| Draven26 said: B/C was great on the olds PS3's and although the lack of memory card slots were an issue, don't forget that PS3's (whether backwards compatable or not) ALL have internal memory cards that can be made and will hold just about all the memory you will ever need for ps2 and ps1 games |
yeah the point is that it's not for fans... but for new users
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Why? because you say so? clearly if that was the case it wouldnt of had backwards compatability at all...
Removing backwards compatibility causes your customer base to evaluate systems based on what your system has as far as new software goes. They treat the PS3 like the 360, and even the Wii, and decide whether the PS3 is a new system they should ADD, rather than a system that is an UPGRADE for the PS2. Considering, in the United States, people can trade systems in and get credit, it also helps you reduce the cost of buying a new system.
Besides this, here is another argument for backwards compatibility: Backwards compatibility gives a console games it can play, in niches that it doesn't have software for. If you look at what happened with the 360, Microsoft went out of its way to make games Shattered States and Dia Seneraku (spelling) work on it, so the 360 had turn-based wargames. It also made sure platformers worked, and got fighting games to work also. Unreal Championship 2 also made the list. And for Microsoft, by doing this, it now has games it is able to resell over Live.
Unless one is hung up by only playing the latest and best graphics (I will say get a PC if that is your obsession), having backwards compatibility is a service for customers, AND also a competitive advantage.
| Squilliam said: Im not talking about the 1-5% of people "In the know", im talking about the 60% of people who didn't even know the PS3 could play Blu Ray! The percentage of people who know to get a memory card adapter is insignificant compared to the number who don't. |
That is where your logic fails.
60Gb buyers were early adopters which tend to be a lot less casual and know a lot more about the specs of the hardware they are purchasing...
BC was nice gift for early adopters, that's all it was...
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
the thing that annoys me about BC on the ps3 is the input lag. even when i play on a crt tv it's damn near unbearable.
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Ail said:
That is where your logic fails. 60Gb buyers were early adopters which tend to be a lot less casual and know a lot more about the specs of the hardware they are purchasing... BC was nice gift for early adopters, that's all it was... |
Not really, hardcore user != technical user. There were a lot of people in the early days who bought a PS3 because of the word "Playstation" and the general rule that people are technically incompetent still applies.
Tease.
Squilliam said:
Not really, hardcore user != technical user. There were a lot of people in the early days who bought a PS3 because of the word "Playstation" and the general rule that people are technically incompetent still applies.
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So what perk exactly did early 360 or Wii adopters get ?
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
Ail said:
So what perk exactly did early 360 or Wii adopters get ? |
Xbox 360: RROD?
Wii: Stigma?
Tease.
The adaptor is hard to use?
You just plug it in... put in a memory card... and it like scrolls directly to the memory card settings if i rememebr right.
An actual memory card slot would of made a lot of sense though, i can't deny that.
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