Does Sony Need To Take Note Of Xbox One’s Backwards Compatibility Success?

During the Microsoft E3 2015 conference on Monday, fans of the console were ecstatic to hear that the Xbox One would offer backwards compatibility on Xbox 360. While there are only a handful of games available right now, most noticeably is fan favorite Mass Effect, Microsoft plans to have hundreds of titles available by the end of the year. With the games that will be backwards compatible, not only will they be free unlike Playstation Now, will receive a graphic upscale and smoother frame rate. With all the positive acceptance that has been garnered by this announcement, has Sony really looked at how well this has been received?

[yarbie1000]

Not sure there's anything they can do but watch. PS3's cell architecture would be hard to bring over.

And it may be to early to call it a 'success'. We'll find out later this year when it actually rolls out and has more games.

But I have heard several of my friends on the 360 say they haven't jumped to next-gen because their library of games on the 360 is so large and a lot of those games aren't on XBO or PS4.

I cleared out my 360 library so I won't use it, but I'm sure there are going to be those who do. It's a win for MS. PS Now wasn't very appealing before, and it certainly isn't now.

[Christopher]

yarbie's post is 100% how I feel on this. Great comment and covers every angle of my thoughts.

- PS3 BC is nigh impossible on PS4
- Too early to call it a success
- This is great news for 360 owners
- This also won't be something for everyone
- PS Now doesn't solve for the lack of BC

Great post.

[iamnsuperman]

To be fair PS Now has not and has never been about BC compatibility. It is more about making gaming accessible to as many people as possible. The same way cable providers pushed consumers away so has high game/ console prices. PS Now hasn't got it totally right yet but a Netflix style service on any device for gaming is where gaming is somewhat heading.

[Christopher]

That's my point, iamnsuperman.

[Mrtemper]

All it would take is an investment, something Sony has taken for granted with its customers. If they can get The Last of Us, Beyond, Heavy Rain and God of War 3 onto the PS4 then why not try getting a PS3 VM on there as well?

Now im not saying it will be a success but I do know(I'm in Preview) that its already more legit then OG xbox to X360 and can only get better from here on out.

Plus there's a reason why Steam is the number one platform in the world.

EDIT: The Cell and Xenon aren't all that much different. They both have PowerPC chips, the former uses PowerPC to communicate with the SPE's

[kneon]

I doubt that bringing PS3 BC to the PS4 is impossible, it's probably just not worth it. Newcomers to PlayStation don't have the old games and I expect most people that had a PS3 still have it.

One of my PS3s has BC, I've used it for exactly one game. If my PS4 had BC I'd never use it as I still have all my PS3s.

[Christopher]

***I doubt that bringing PS3 BC to the PS4 is impossible, it's probably just not worth it. ***

I said nigh impossible, which means very close to. I think it closely borders on impossible considering you'd have to perfectly simulate the SPU system, which is extremely intensive to do, while running the game itself. Games like GoW 3 and Uncharted series push those SPUs to their limits with raw data processing and expert memory manipulation.

I do not know if PS1/PS2 game BC is possible on PS4, but those would be very nice.

I do know that Sony has cited that they have not gone the way of software emulation in the past for fears of piracy. I think MS is proving that you can do it while greatly preventing any such piracy.

[SpaceRanger]

Wii U has had this feature since day 1. Believe me, as awesome as it is it's not a huge game changer. It's a nice feature, but it's not needed.

And I'd honestly love to hear the reasoning behind Gears Remaster if this is such a game changing feature? Im pretty sure MS said that they wouldn't want to make you pay for games you already own, or was I just hearing things?

And in regards to PSNow, how is it not appealing? I don't see MS bringing games to people who can't afford a console. It's not meant as a direct answer to BC, or to people who play games constantly. It brings great games to those who might not have gotten to play them and who might not want to spend the money to buy an old console with those games. Considering most games you can finish in a day, I don't see why people see it as bad. People said the same about Netflix when it had old movies you can find for a $1, and look how popular that has become. It defined itself over the years the same way PSNow will.

