For the people who are saying that backwards compatibility should be gone are either rich, work for sony, or are completely insensitive to the average consumer.
Most people don't have space for three different systems, much less want to have to keep switching back and forth to play their favorite games. I don't believe they thought long and hard, i believe they thought about the money, as in how much money they can squeeze out of dlc/playstation network licensed content that you already own and what people are willing to pay even more money for. If the system was backward compatible , you wouldn't have to buy brand new Ps4 accessories either, and they would need a specific reason for you to buy special controllers.
Backward compatibility gives incentives to lower income buyers to shell out the money for the system, for places like EB/Gamestop, Power Gamers, etc, they could trade in old systems for money towards the new ones, along with games they no longer want for the new system, while keeping the games they love to play. I have known people that when the ps3 came out because they couldn't get one that was backwards compatible sold all their ps2 games and console just to get one, and regretted it later.
I currently have a ps2, and a ps3, and i can tell i will not be selling any of my games or consoles just for a ps4, or buying a Ps4 for that matter, no matter how good the graphics are. This is why pcs will always be better than consoles, there is not any exclusive console game worth me shelling out 500 or 600 bucks everytime a new console comes out that i can't find something comparable on pc that isn't better. If anything sony needs to rethink this again.
Also i used to work at a gaming store for several years, i saw the trends and i know how it goes.
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Re: Sony Thought 'Long and Hard' Over PS4's Lack of Backward Compatibility
For the people who are saying that backwards compatibility should be gone are either rich, work for sony, or are completely insensitive to the average consumer.
Most people don't have space for three different systems, much less want to have to keep switching back and forth to play their favorite games. I don't believe they thought long and hard, i believe they thought about the money, as in how much money they can squeeze out of dlc/playstation network licensed content that you already own and what people are willing to pay even more money for. If the system was backward compatible , you wouldn't have to buy brand new Ps4 accessories either, and they would need a specific reason for you to buy special controllers.
Backward compatibility gives incentives to lower income buyers to shell out the money for the system, for places like EB/Gamestop, Power Gamers, etc, they could trade in old systems for money towards the new ones, along with games they no longer want for the new system, while keeping the games they love to play. I have known people that when the ps3 came out because they couldn't get one that was backwards compatible sold all their ps2 games and console just to get one, and regretted it later.
I currently have a ps2, and a ps3, and i can tell i will not be selling any of my games or consoles just for a ps4, or buying a Ps4 for that matter, no matter how good the graphics are. This is why pcs will always be better than consoles, there is not any exclusive console game worth me shelling out 500 or 600 bucks everytime a new console comes out that i can't find something comparable on pc that isn't better. If anything sony needs to rethink this again.
Also i used to work at a gaming store for several years, i saw the trends and i know how it goes.