How much do YOU care about Backwards Compatability next gen?

How much do you personally care about Backwards Compatability? Does anybody really care that much?

To be honest, most of my CURRENT gen games I dont even play anymore besides the ones with replay value like Halo, CoD, etc... If its a single player game, chances are once I beat it, it leaves my disk tray and goes back in the box never to be touched again for months (if ever). Ive already traded in every game I own on PS3 except for Uncharted 3 and Bad Company 2, and of the few 360 games I own, the only one that gets play time is Reach. I tend to treat my videogames like dirty little whores. I get what I want out of them, then onto the next one.

Same thing with last gen. I had PS2 and Gamecube, and I traded all my games in long before I switched to current gen. The only old games I still own are my PSone games, and that is because Gamestop stopped accepting PS1 games by the time I wanted to trade them in. And even then, Ive barely ever played them on my PS3 anyways. I played MGS1 ONCE just for the hell of it, but for the most part I find Backwards Compatability to be a novelty, nothing more. I buy consoles

Over the holidays, I bought Gears of War, Uncharted 3, Skyrim, Batman Arkham City, and Saints Row 3. These games have sat on my floor and I have no desire to take them out of the box. The only game I touch is Halo Reach, and occasionally Uncharted 3/Bad Company 2. (I might get Modern Warfare 3 solely for replay value). Ive gon months/weeks at a time without even powering on either of my consoles. if im not even playing my CURRENT gen games, whould I REALLY care about them like that NEXT gen?

Couple this with the fact that next gen consoles will likely have pretty much every relevant game ported to PSN/XBL, would you care if next gen consoles dont have Backwards Compatability?

I currently have 57 PS3 games, and another 5 downloaded PSN titles, my PS3 is almost 5 years old, and its only suppose to last another 5 years, maybe 6 or 7 if im lucky.

Yes, its important to me, im going to have 1000 bucks worth of games that i cant play.

I don't really care. I still have my original Xbox and my Xbox 360. So it doesn't matter whether the next Xbox has it or not. If it does great, but I generally play the games on the systems they were intended for (re-releases excluded).FPSDad1161

I currently have 57 PS3 games, and another 5 downloaded PSN titles, my PS3 is almost 5 years old, and its only suppose to last another 5 years, maybe 6 or 7 if im lucky.

Yes, its important to me, im going to have 1000 bucks worth of games that i cant play.

crimsonman1245

[QUOTE="FPSDad1161"]I don't really care. I still have my original Xbox and my Xbox 360. So it doesn't matter whether the next Xbox has it or not. If it does great, but I generally play the games on the systems they were intended for (re-releases excluded).Mcspanky37

[QUOTE="Mcspanky37"]

[QUOTE="FPSDad1161"]I don't really care. I still have my original Xbox and my Xbox 360. So it doesn't matter whether the next Xbox has it or not. If it does great, but I generally play the games on the systems they were intended for (re-releases excluded).FPSDad1161

You probably don't have much in your entertainment center - I don't have room to keep busting out old consoles (even with a receiver that has tons of plugins). Do you have a huge giant ass gaming room with room for all these old consoles? F*ck, I don't. I don't have the patience to unhook a new console, move it out, move in the old console, and all that jazz just to play one of my older favorite games.

Unless you truly don't even care what your room looks like and you just have a bunch of consoles and cables laying around.

Wouldn't really surprise me if that's the case - but we're not all 14 year olds who has the space to keep all their old gaming consoles sitting in their room.

BC is always a plus.

I can store away my other consoles.

I have a LOT of games, A LOT (my sig gives just an idea, not even counting all my PSN, XBLA, Wii, WiiWare, Handhelds, PC, etc)...but to be honest, I wouldn't use BC.

The saves would probably be a b%%ch to transfer, and I don't like the idea of wearing out my new machine on old games.

I like knowing I have it though for that first year.

Where's the poll option for I don't care about BC and will hold onto my current gen systems?

Games are always best experienced on their native platforms, not through emulation.

Plus, adding backwards compatibility adds cost to a console, making it more expensive. I would much rather them forgo backwards compatibility altogether, and put those resources towards making a more powerful console.

It's a must have for me to buy any of them. I'm not going to have 5 or 6 consoles laying around.

[QUOTE="FPSDad1161"][QUOTE="Mcspanky37"] I guess inconvenience doesn't bother Gears of War fans. Testament to their intelligence?

