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Would you pay more for a Backwards Compatible PS4?

Yes. I'd pay $100 or more extra 76 27.74%
 
Yes. I'd pay about $50 extra 64 23.36%
 
No. I want BC but would not pay more for it. 52 18.98%
 
No. I don't care about BC at all. 82 29.93%
 
Total:274
Metrium on 16 May 2013

If their is no way to get BC for free, I would'nt mind paying extra for it if it means I can sell my PS3. But 100$ seem abit of a ripoff, 50$ would still be expansive for only BC but I'd be fine with it.



 

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Dark_Lord_2008 on 16 May 2013

Backwards compatibility is not really needed because PS3 games will look dated in comparison to PS4 games. The PS4 will push gaming towards the next level and propel it into the future. A cheaper more affordable PS4 will propel sales more than a more expensive system with backwards compatibility.



Trunkin on 16 May 2013

Yes, as long as it's cheaper than buying a PS3. Used.



Trunkin on 16 May 2013
Dark_Lord_2008 said:
Backwards compatibility is not really needed because PS3 games will look dated in comparison to PS4 games. The PS4 will push gaming towards the next level and propel it into the future. A cheaper more affordable PS4 will propel sales more than a more expensive system with backwards compatibility.



Mohasus on 16 May 2013

I won't sell my PS3, so no.



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Corey on 16 May 2013

If it was good quality hardware backwards compatibility i'd pay more just for the ease of convinience, but probably only around $50.

If no BC I'm not phased as my perfectly good PS3 should be around for many many years to come.



walsufnir on 16 May 2013
kitler53 said:
i'd pay up to $100 for BC but i kind of just hope for some sort of ambassador program with BC via gaikai streaming. their is only 5 or so games i'd really want to port over and keep playing next gen anyways.


I am really looking forward to Gaikai and how the real-world-experience with it will be but by now I have serious doubts this is an appropriate solution. Definitely worse than "real" bc or even emulation from a technical point of view.



toyswillmickeal on 16 May 2013

great!



tiffac on 16 May 2013

Although having BC is not bad, I always keep my legacy consoles. So in the end, its not a deal breaker for me.



kitler53 on 16 May 2013
walsufnir said:
kitler53 said:
i'd pay up to $100 for BC but i kind of just hope for some sort of ambassador program with BC via gaikai streaming. their is only 5 or so games i'd really want to port over and keep playing next gen anyways.


I am really looking forward to Gaikai and how the real-world-experience with it will be but by now I have serious doubts this is an appropriate solution. Definitely worse than "real" bc or even emulation from a technical point of view.


what are the doubts? 

i've spoken out against "always online" being manditory for hardware and i do still believe that.  too much of the world is just not ready for that yet, that's just being realalistic.  but a good portion (and most importantly,.. myself) is ready.   i tried gaikai's demos like the day sony bought them and it worked great for me.  i'd love a really good cloud solution.  i already use it for my music which is great for when i'm at work or my mother-in-law's house.

yeah yeah, onlive failed.  but i think sony or MS can make it work.  the biggest problem, imo, with onlive is it didn't support a large enough percentage of new games.  none of MSonintendoy's exclusive and only like 1/3 of the third party games.

anyways, i'm an early adopter in a lot of regards.  i'm ready now.  in 5 years i think cloud gaming will be fairly mass market.. or at least could be if they don't fuck it up too badly.

 

..which brings me back around to my point.  BC via gaikai (aka pre-populating my cloud gaming account with lot of "free" games) sounds great to me.