As someone who has over a hundred ps1 and a hundred ps2 games, compatible consoles is really helpful. I had to drop down to a ps2 for a ps1 game (final fantasy ii) because it crashes on ps3. Many of us said it at the time:
Ps5 would be a day one purchase if it included some back compatability.
Of course, finding one anyway is a game in itself. There is no market value in offering it when they are all sold out anyway.
We have the disks of old games, and there is a market for old games for old consoles. New consoles would do well to either allow us to buy methods of keeping up to date while maintaining old libraries, or resell old games digitally in the same fashion as previously. Naturally most of us prefer the method that allows us to keep the games so it isn't an issue when shopfronts close...
PS4: Confirmed to some degree, hopefully fully complete. Great for me because I've never owned a PS4 and it means I can skip a generation and still buy the games. PS3: would also be good as its still blu ray disks, has a good library and it's my main console right now - online services is starting to die so would be a good replacement. PS2 next to it could then cater for PS1 and PS2, but then I lose digital games (including Vandal Hearts 3) that never came out on anything else. PS2: would be great, it's dvds which presumably is still going to be playable on ps5 unless they intend to make it blu ray only. Digital ps2 games seem to be fine even though ps3's emulation of it was poor, so how hard can it be to read the same data from a disk? PS1: if it went this far back, it's a day 1 purchase, bearing in mind I've never bought a console brand new before. It's extremely unlikely as I doubt anyone is keen to bring back suitable lazers to play CD disks.
The other issue is, the more backwards compatibility, the higher the prices is going to be for games. I've had to slowly buy everything my entire life, increased demand for physical copies will destroy my attempts to buy games cheap and second hand. Oh well.
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Re: Talking Point: Would You Buy a PS1, PS2, or PS3 Emulator for PS5?
As someone who has over a hundred ps1 and a hundred ps2 games, compatible consoles is really helpful. I had to drop down to a ps2 for a ps1 game (final fantasy ii) because it crashes on ps3. Many of us said it at the time:
Ps5 would be a day one purchase if it included some back compatability.
Of course, finding one anyway is a game in itself. There is no market value in offering it when they are all sold out anyway.
We have the disks of old games, and there is a market for old games for old consoles. New consoles would do well to either allow us to buy methods of keeping up to date while maintaining old libraries, or resell old games digitally in the same fashion as previously. Naturally most of us prefer the method that allows us to keep the games so it isn't an issue when shopfronts close...
Re: Poll: How Much Does PS5 Backwards Compatibility Matter to You?
PS4: Confirmed to some degree, hopefully fully complete. Great for me because I've never owned a PS4 and it means I can skip a generation and still buy the games.
PS3: would also be good as its still blu ray disks, has a good library and it's my main console right now - online services is starting to die so would be a good replacement. PS2 next to it could then cater for PS1 and PS2, but then I lose digital games (including Vandal Hearts 3) that never came out on anything else.
PS2: would be great, it's dvds which presumably is still going to be playable on ps5 unless they intend to make it blu ray only. Digital ps2 games seem to be fine even though ps3's emulation of it was poor, so how hard can it be to read the same data from a disk?
PS1: if it went this far back, it's a day 1 purchase, bearing in mind I've never bought a console brand new before. It's extremely unlikely as I doubt anyone is keen to bring back suitable lazers to play CD disks.
The other issue is, the more backwards compatibility, the higher the prices is going to be for games. I've had to slowly buy everything my entire life, increased demand for physical copies will destroy my attempts to buy games cheap and second hand. Oh well.