KHAndAnime

You probably don't have much in your entertainment center - I don't have room to keep busting out old consoles (even with a receiver that has tons of plugins). Do you have a huge giant ass gaming room with room for all these old consoles? F*ck, I don't. I don't have the patience to unhook a new console, move it out, move in the old console, and all that jazz just to play one of my older favorite games.

Unless you truly don't even care what your room looks like and you just have a bunch of consoles and cables laying around.

Wouldn't really surprise me if that's the case - but we're not all 14 year olds who has the space to keep all their old gaming consoles sitting in their room.

its important for me for my 360 ive played through a bunchof xbox games, e.g. max payne, splinter cell, KOTOR, PES5, Rainbow 6....

i guess if the next console doesnt do BC ill just finish all the games on my 360 and then move over after... its certainly a good addition though, and is it that difficult to put in?

i always sell my previous console when i buy the new one.... id like to go back and play my favourite games... Mass Effect! i think its the only game single player game ive kept

It'd be nice, but I don't ever get rid of my consoles.

And pretty much all of the games from this gen suck anyway, so there's not much point replaying them.

I have a LOT of games, A LOT (my sig gives just an idea, not even counting all my PSN, XBLA, Wii, WiiWare, Handhelds, PC, etc)...but to be honest, I wouldn't use BC.

The saves would probably be a b%%ch to transfer, and I don't like the idea of wearing out my new machine on old games.

I like knowing I have it though for that first year.

SolidTy

Same here, i like going back to my old games from time to time during the first year or so, but later on its a feature i just don use anymore.

Alot... I don't want to have to reset up my systems everytime I want to play an older game.

Also if new gen consoles are expensive it better have this feature

Consoles take up space, so a lot. But if BC doesn't happen then I'll adapt.FireSpirit117

On a scale from 1-10? 2

I care quite a bit. Although most of my previous gen games were on PC, which is always back compatible. :) I like to revisit Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dales series every 2 years or so it seems. Diablos and WoW games get played quite a bit. Still I still like to play Halo:CE and Halo 2 on the 360 every on and then, I've also caught myself replaying KotOR 1 and 2 and Jade Empire again this gen. I played Morrowind quite a bit as well.

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]Consoles take up space, so a lot. But if BC doesn't happen then I'll adapt.DarkLink77

[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]Consoles take up space, so a lot. But if BC doesn't happen then I'll adapt.DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]Consoles take up space, so a lot. But if BC doesn't happen then I'll adapt.TheOldOlder

very important

I'm more concerned for BC with digital downloads I hope to god the next xbox is bc with all my xbla games.

I'm more concerned for BC with digital downloads I hope to god the next xbox is bc with all my xbla games.

WilliamRLBaker

Backwards compatible. :lol:

They call it: PC

Is it too much to ask for BC? I don't want five iterations of your console, if there are working emulators on the computer cobbled together by enthusiasts of your console, you can put something on your system.

For me it's not a big deal since I have all current gen consoles, but if I wanted that opition I should be allowed to have it.

i dont even want them, so yes i won't buy if it they dont have backwards compatability... however if they do have backwards compatability then the systems will not be much faster at all, reason being is because it's not going to be possible to emulate them at reasonable speeds for the next gen systems, the ps3 and 360 are simply too fast. xbox is like a 733 mhz p3, and the 360 has 3x3.2ghz cores, we haven't gotten way way quicker since then. So if they do have backwards compatabiltiy they will most likely be very similar to their predecessors.

It matters some to me. I'm a big Nintendo fan, though I recently got an Xbox 360 to accompany my well-loved Wii. If I thought about getting a PS4, backwards compatibility would matter to me a lot, because if it were backwards compatible I could play a bunch of PS3 exclusives I missed out on.

I don't game on consoles, but I think it's incredibly important. With consoles hardware (and thus the games) are pretty much being made obsolete so I think it's important to allow people to still use older products when the company/technology has decided to move on. And, as a side note, it also shows customers a little love because they won't have to plug in their old systems and keep messy wires all over the place.

I'd like to see both consoles have BC, but I can almost guarantee that the PS4 won't.

Not so important for the PS4 to have PS3 BC anyway. Sony will probably still be selling PS3s until 2020, so if my current one dies I can just go buy another one.