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Playstation 4 needs to be backwards compatible.
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With some games, sure. Not with PS3 though --- Far Cry 3, Don't Starve (PC), AC3 (PS3), Dungeon Defenders (AND), Gravity Rush (VITA) | |
It's not gonna happen. The extra cost and hassle isn't worth the effort to satisfy a few lazy asses that refuse to get up and plug in their PS3. | |
Thor61 posted... It's not gonna happen. The extra cost and hassle isn't worth the effort to satisfy a few lazy asses that refuse to get up and plug in their PS3. Good job completely ignoring the facts that Sony will stop making/supporting/repairing PS3 in the not to distant future with the PS4 coming out sometime this year. Which means Sony Stops Support PS3 Breaks Kiss Your PS3 Game Library Goodbye You Wish PS4 Had Backwards Compatibility Does anybody have any common sense left? Good Lord. It's akin to buying a newer model car of the same brand, but the new model has no side airbags in it. Oh it has front airbags, but we took out the side airbags, cause it cost us to much to included, and nobody will miss them. Unless you get hit in a car wreck on the side. Oh, & our competition includes side airbags with all their cars regardless of model because they actually provide good customer service, and want to have safe & happy customers. But we at Sony say, "screw that noise", we do things our own way regardless of how many customers we may tick off. Backwards Compatibility Meeting Microsoft - Yea! Our library is Huge! Nintendo - Mamma Mia! Okee Dokee! Sony - Nah! We pass the savings on to you by making PS3 HD collections. Sony can not afford anymore screwups, as they are in major financial trouble/debt. If they pull it off this gen they'll win very big, but if they lose, Sony may never recover. Hopefully they learned their lesson with the PS3, but then again there is the PS Vita mess, Wonderbook, PS Move etc. It would be a shame if they went like Sega and did Software Only. As Sony hardware is really top notch. Just have to see which way things go. | |
PS4 without BC = no buy for me. I almost did not buy PS3 because it didn't play PS2 games (the newer version) I'm just tired of accumulating new consoles...I just don't have the room for them. I would love it if PS4 played PS1, 2, 3, and 4 games. Then I'd be set. | |
I don't care about BC personally. If I want to play older games, I play them on those systems. Not a big deal. --- Go, then.....there are other worlds than these. psn: jcvdismyhero | |
I think GTA5 has played or will play a role in PS4 BC. PS4 will be released this year, probably between October and November. GTA5 comes out late September and I don't believe it will have a next-gen version. So I don't see Sony preventing customers from playing their brand-new copy of GTA5 on their $400 PS4. --- PSN - Hand_Banana | |
From: Spirituous | #073 Does anybody have any common sense left? Good Lord. You would have common sense if you realised that Cell and the nVidia chipset will be required to run PS3 games. no way, no how, will AMD allow their chipset to be paired with a rival, and the PS4 won't have a hope in hell for pure software emulation. It can't even do partial since the idea of having the PS3 hardware in it, is ludicrous. --- Caller: Do you have this game, "i wanna f*** your mother?" Me (At EB Games): No, but we do have 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader' *click* | |
Spirituous posted... RyuuHou25 posted...Spirituous posted...If Sony does not offer backwards compatibility on PS4 then I'm done with them. And so did all the other consoles that came out in the last 40 years genius. People somehow managed to get past that!! You will too princess. The fact you couldn't even grasp the correlation between what I said and what you're babbling is astounding and just shows you're blatant obliviousness and ignorance to the fact that consoles have come out for years on end NOT PLAYING THE PREVIOUS CONSOLES GAMES. --- PSN ID: RyuuHou24 "I never said that....and even if I said it, I never said it" - Dr Peter Venkman RGB | |
killak posted... From: Spirituous | #073Does anybody have any common sense left? Good Lord. Sony can most certainly do backwards compatibility via an add on hardware part or even via software emulation. The original PS1 titles run on complete software emulation on all PS3's, and the PS1 chipset is vastly different then the PS3's cell processor. PS2 titles purchased on the Playstation Store run on all PS3's via Sony themselves coding said titles to run on PS3 hardware. So don't give me any of that bs of Sony not being able to offer some form of backward compatibility. They can do any of the following: 1. Offer a digital version of a PS3 title for download if you have purchased the title, similar to what they did with PSP UMD titles, for people switching to PS Vita. 2. Offer some form of hardware add on that has the cell/nvidia processor that would allow you to play your PS3 games on the PS4. 3. Have some form of software emulation for PS3 titles for PS4. Please don't make random crap up just to try and look smart, it makes you look the exact opposite and adds nothing to the actual discussion at hand. As I've said before, if Sony has no form of backwards compatibility whatsoever that will be a major negative against them. Even if they have the better hardware then the next Xbox, it won't matter if they (Sony) pull another stunt like they did with the PS3 as that will drive customers away. Irregardless of whether or not backwards compatibility matters to you personally, it will affect sales of PS4, and Sony will lose customers over it if they go that route. And they would be foolish as a company to repeat those same types of mistakes that they did with the PS3. Backwards compatibility is important to many people out there, myself included. 've been a long time supporter of Sony, but I am not blind to the facts of the situation, nor act like so many fanboy's out there who just tow the company line. | |
sicko26us posted... Thamauturge posted...From: twa556 | #004No BC is a total fail at this point, with digital and everything especially. No BC = No buy for at least 2 year +2. If it has no BC then I won't be buying it either until a price drop in 2 years or so. Besides, I don't see the point of buying a PS4 the day it's out if no BC. Going to wait until it has a handful of good games first. If it has BC though, I'll sell my PS3 for extra money and buy it sooner. --- PSN: http://psnprofiles.com/BlinkWinkel |
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