[hades07]

The problem with WII U BC and having it on the XBOX or PS Now is that Wii games have not aged well at all and look bad. Xbox 360/PS3 have some fantastic looking and playing games that still look great today, hence why your not seeing Wii remasters like we are with the other systems.

[JackStraw]

Finally someone who understands what PSNow is.

[Spid3r6]

I personally cant wait for this feature. I missed out on so many games because of the whole RROD thing. Xbox 360 has an incredible established library, I was literally before this announcement going to buy a Xbox 360 to play Alan Wake, Red Redemption, Bio shock series, Mass Effect series, Dead Space series ect. I jumped up off my sit when it was announced and loved that the Developers are using as a tool to add more value to the new games, such is the case with Fallout 4 including Fallout 3. I never played that!! So to compare a Wii U offering to what Xbox One is not even close. And BTW their are at least 80 Million Xbox 360 owners that where looking for an excuse to buy the Xbox one. Also I have many PS4 owner friends that are expressing interest because of that news.

[Highlife]

I agree that ps3 to ps4 is probably impossible and would take way too much effort. I still have my ps3 hooked up but only play rock Smith. If ps4 had bc not sure how much I would actually use it. I always tell myself I need to go back and play TLOU or uncharted but never do. I have moved on I guess.

Saying that MS did a great move weather you think you will use it or not it's there and doesn't cost anything.

[Whitey2k]

Who needs bc when sony is bringing the games ms might be good enough to bring bc but I still believe psnow still hold the better value if it was a fair amount each month I b happily to pay unlike x1 that can play 360 games but I get to play my childhood games from ps1 and ps2 and ps3 games and no doubt when ps5 releases it will include ps4 games

[OhMyGandhi]

I never understood people trading in their old system to get a new one. People are making quite the assumption that they will magically be able to play their old games on the new system...

[parkesy78]

People are over thinking things it might of been a bigger selling point when the console launched but not 2 years in after most hardcore gamers have already bought a console ,even if xbox one becomes a bit more popular because of this feature all sony needs to do is allow free unlimited rental on playstation now for games prevously bought digital or if ps3 disc is detected ,i bought the first 60gb fat ps3 because i knew it could play ps2 games but after a week or 2 never even used the feature, 95% of people who buy a new console want to play new games with better graphics on it ,it doesnt matter to mass market sony knows this or they wouldnt or got rid of the feature on the ps3 slim 2 years later

[kneon]

I agree that the usefulness of BC would have been much higher at launch, now there are just too many games coming out to bother playing the old ones.

But it's not so simple for Sony to give free or even cheap access to games on PS Now, it's up to the publishers as to what they want to charge.

Sure Sony can do it for their first party games but I doubt that is a good idea. It costs them money every time you play a game on PS Now due to the cost of owning and maintaining all the infrastructure.

[Summons75]

Yet the PS4 has NO PROBLEM playing Ps3 games through PsNow nor does the Ps4 have any trouble reading a Ps3 disc. Hell we've even see companies do current gen upgrades by PUTTING IN THE LAST GEN DISC AND DOWNLOADING THE CURRENT GEN COPY. Simple solution: let us go into PsNow, put in a ps3 disc and download the Ps3 game for use in PsNow totally free as long as we have the disc. Your excuses are completely unthought out because it wasn't long ago said the SAME THING Sony is saying about the Ps4 "The Xbone is too different from the 360 and CAN NOT do backward compatibility, there is no way possible" and now they figured it out. What's the excuse that they can't at least give us our digital downloads on Ps4 because once again none of them have a problem playing on Psnow and turn around to remaster it is only a few months without rebuilding it from the ground up so they can't be radically different if it takes just a few months to bring over major titles.

[Sunny_D]

It's not the same because PSNOW is streaming the games not playing it off a disc. It's based off a internet connection. The reason it can recognize a PS3 disc is because both PS3 and PS4 use a blu ray format. But, the cell isn't there to play it.

