MouseEatsCat writes:
"It won’t be long before the next generation of consoles will be in full swing and there are a lot of questions being thrown around about what we can expect. But more importantly we have people predicting what they think Sony and Microsoft might drop on us in regards to features of their new hardware and one of the more outspoken topics has been that of backwards compatibility. And it got me thinking: is backwards compatibility for the PS4 or new Xbox really that important?"
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
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With older software.
After all; Blu-ray players play dvds.
As much as i would love for sony to include BC in the ps4, i'll still understand if it's not. I know one of the many reason why the original 60gig launch pS3 cost so much to produce was because of BC.
If sony feel they need to leave out BC on the ps4 in order to reach a more attractive price point then so be it take it out. I want sony to be like they where during the ps2 era (on top of the ball).
Besides it's not like we're all going to throw away out ps3's even if we do buy a ps4.
All I can say if any game console is snuffing Backwards Compatibility, it better have a damn great game line up that doesn't make me wish otherwise.
No BC no buy.
The only people BC is fading for are those who chose to stick with the Playstation brand.
The 720 will have BC and you will be able to play all your exclusives AND the HUGE library of multiplats released this gen on the system.
Would really suck to have such a huge PS3 library of games and you have to have your PS3 connected to your TV in order to play them. I console to play all your games on, from past gens to current gens. Can't wait for the 720.