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Skullwaker on 17 June 2015

It's a big thing to me. I'd be infinitely more inclined to pick up a PS4 if it had this feature.



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walsufnir on 17 June 2015
Cloudman said:
What? BC is awesome! Imagine if the PS4 could play PS3 games. That would be dang sweet. Remasters wouldn't seem so necessary for people who missed games from the previous generation if you can just take those PS3 games and play them on the PS4.


Be assured that if Sony had announced this and not MS, exactly this thread wouldn't even exist.



Skullwaker on 17 June 2015

walsufnir said:

Be assured that if Sony had announced this and not MS, exactly this thread wouldn't even exist.

Oh, for sure.



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Cloudman on 17 June 2015
walsufnir said:
Cloudman said:
What? BC is awesome! Imagine if the PS4 could play PS3 games. That would be dang sweet. Remasters wouldn't seem so necessary for people who missed games from the previous generation if you can just take those PS3 games and play them on the PS4.


Be assured that if Sony had announced this and not MS, exactly this thread wouldn't even exist.

Might have been the opposite too x )



 

              

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Protendo on 17 June 2015

I think it'd be the deciding factor day 1 if I only bought one system.

Now both consoles have a big enough library the focus should be about the future.



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naruball on 17 June 2015
haxxiy said:
Mr Puggsly said:
 

Well MS is doing BC in a smart way. It doesn't increase the cost of the hardware while improving the X1 library.

Sony is actually doing the same thing now with PS Now.

Gaikai PS3 titles should have been free of charge to those who already own the disks. (AFAIK they aren't, right?)

Sony might think about it now. Or maybe a PS2/PS1 emulator...

Either way, I don't think much will change. Maybe a little in the US before Sony drops the good stuff next year.


Streaming costs money. Why do people keep forgetting about this?



walsufnir on 17 June 2015
naruball said:
haxxiy said:
Mr Puggsly said:
 

Well MS is doing BC in a smart way. It doesn't increase the cost of the hardware while improving the X1 library.

Sony is actually doing the same thing now with PS Now.

Gaikai PS3 titles should have been free of charge to those who already own the disks. (AFAIK they aren't, right?)

Sony might think about it now. Or maybe a PS2/PS1 emulator...

Either way, I don't think much will change. Maybe a little in the US before Sony drops the good stuff next year.


Streaming costs money. Why do people keep forgetting about this?


Building or buying a professional emulator does this, too ;)



IAmCrimsonLegion on 17 June 2015

Personally, it's a huge deal. I really don't care to lug around so many electronics. Having a device that plays all my previous games is ideal and preferred. I'd gladly pay a premium for a console to have native BC so that I can play the discs I own. I'm uninterested in streaming games or buying games I already own digitally.



Protendo on 17 June 2015
Cloudman said:
walsufnir said:


Be assured that if Sony had announced this and not MS, exactly this thread wouldn't even exist.

Might have been the opposite too x )

I doubt that.  Even if it was a different poster, it'd be the same post. 



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Xenostar on 17 June 2015
Mr Puggsly said:
Xenostar said:
100 titles in 6 months this ain't proper BC it's just the same half ass effort they had on 360. And this time devs and pubs need to give there consent. On the whole they won't. There remaster potential back catalog won't be given away for free. Hell I bet MS don't even have the balls to put gears on the BC list.

100 games backwards compatible is 100 more games to play on X1. Most of which likely weren't going to be ported. But lets not just talk numbers, this will allow people to play many notable 360 games without needing a 360. That's not a bad thing.

OG Xbox emulation support wasn't perfect, but it still allowed us to play notable Xbox games on the 360. No reason to neglect what it did well simply because it wasn't perfect.

Based on the Xbox official website, Gears of War is going to BC with the X1. Along with Halo and other notable MS published games.

The real game changer is how MS is doing it. Allowing us to use our physical and digital content is amazing, I never thought that would happen.


Huh why is this is a game changer this is no differnt to what they did last gen. Except for digital but only because that didnt exist on the OG.