and in 1080p... I will be very happy and probably replay dozens of old games.

If they don't have it on Microsofts side, it will really hurt their Xbox live ecosystem because people paid since day 1 to be part of it. Imagine iPad 5 doesn't work with any iOS apps because they changed to x86 CPU. That wouldn't fly at all.

my wifes iphone 5 isn't compatible with our mac book.  legacy happens.

i get is, ps3 and ps4 architecture is different and if it doesn't have BC then it doesn't have BC.  wish it did but it not that big a deal.  i have an 2 nes, snes, gb, n64, gc, wii, and ds that have all in my storage.  i never come back to any of them.  my ps3 will be no different after the first few months with ps4's library builds up.

...now, if they offer BC via gaikai at some point and they don't give me credit on gaikai for the games i bought on psn i'm going to raise hell.



Horrorfest on 21 February 2013

Not good :/



HokageTenshi on 21 February 2013

i think they don't wanna hurt PS3 sales a.t.m is the real reason why they say this now...



lurkerwithnosoul on 21 February 2013

I bet the Xbox 720/Durango is no different.



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michael_stutzer on 21 February 2013
superchunk said:
So.... Wii to WiiU is the only one doing BC?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Its arguable that MS won't be doing it either as their base architecture changed dramatically as well. (IBM to x86)

So glad I was able to copy 100% of my Wii content to my WiiU. :p


Even Vita could probably emulate Wii. We are talking about a 7th gen console with a much different architecture here.



adriane23 on 21 February 2013

360 isn't BC

Dreamcast wasn't BC

Gamecube wasn't BC

N64 wasn't BC

SNES wasn't BC

PS4 won't be BC - SONYZ IS SKREWIN OVER GAMERSZ!



I am the Playstation Avenger.

   

sethnintendo on 21 February 2013
michael_stutzer said:
superchunk said:
So.... Wii to WiiU is the only one doing BC?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Its arguable that MS won't be doing it either as their base architecture changed dramatically as well. (IBM to x86)

So glad I was able to copy 100% of my Wii content to my WiiU. :p


Even Vita could probably emulate Wii. We are talking about a 7th gen console with a much different architecture here.

We are also talking about PSN games like Worms Armageddon, SF2 HD, etc that won't be able to transfer.  Right?



Lostplanet22 on 21 February 2013

MS better not copy this. Really if they come up with this shit aswell I am finished with console gaming. Then I am going whole they way IOs for sure.



 

superchunk on 21 February 2013
michael_stutzer said:

Even Vita could probably emulate Wii. We are talking about a 7th gen console with a much different architecture here.

Sell it to yourself anyway you want. WiiU > PS4.

EDIT: Plus as others pointed out... its PSN games, not discs we're talking abou there.