[ABizzel1]

Honestly there's an easy way IMO.

Allow PSNow games to download to the HDD, and if the PS3 disc in inserted to the PS4 drive, then allow that game to be playable.

It's how games are handled now anyway. If the disc isn't in the game can't be played, but just do that.

[iamnsuperman]

No? I think BC is great but I don't think it is going to convince consumers to buy these consoles now as BC is really important in the early stages not in the middle to later stages of a cycle. Especially for the case of the PS3 where emulation would be difficult on a PS4 I do not think the need truly out ways the difficulty and the outcome of such a move. However, they should definitely do it with the PS5

[Kingthrash360]

Lol no. They have psnow. While Xbox has a better deal with not making you pay for the games you already own....there is a lot of small details being forgotten....like the fact that they need permission from developers in order to make the game free...which sounds ok but when you think of it if that dev is making a remaster of the game...I doubt they will allow this....a lot of games will be BC but I don't know if it will be big games.
PSnow costs too much, there for Xbox's deal is better...but is it something we will need...or use.
That's my take on it at least....I was ps4 games...not PS3....I want Xbox one games...not 360.

[blackblades]

Ps now you can use on tv and vita devices as well and future mobile so yeah imagine playing ps1, ps2, ps3, psp, vita, ps4 on tv without a console or with a console. Sony thinking of the present and mostly future.

[DDOS-DelDaemonicOSes]

You're BACKWARDS about "there is a lot of small details being forgotten".

I think PS Now, not back-compat, is the service that will have the most trouble getting developers to allow their games on the service... Onlive had trouble getting desired developers to allow them to stream their games.

360 back-compat could allow developers to digitally sell their 360 titles for XO at a reduced price... every XO owner is now a potential customer of the developer's 360 games, thus motivation to allow it.

360 back-compat may also allow Microsoft to include 360 games as part of Games with Gold on XO, thus improving Microsoft's monthly benefits versus PSN.

Also, I expect developers of major Xbox titles will give away their previous 360 titles as part of what people get with the new XO games of their series, such as Fallout 4 is doing,

http://www.ign.com/articles...

@Kingthrash360,

I said it would IMPROVE benefits versus PSN, not outclass PSN on that alone.

What does "permissions from devs" have to do with anything... isn't their permission\licensing required for any 3rd party GwG games already?

The games are not free to begin with... you have to OWN a copy, either digitally or on disc.

You don't seem to be comprehending that BC allows people to BUY used 360 games that increases visibility for the developer far into the future, after 360 consoles aren't around, and BC allows digital BC 360 games to be sold that work with XO, and that means the developer could get more money when allowing BC.

If Ms allows people to buy BC digital games online (I can't imagine that they wouldn't), I think some people will prefer to buy digital BC copies of games rather than find a used copy for a similar price, because that way they don't have to load the disc, keep track of it, and the game stays with them forever, likely through every future generation of Xbox.

As for wait and see... if your points are anything to go by being nearly 100% wrong, I'd guess near 100% of WORTHY 360 games will support BC, especially since that allows them to be sold as new digital 360 titles that work on XO and likely work on the future Xbox platform, for possibly 100+ years into the future.

[Kingthrash360]

Why? Devs stand to get paid for using ps now...where BC on Xbox they do not.
Also adding 360 games to gwg will not improve gwg to meet up with ps+ ...u still ignoring the fact that permission from devs are required...and these game are free to begin with so putting them with gwg is meaningless and would damage the service...gwg is supposed to give you games that cost money...not give you games that are free. If it's bc it's free if you own it. Not all games will be BC...just wait and see....this feature is a long way off....and the more aged the games become the less appeal there will be for them. I don't want to use my Xbox 1 to play 360 games...and I want gwg to be xb1 games that's on xb1 not 360 games....

