The PlayStation 4 does not offer the kind of backwards compatibility support that the Xbox One does, and it sounds like that won't change soon, if comments from a top exec are anything to go on. In a new interview, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan said backwards compatibility is a much-requested, little-used feature."When we've dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much," Ryan told Time. "That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"The PS4 plays PS3 games through the streaming service PlayStation Now and PS2 games through the PlayStation Store. However, people need to buy the games again, even if they owned them on the earlier hardware.By contrast, the Xbox One offers a catalog of more than 300 Xbox 360 games--including Red Dead Redemption and Call of Duty: Black Ops II--that don't require a second purchase.At E3 2015, where and when Microsoft announced backwards compatibility support for Xbox One, PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida said Sony had no plans to offer a backwards compatibility solution of its own on PS4. "Backward compatibility is hard," Yoshida explained at the time. "I won't say we'll never do it, but it's not an easy thing to do. If it was easy we would have done that."
they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"
the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?
it's a nice thing to have but super unnecessary—if you'd buy a new console just so you can play old games on it, you're kinda retarded if you already own those older consoles
He says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.
If it wasn't for my friend repairing my fat PS2, I would still be stuck with a bunch of PS2 games I can't play. My slim PS2 is still broken, I was lucky enough to have a second one in the house. My PS3 is second generation meaning backwards compatibility was already gutted right out of the box. Having BC on a newer generation console I use as more of a safety net for my old games than anything else, I need to get a power cable for my 360 because I lost the old one but I'm not in any rush because I can just play Reach and Gears of War on my XB1.
Quote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fair
Quote from: Jokes about killing Trump on June 06, 2017, 11:55:46 AMQuote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fairSo can the Vita
Quote from: Aria on June 06, 2017, 01:19:34 PMQuote from: Jokes about killing Trump on June 06, 2017, 11:55:46 AMQuote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fairSo can the Vitai keep forgetting that existsare games still being made for it
Quote from: Jokes about killing Trump on June 06, 2017, 11:55:46 AMQuote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fairi think it can only play a fewto respond to your first post:backwards compatibility is really only necessary for games that were cartridge based that have a lifespan due to their memory... some of my n64 games wont save anymore because of it. so functionally theyre better on newer hardware. its also just more convenient and you dont have to deal with input lag. i refuse to play anything pre hdmi on an hd tv because of that.
Quote from: huxley on June 06, 2017, 01:15:28 PMQuote from: Jokes about killing Trump on June 06, 2017, 11:55:46 AMQuote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fairi think it can only play a fewto respond to your first post:backwards compatibility is really only necessary for games that were cartridge based that have a lifespan due to their memory... some of my n64 games wont save anymore because of it. so functionally theyre better on newer hardware. its also just more convenient and you dont have to deal with input lag. i refuse to play anything pre hdmi on an hd tv because of that.not everybody has a working older generation console though so the ability to play games from one or two generations ago is pretty useful.
Quote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 06:56:52 AMthe PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?oh fuck offwho the fuck is this guy
well you would but i can see why most people wouldnt
also pc has best backwards compat
Quote from: Verbatim on June 07, 2017, 08:26:29 PMNot really comparable.That's true, console can't be compared to the magnificence of PC.
Not really comparable.
Quote from: challengerX on June 07, 2017, 08:36:41 PMQuote from: Verbatim on June 07, 2017, 08:26:29 PMNot really comparable.That's true, console can't be compared to the magnificence of PC.but PCs are not magnificent and are not better than consoles
Most people haven't played a good game in their lives.
Quote from: Verbatim on June 07, 2017, 08:26:29 PMMost people haven't played a good game in their lives.i wont get into what one person likes and another person doesntbut at the end of the day sony is still a business and if they dont think it will bring in more money than it would cost to do then it wont be done
Quote from: Verbatim on June 06, 2017, 11:55:46 AMQuote from: Big Boss on June 06, 2017, 11:46:18 AMHe says nobody uses it..Because Sony hasn't had it in like fucking ten years.ps3 can still play ps1 games, to be fairtbf the ps3 was 10 years ago
Sony Exec comments on backwards compatibility
