Will Backwards Compatibility be dead next gen?

I ask this because every since Sony discovered they can make more money re-selling people the same games, i'm not so sure the other two won't jump on board anymore.

When I look at the PS3, I just can't help but wish Sony really had left in the BC with PS2 games as a feature; There are quite a few PS2 games I would absolutely love to play again(including many that I've missed) and that would've been a huge selling point for me at the current price tag it has now.

Also, just how important is Backwards Compatibility to you guys? I personally think it matters lots and while it's not the be all and end all -- I am really hoping BC doesn't end up a downplayed feature in the upcoming next gen consoles overall.

If nothing else I hope that anything I bought on my acount on XBL is transfered and playable on a new system. Otherwise I think I am just going back to PC full time.

I wish for BC to come back. Im tired of bringing my PS2 and my PS3 to my friends house just to play 1 game on the PS2.

The next PS better have BC, seeing as all these games went for a higher price than PS2 games did

I love BC I play it a lot. I don't think it will be dead maybe for Sony but Project Cafe is suppose to be Backwards Compatible with the Wii and GCN.

If nothing else I hope that anything I bought on my acount on XBL is transfered and playable on a new system. Otherwise I think I am just going back to PC full time.

AutoPilotOn

Same here. It would be ridiculous if that wasn't the case. I wouldn't even buy the next Xbox.

I hope it sticks around next gen because I hate having a bunch of systems cluttering up my area.

I ask this because every since Sony discovered they can make more money re-selling people the same games, i'm not so sure the other two won't jump on board anymore.

When I look at the PS3, I just can't help but wish Sony really had left in the BC with PS2 games as a feature; There are quite a few PS2 games I would absolutely love to play again(including many that I've missed) and that would've been a huge selling point for me at the current price tag it has now.

Also, just how important is Backwards Compatibility to you guys? I personally think it matters lots and while it's not the be all and end all -- I am really hoping BC doesn't end up a downplayed feature in the upcoming next gen consoles overall.

TecmoGirl

Wii 2 will have full BC. This I know for a fact. I'm assuming that the next MS console will have full BC, including the ability to use your DLC from this gen. I certainly could be wrong about this but it would seem like a serious consumer betrayal if MS didn't provide this service. I assume the same for Sony.

The PS3 had full BC, that's when I bought mine. If it was important to you, you could have bought one.;

BC is very important to me.

nintendo has bc for its cafe!

the pc will always be abckwards compatible its jsut a amtter of wether or not you want to take the risk/ be immoral

Nintendo owners never have to worry because Ninty always puts BC on their systems.

Nintendo seem to be the only company doing BC properly. Good thing to, the morning of the day I got my Wii, my Gamecube stop reading discs properly, the hundreds upon hundreds of hours of Smash bros melee with my mates put the little Cube to good use in its prime :PYo-gan

the pc will always be abckwards compatible its jsut a amtter of wether or not you want to take the risk/ be immoral

ionusX

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the pc will always be abckwards compatible its jsut a amtter of wether or not you want to take the risk/ be immoral

Deathtransit

id use the infamous acronym but id get reported for bringing up the topic of emulation :P

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the pc will always be abckwards compatible its jsut a amtter of wether or not you want to take the risk/ be immoral

ionusX

id use the infamous acronym but id get reported for bringing up the topic of emulation :P

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[QUOTE="Deathtransit"] What does that mean? What do you have to do for BC that's immoral?Deathtransit

id use the infamous acronym but id get reported for bringing up the topic of emulation :P

im referring to play older consoles such as an n64 or snes on a pc lol

you can paly any game we want without need of 3rd party programs (omitting stuff from long dead OS's such as commodore 64)

It is rumored that Project Cafe will have Wii AND GC BC! I bet at the very least it has Wii BC. Who knows about the other two. I am not going to say the Wii is amazing for just about any technical achievement, but Nintendo certainly made it the most reliable, good looking, and BC machine, so I will give them that.

Nintendo owners never have to worry because Ninty always puts BC on their systems.

p3anut

Oh really??

NES->SNES = Nope

SNES->N64= Nope

N64-> NGC = Nope

NGC->Wii = Yeah

Oh sorry you were right they have ALWAYS donde that right??

Anyway, on topic:

I hope all 3 new consoles have BC, but somehow I doubt Sony will implement it seeing how they dumped it for the PS3 and soon for the NGP.

It is rumored that Project Cafe will have Wii AND GC BC! I bet at the very least it has Wii BC. Who knows about the other two. I am not going to say the Wii is amazing for just about any technical achievement, but Nintendo certainly made it the most reliable, good looking, and BC machine, so I will give them that.

NaveedLife

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It is rumored that Project Cafe will have Wii AND GC BC! I bet at the very least it has Wii BC. Who knows about the other two. I am not going to say the Wii is amazing for just about any technical achievement, but Nintendo certainly made it the most reliable, good looking, and BC machine, so I will give them that.

magnax1

ps4 BC? maybe with ps2 games....after a decade of people asking

but for the most part the nxt wii will be the only BC system...BC is dying quick

It's certainly a possibility, especially if Consoles get more into the DD game.

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[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

It is rumored that Project Cafe will have Wii AND GC BC! I bet at the very least it has Wii BC. Who knows about the other two. I am not going to say the Wii is amazing for just about any technical achievement, but Nintendo certainly made it the most reliable, good looking, and BC machine, so I will give them that.

