Nintendo's reputation of bc?  Since when???

Nintendo consoles only started becoming bc last gen, and only because the architecture between the GC and the Wii was so similar, which continued on with the Wii / Wii U because the consoles literally utilize the same motion sensing technology and controllers!  Same thing with handhelds... the GBA was made to handle original GB games, and the DS had an auxilary slot in earlier models to handle GBA games.

BC goes back to the early days of gaming... Atari were the first to feature bc out of the box, and SEGA offered bc through add-ons for its earlier consoles.  the PS2 and PS3 were initally fully bc but Sony later abandoned it on the PS3 and 4 due to costs.  It's not that big of a deal and has never been a major selling point for any console.

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when you're a no show in the pre-season you won't make it to the playoffs.

I would expect those 3rd party deals to be quite significant, actually. We're well into this gen, and the biggest sellers have all been 3rd party multiplats. Knowing that and knowing that Sony has outsold MS nearly 2:1, the average consumer has little to differentiate between their offerings. If the games are effectively the same, then the controller of the marketing of those games and/or the seller of the reputedly better platform should expect significant success.

WE are discerning customers; the masses are not.

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BC isn't a bad thing, I'm actually playing on a PS3 right now and have been going back and forth from PS4 to PS3 since PS4 launched. So it would be nice for my PS4 to be fully BC.

Nice to see an Archer fan :D

Thank you, somebody agrees

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=204823&page=1#

Halo will move consoles. You can't deny that. It'll be interesting to see how the 3rd party deals and possible PS4 price cut will do against Halo and Tomb Raider this Holiday.

They already tricked people into buying XBOnes at the "limited time" price of $350 over the holidays, so I wouldn't put it past them