give me n64 expansion pack style upgrades and I will be fine with that. (the upgrade was basically free with DK64)

the upgradeson 3DS were more than ebought for many thing that couldnt be done before on a nintendo hendhelds:
OoT, monster hunter, smash, pokemon in 3D.

So, the numbers dont matter.
if they can bring new experiences you are in the new gen.

I think DS to 3DS is a greater gen leap than ps3 to ps4.

so i'm going to ignore the 3DS for my bit.


if a new version of the ps4 released that could be a game that looks awesome but can't be played on the old version of the ps4 i'd be pissed.

if a new version of the ps4 released and it played the exact same games but added enticing new OS features (example of which i cannot currently fathom) i could be pretty excited.

..basically the details of the situation matter. but, imo, the key value proposition of a console compared to PC is that i can play any game without the need to upgrade my hardware every 2 years or think about compatibility issues.

Well, Sony did increased the PSP RAM from 32 to 64MB. The compatibility with games was the same tough, the extra RAM was just for multitasking so the compatibility was 100%.

Technically it happened last Gen, The Kinect version of the X360 can play titles which can't be played without Kinect, would imagine it caused a bit more annoyence considering that a few of the Games with Gold were Kinect titles so the free games offered to X360 owners couldn't be played without additional Hardware.

Sure you could go out and buy the hardware upgrade for your launch day 360 but original Kinect was 150euros and needed to play some games. This is more or less the same amount of money it'll cost you to go from 3ds > New 3ds if you make use of a trade in system of your older model 3DS.

CPS2 can't be emulated on a psp1000 because of the lower RAM.... DAMN YOU SONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

Think you're 100% right tho, all retail games from the psp work on all models.

I would be fine with a ps4 revision with HDMI 2.0, 4K blu-ray support, whatever flavor of new wifi, bigger HDD or even a combined SSD + HDD version. However changing the hardware specs for games is not cool. The whole point of dedicated consoles is coding to 1 hardware target, not wasting time on different versions. Arguably having to support the 360 arcade and 12gb PS3 was distracting enough already for game development.

That one game you are talking about happens to be one of my most anticipated titles.  Sucks for me right?  Because I need to get the new system if I want to play it right? Sign... I did think through it and I am fustrated.   I will wait while you qualify my concerns and make them valid.  For me, it is a new handheld generation.  Who doesn't want Xblade in their pocket?

Xenoblade...a game I really, really want to play but currently have no means.

Not only do I think it's unfair to current 3DS owners, I think it's a pretty stupid move that will just confuse consumers even further.

I would say they ain't getting anymore of my money.