[Eonjay]

Its about as relevant as the Wii U's backwards compatibility.

[N0TaB0T]

The Xbox One's BC might just simmer down the remakes and remasters.

As a matter of fact games that struggled to run on the 360 will have some notable improvements.

[OrangePowerz]

When they showed Mass Effect 1 the framerate looked like it did originally on the 360.

Unlike PC games console games are specifically designed for one hardware configuration. Playing them on a hardware that has more power doesn't mean it will run better like it's the case on the PC because of how they are coded especially since the game is emulated and doesn't run natively on the hardware.

[MysticStrummer]

Not really, judging from what Amazon numbers are showing. PS4 related stuff is selling fast.

[DevelopmentArrested]

Backwards compatibility isn't here yet. Only for preview members.

[RIP_Cell]

"we are not charging you games you already own"

[TKCMuzzer]

Neither are Sony. I still have my PS3 and my games so I will play them on that if need be. I very much doubt people sold their PS3 and kept the games so they are not being charged for games they own as they have sold them.
It's all very odd, If people were not upgrading to an Xbox One because they had too many games to get through on the 360, why would they then upgrade to an Xbox One to play them? as you would then also be buying Xbox One games meaning you would not have time to be able to finish all the 360 games you originally didn't buy an Xbox One for. This would be exactly the same for me if Sony did BC, there is to much for me to complete on this gen to be going back to last gen.

Simple thing is this, finish your games and upgrade when your ready, make the console choice based on what is coming as that is what you will be playing in the future and just keep your original console. Thats how I did it.

[_-EDMIX-_]

"It's all very odd, If people were not upgrading to an Xbox One because they had too many games to get through on the 360, why would they then upgrade to an Xbox One to play them?"

100% agreed. To have money for an XONE yet not have enough to simply keep your 360 just doesn't make sense. It boils down to bad choices, its simple entitlement. You want someone to give you something for free, so you can fix a issue you have. They don't need to give you a free system. What even stranger is that it makes MORE sense to just keep your 360 as MS program isn't just guaranteeing all games will be supported.

With PS4 selling the way it is, it sorta shows you can sell well with zero BC as folks are buying next gen, to play next gen content. Its a nice feature, but I don't see it as a huge selling point as again PS4 is sorta showing that right now.

"Simple thing is this, finish your games and upgrade when your ready, make the console choice based on what is coming as that is what you will be playing in the future and just keep your original console. Thats how I did it."

100% agree. If anything, simply keep your past systems. Why should I settle for the BC MS is offering when for $70 bucks used I can get the full thing?

Are we really just debating this based on shelf space, convenience and entitlement aka first world problems? lolz

I have my PS3 next to my PS4, I'll have my PS4 next to my PS5! lol. (hopefully my PS4 silm!)

[ThichQuangDuck]

Not when they can remaster and remake everything and have fanboys lining up to buy it

[badz149]

Because only fanboys buy remasters and remakes, right? /s

Seriously, what a stupid and one dimensional way of thinking! There are people new to the platform and had never played the games when they first released too you know...like so many of them!

[TKCMuzzer]

Oh, you mean remastering Gears Of War and then making the original compatible with the Xbox One.

I assume you wont be buying the flashier version of Gears Of War then.

[ThichQuangDuck]

I don't own an xbox one. I own a ps4. I simply ackowledged ffvii, last of us, god of war 3, beyond 2 souls, heavy rain, uncharted are all getting remasters

[Jedislayer]

No. It's not even a scratch to them with MS doing this. It's a good move on M$. But Sony is still chillin enjoying the ride.

[Father__Merrin]

backwards compatibility success?

success in what!

[Tetsujin]

If it was "PSN titles" I'd be happy because the majority of what I play is digital as it is. At the same time it is time to move on and experience new games.

[N0TaB0T]

Um. It makes all these remasters trivial. Also it seems developers cannot remaster a game without breaking something or removing features.

[Spotie]

Well, since these won't be upgraded in any way, how does it affect remasters?