ShadowDeathX

I'm like 99% certain you're wrong, lol. I'm pretty sure they just overclocked the Gamecube for the Wii and added more Ram.

console industry is about milking the consumer dry, i bet they wont do BC just because of that.

I think that would be my first priority. I have like around 30 360 games and 15 ps3 games, and I dont want to have 4 consoles stacking up on each other. If BC is gone, well I quit.

Unless a console is 100% backwards compatible with at least this gen's games, I won't buy it. Period. I'm sick of not being able to play half my Xbox games on my 360. And don't even get me started on the PS3 removing it.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Unless a console is 100% backwards compatible with at least this gen's games, I won't buy it. Period. I'm sick of not being able to play half my Xbox games on my 360. And don't even get me started on the PS3 removing it.Androvinus

I'm with him. especially since basically ever original Xbox's laser dies after 5-6 years of use.

Lack of backwards compatibility is one problem.

But another problem is an inability to buy old games. Some games are simply out of print. It would be nice if console makers would offer BC and publishers offer old games via PSN or Xbox Live.

If next gen the PS4 doesn't have BC, then I am done with consoles. I have PC games from 1998 that I can still play on my PC.

Nintendo will most likely have backwards comp. in their new console. It is a great feature the Wii's hardware isn't anything special and is pretty cheap just to put it inside the Cafe. Gamecube backwards comp? Is unknown. They could add the GC hardware inside the cafe as well.

Microsoft will prob. use software emulation to be backwards comp. with the 360, if they want and choose the right hardware to pack in.

Sony will MOST LIKELY NOT have backwards comp. with the PS3 because of the sole reason that Sony always likes putting some special custom hardware in their consoles and that hardware is expensive.ShadowDeathX

It really shouldn't be too difficult for MS to have 360 BC through hardware emulation at all, because they & Nintendo are sticking with Ati/AMD for their graphics card for next gen. The reason why there wasn't hardware emulation for original Xbox games on the 360 was because of the video card issue, etc., with Nvidia.

Lack of backwards compatibility is one problem.

But another problem is an inability to buy old games. Some games are simply out of print. It would be nice if console makers would offer BC and publishers offer old games via PSN or Xbox Live.

The_Capitalist

Now that you mention it, I probably would settle for re-releases of old games on PSN/XBL if they would actively try to obtain as many as possible.

But the whole re-release to a disc thing not only seems like it's taking forever -- but it also feels so unnecessary. It's probably making things lots more difficult than it needs to be despite making them more money I guess.

If they can somehow keep the cost down, then no, otherwise, it could be gone and simply replaced with HD versions of older games, welcome to the future honey.

God I hope not. I hate that I have to keep my PS2 plugged in since the PS3 slim isn't BC. :(

If they can somehow keep the cost down, then no, otherwise, it could be gone and simply replaced with HD versions of older games, welcome to the future honey.

mitu123

Yup. = )

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If they can somehow keep the cost down, then no, otherwise, it could be gone and simply replaced with HD versions of older games, welcome to the future honey.

TecmoGirl

Yup. = )

The fact Sony removed BC from the newer PS3 models for PS2 games to work must mean something, but I'm still hoping they can find a way for PS4 seeing how the value of PS2 games will be.

[QUOTE="p3anut"]

Nintendo owners never have to worry because Ninty always puts BC on their systems.

GreenGoblin2099

Oh really??

NES->SNES = Nope

SNES->N64= Nope

N64-> NGC = Nope

NGC->Wii = Yeah

Oh sorry you were right they have ALWAYS donde that right??

Anyway, on topic:

I hope all 3 new consoles have BC, but somehow I doubt Sony will implement it seeing how they dumped it for the PS3 and soon for the NGP.

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[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

It is rumored that Project Cafe will have Wii AND GC BC! I bet at the very least it has Wii BC. Who knows about the other two. I am not going to say the Wii is amazing for just about any technical achievement, but Nintendo certainly made it the most reliable, good looking, and BC machine, so I will give them that.

ShadowDeathX

Also I doubt next gen systems will have BC, unless they are severely stronger, or extremely similar.

doubt ps4 will be backwards compatible. unless they actually intend to stick with teh cell

I don't really care about Backwards Compatibility. I actually have my BC PS3 up on Craigslist right now

I'm not going to keep old consoles around to cluter things up once a new gen starts,so without backward compatibility I might as well just buy all mymultiplats from Steam. Excluding backward compatibility is just going to drive people to digital distribution faster. Problem is, the console manufacturers are milking the whole situation pretty bad. XBL may offer digital copies of Xbox games but why should I have to pay for a game I already have a hard copy of? And Sony is jumping on this HD remake train which is a huge joke. We're supposed to buy games we may already own older versions ofjust so in a few years we won't be able to play them for the second time (unless we keep obsolete hardware lying around) Take notes from Beyond Good & Evil HD and at the very least make HD remakes available for digital distribution so we'll have them for years to come.Here's hoping the Halo: CE remake takes this path.

I surely hope BC will stick around.

They can still have BC and sell you the game in the psn or wtv, if there is no BC next gen for MS or Sony not only will i skip the first years of the new console but i'll also won't consider past affairs. I still like Sony the most but i'll reevaluate if there is no BC.