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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
PCs are always backwards-compatible. 
I can play games from 1980 on my computer in 2013.  |
With a lot of workaround, you mean. I still couldn't make my PC run "Metal Fatigue" properly, or "Jurassic War".
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Some people like to reduce clutter, or cords, or any number of other reasons to not keep the old console around. Your statement is another option, not necessarily a better option. Further, what happens if the console dies? Now you don't have a backup, like you could have if the PS4 were backwards compatible.
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I don't see it's any different if the PS4 were backwards compatible. What if the PS4 dies? Same thing happens. You just replace it with another one, and transfer anything you bought from your old console to the new one.
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.