[subtenko]

No.... We have PS now (which have more titles than the limited BC which ps3 already did) we have PS TV. If someone was THAT desperate to play old games after buying NEW consoles, they wouldnt have sold their old consoles and they would just get a SUPPPERR cheap one off ebay for like $50.....

Thats fin if you wanna paly old games... Most people who who bought a new console buy it for..ya know...the new console games...BC doesnt really PUSH hardware sales, it just makes some people happy

[blackblades]

No and it's not an success of boosting sales until we actually see it did some success.

[Godmars290]

What success? Right now, under undelivered promises, MS has positive buzz. What they don't have aresales reports, much less sales reports which both put them over Sony with proof that BC was responsible.

Six months from now there'll be evidence one way or the other, MS might cancel it like they canceled it the last time for the 360, but until then its just talk.

[Tetsujin]

I'd almost argue this is a sign the 360 is on the way out while the PS3 still has some life in it.

[Foehammer]

ROFL

So 621 top original Xbox games made playable on 360 is called "cancel"

http://xbox.about.com/od/xb...

I'd be ecstatic if 621 top 360 games come to X1 at no cost; as would anyone that's not a troll.

[BlackTar187]

well unless you own all those 621 titles already then you won't be playing 621 titles at no cost.

[DevelopmentArrested]

Sony cancelled it. Xbox 360 still has bc.

[BlackTar187]

Didn't they stop putting the game son 360 BC like 1/2 way thru?

Maybe i'm wrong but i thought they did and they sure as heck don't support every xbox game either even if they never stopped.

[DJ]

Power PC architecture? Not so hard to emulate. Plus I'm sure Microsoft is having the 360 games recompiled for XBO.

But Cell architecture is damn near impossible to emulate because of the SPUs and the insane memory bus that connected those cores.

PS Now is Sony's backwards compatibility program. No need to make a second one.

[OrangePowerz]

BC isn't bad, bit I'm not sure how vital of a feature it is plus there will be only 100 games available this year for BC, so it's hit and miss with what games will run on it and when the other games follow.

[Jamaicangmr]

I dont think it's that much of a big deal really, i wanted BC on PS4 so i could play GT6 as that was the only one i missed because of my move to PS4. However i spent last xmas playing on my friends PS3 so its no longer a big deal for me. i dont even care much for PS Now to be honest mostly because its a seperate subscription from my plus...

[PhatGokuu]

With double the market share Sony is doing amazing and there's no point for them to waste resources in backwards compatibility project Morpheus is eating up a good amount of money that they will never see returned

[FallenAngel1984]

The advantage of X1s backwards compatibility over PS Now is that you keep your saves, can play the game as much as you want, aren't tethered to the internet, and you can use 8th gen features with the old games, aren't at the mercy of games being taken off. I bought so many games last gen and I'd hate for them to become completely irrelevant on future consoles if they aren't cross buy.

[iTechHeads]

Why are you even comparing those two?

Do you hear anyone complaining that they can't play their DVD collection on Netflix? No, right? Because that's a ridiculous thing to feel entitled over.

Xbox One backwards compatibility is handled through game-specific emulation, something thats very time and resource consuming. All those games you want to play on your XB1 may never end up being compatible.

PS4 backwards compatibility is non-existant. It doesn't exist.
However you can stream some PS3 games though Playstation Now and even earn trophies.

Hell even Xbox One doesn't really have backwards compatibility. Maybe in a few years they'll have a decent amount of compatible game to claim the Xbox One is backwards compatible, but as of today or anytime soon? It really isn't.

[FallenAngel1984]

Because they are two different methods to play old games. Many gamers want the titles they already purchased to still have value on future consoles.

PS Now has the advantage of letting people play PS3 games they missed out on.

Of course not every 360 game will be available, but something is better than nothing, and a sizable amount of titles will be made available.

