2013-02-28, 17:42 | Link #241 |
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Back when PS2 came out, beside the Blu Ray, the big selling point is that it could play the entire PS1 back catalogue. This was why no one ever joked about "PS2 has no games". The jokes about a lack of titles only started from the PS3 era.
Backward compatibility was really not a tradition with Sony (or any other game console company); PS2 was the exception rather than the rule. But since PS2 was so VERY successful, people reasonably use it as the benchmark for Sony consoles
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2013-02-28, 18:38 | Link #245 | |
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Maybe after hundreds of patches, updates, compatibility and setting changes. Running my old copies of Heroes, Might and Magic or Civilisation is a battle against errors, black screens, no sound and crashes |
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2013-02-28, 20:30 | Link #246 | ||
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In all honesty, I don't understand the obsession with BC. I treat each console as their own, like how I didn't expect the PS3 to run an Xbox360 game, I kept my PS2 around to play PS2 games, and PS3 for PS3 games. I just gave my cousin my PS2 when I hardly touch it anymore, and borrow it whenever I feel like playing Persona 4 again or something.
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2013-03-01, 04:46 | Link #248 | |
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Location: Edinburgh
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If you sell them, the digital items you bought are still tied to your account. This mean that we now have things on our account that are useless and which we cannot sell or pass on to others, unless we sell or transfer our accounts to someone else, which is apparently illegal. So I can understand that some people are upset about that, as we didn't had this issue with the swap from 6th to the 7th gen. So the move this time around might impact more people than previously. |
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2013-03-01, 11:59 | Link #249 |
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About not having backwards compatibility...
I just wonder if once PS4 is up and running for some months or so, Sony will rerelease a dirt cheap PS3 for people who want to play old games but don't want to rebuy or be SOL. Like how a few months ago I can walk into a store and buy a brand new PS2 Slim for $95. I doubt the price of the new PS3 would be that low, but still lower than now and way lower than PS4's price will be by then. |
2013-03-01, 12:10 | Link #250 | |
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2013-03-01, 19:54 | Link #251 | |
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2013-03-01, 20:01 | Link #252 |
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
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BC for console is meant to entice someone who hasn't got a console before, to buy the newest machine instead of the cheaper previous generation with existing library of games.
This is probably why Sony took out the BC for PS3 after a while, because they don't feel it is needed past the early period and it can lower production costs. I do believe they aren't doing it anymore because the market is flooded with cheap 2nd hand consoles, and trying to make PS4 as affordable as they can is the new priority.
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2013-03-01, 22:26 | Link #255 |
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A good Deathadder and Mechanical board are not that cheap haha
You see, in this generation they usually develop games on consoles first to port them to PC later (Hello Dark Souls...), and the result isn't that satisfying given that your usual PC gamer is picky about lots of technical and performance aspects.
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2013-03-02, 00:50 | Link #256 |
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
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If you are a pc enthusiast you would be using a gaming PC. My point is that for the price of a turbo controller you can get a usable mouse and keyboard for your console. Consider how overpriced the console accessories are, that's nearly nothing at all.
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2013-03-02, 05:08 | Link #257 | |
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2013-03-02, 06:54 | Link #260 |
Adeptus Animus
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Nah, it was no games. This wasn't helped by the fact that compared to the previous generation, there were a lot less console exclusive games for the PS3 and 360. This meant that those who already owned a 360 saw even less reason to buy a PS3, which further cemented the "no games" gag.
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