[iTechHeads]

what success?
The way Microsoft announced you would think you would be able to play all of you Xbox 360 games.....but you can't. there's a huge catch such as only 18 (crappy) games supported at launch.

As for PS Now, it was never a solution for backwards compatibility. Sony certainly never claimed it to be.

with Sony's incredible E3 showing and impressive 3rd party partnerships, this year and the next are looking to be a very good time to be a PS4 gamer. No signs of slowing down. Sony is looking forward while Microsoft is looking backwards.

[DevelopmentArrested]

You must not have watched the Microsoft conference. Limited titles for preview members. Over a hundred at launch this holiday. Stop pretending they said something else.

[Chaosdreams]

Sony needs to do what Sony does best, make them games.

Backwards compatibility would be lovely but I have my ps3 and ps4 chilling together so, it's not necessary. If making Remasters is what works, so be it. That being said, props to Microsoft for introducing it. Everyone likes the mentality of one console for all games (when same house.)

[Deathdeliverer]

Having had backwards compatibility on PS2, my launch PS3, and my Xbox 360, I can honestly say no. More features is always better than less, but once I went to the "new gen" system I was basically done with the previous gen. The first year or so is always games on both, the old and new system. You would obviously buy these for the newer system. Then since there is a new system and the developers have known about its coming, and been making games for it before you knew its existence, they are usually done making blockbusters for the old gen system. Bottom line I never really used it. At first I used it just to wrap up the last game I was playing, like final fantasy 12 on ps2 when the 3 came out, or Splinter Cell Pandora tomorrow on Xbox (for the multiplayer) when the 360 came out. After that I never looked back. I think it's more of a good feeling of knowing "I can play my oldies if I want to" that people get caught up in than how much they will actually use it a month or so after.

[tjg59]

Who buys a console to play old games? Not me I want new games I don't buy games now if they come out for last gen cause that means they held the current versions back

[WellyUK]

exactly, i didn't buy a new console to play my old games... I would much rather have more new games to play.

[DragonDDark]

How is BC a selling point? If i want to play old games i will just buy a 360/Ps3. Problem solved.

[deathtok]

I'd like to see PS/PS2 disc emulation with basic upscale options. I have a decent collection and would like to have these in one place.

[lemoncake]

They should do it but I don't think they are capable, it's not an easy feat usually taking a much more powerful system than the original before you see good results. suddenly backwards compatibility has become some pointless gimmick with no value on this site, how things can so quickly change.

[tekksin]

yeah BC is nice, don't get me wrong. But... i mean i still have my ps3, and i don't visit it to play the older games I have anymore. It would be excellent for this sparse year of games for ps4, but in 2016, nobody is gonna have time for last gen games. Way too many releases.

[AD705]

I would like to have BC in my ps4 incase anything happens to my ps3 in the future.

That's what happened with my PS1. I was so mad when I accidentally broke it and found out that they weren't selling them in stores anymore. Then I hear about how the ps2 was able to play ps1 games and it saved me. I still play my ps1 games on my ps2 to this day.

BC just adds so much more value to a system. Not to mention it beats the living hell out of buying remakes of games I already own.

[Intranquill]

I'd rather Sony put money and resources in to the future of Playstation, rather than the past.

[22CobraKing]

We still don't know if backwards compatible on Xbox one can cause issues or problems.

[LatinGamer214]

What i love about this is i can play Resident Evil 4 and Left for Dead 2 Doritos crash course 2 again:) now before anyone gives me crap about Doritos my wife and kids love that game:)

[MilkMan]

Don't know if Id call it a success just yet, but that Sony needs to take notice the answer is a resounding YES!
That PS NOW is pure bullsh*t.

I want one console, where I can play all my games AND I want a unified account where all my purchases and trophies or whatever carry over.

I don't want every room in my home with a console plugged in, its damn ridiculous.

[DanielGearSolid]

BC was a huge deal last gen ps3 was just starting and good games were few and far between

With a ps4, there's so much to play I don't see an urgency for BC

[barb_wire]

No interest in BC on the PS4 myself..

Still have my PS3/PS2/PSP and Vita. I'm all set.

[Dyldog69]

It's the single smartest move from MS this gen along with removing connect, drm policy retreat and price drop....Sony should stop PS now and open the ps3 store to ps4 owners. I have great games on there I should b able to play if the ps4 is in fact "the greatest place to play". Right now as a ps4 owner I must say the Xbox one is a better value at the price point. Sony comes off as arrogant to a fault.

[chaosx]

Clearly MS has access to numbers in relation to logging in on what console and they can see the 360 is still being used at a massive level. If you can draw those users over to a new console , its a win. But it will need the titles , like CoD , BF etc to really get people to move. If they lead with all the CoDs would work including zombie DLC , it would have been a home run for the masses.

[Twinblade]

People making a big deal out of Backwards Compatibility like it's something new and hot that Microsoft came up with.

[guyman]

Backwards compatibility is a cool feature, but honestly, we are into the 2nd year of this generation and I just want to see new games - the only one's which excite me anyway are new one's. It is nice to play an old game every now and then, but it's honestly not something to jump over the moon about.

[Fkhalf16]

Its a selling point of value when your looking at the X1. I wont lie, thats a fan service. this is for the current 360 only gamers who have not upgraded yet. There's also those who never owned a 360 like myself looking at the X1 and being able to play 360 exclusives on X1 sounds really good. Is PS NOW a full blown service, thought it was still in Open BETA? It hasn't been released worldwide yet as I still haven't had a chance to try it here in NZ.

[Paleblood]

The answer is no. BC is just a good to have feature. Is not a game changer feature.

I am more interested in games of this generation. I don't have and I don't care to play games from last gen and if I want to? I just go to Playstation Now and rent it.

On x1 if you want to play a last gen game you first need to check if it is supported as not all games are supported. Then, if you don't have the game you still need to buy a physical last gen game to play it on your x1. Thinking that this is a game changer is so crazy.

I don't want Sony focusing in BC.

When the strongest point on your conference is that you can now play some old games there is something really wrong going on.

[AgentSmithPS4]

I'm glad that Sony is going forwards instead of backwards, I want VR now...

[sovkhan]

I couldn't care less because still have my old consoles fully operational with a bunch of rpgs and other jewels...

I understand that some may be interested or tempted but honestly these are the tiny weeny crowd.

[Dizzydrifter1]

I don't think so because it seems all the Sony fans are bashing the xbox one for having backwards compatability why I don't know... Haters gonna hate I guess

[sovkhan]

Sony knows very well that this feature is no big deal. They have done it with the first ps3 and then it was removed ( hardware wise )to lower the price.

They know few people used it; and Ms knows that as well. But it's still a good move from ms but not a trend changer in my opinion; coming to late.

[kas777]

Thing I find funny is how Sony's president said that it looked complicated to do. How so if it's possible via Playstation Now? They just don't want to give us BC for free. They think they're slick I'm not falling for it. This would also defeat the purpose of remastered editions . They can't have that now either. I don't know about you guys but if I'm paying full price again for a game I already own on the previous console it better look as good as the Odd World and GTA V remaster. I was disappointed at what they did with The Last of Us don't get me started on God of War 3.

[Bell Boy]

Backwards compatibilty for the Xbox One will never be 100% of games so many people will be frustrated when the game they want to play simply does not work because:

1. MS do not get the publisher permission
2. The game is more obscure so no one bothers to make it BC

When I 1st got a PS2 I thought it was genius that it would play my old PS1 games but I never actually played any.

On my original PS3 I played one PS2 game I missed for about 3 hours.

The PS3 is now in a golden age of cheap games and flash sales so I did the only sensible thing and kept it when I got a PS4.

BC on paper sounds great in reality it is used by a small minority and usually offers an even smaller amount of games that actually can be played.

[tekksin]

"success" .... you're basing this on what