The PS4 Thread

I guess not....but that doesn't bother me because I never cared about backwards compatibility.
 
lol, no sale? Is backwards compatibility really that important? I don't know about you guys but if I wanna play PS2 games I play them on my PS2. When I get a PS4 and I get the urge to play PS3 games I'll just play them on my PS3.
 
So even if the PS4 is backwards compatible you would still drag your PS3 or PS2 out just to play their respective games?
 
Soapy said:
So even if the PS4 is backwards compatible you would still drag your PS3 or PS2 out just to play their respective games?
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Hell NO! I prefer efficiency and I will pay the extra buck for it. I'm not a horder and I can't stand having a cluster of things stored somewhere. I'm a clean freak. What I hate even more is setting up the dame console up to my tv when I'm am only planing to use it once through out the whole winter.
 
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Soapy said:
So even if the PS4 is backwards compatible you would still drag your PS3 or PS2 out just to play their respective games?
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Drag out? It's not a fridge. lol I have no problem playing ps games on their respective systems.

I have 4 systems in my living room all connected to my television and all my games are neatly stacked and organized on stands so switching between them isn't a problem.
 
Why Are You Crouching Spock? said:
This makes sense, the Playstation 3 has been inferior for most multiplatform games. Removing backward compatibility will allow the companies to re-package and re-sell "re-imagined" and "HD enhanced" versions of games you already own. All in all, a huge win for Sony.
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Does that really matter when multiplatform developers don't plan on surpasing the X-box 360 limitations with the PS3 port?
 
badgrammar said:
Does that really matter when multiplatform developers don't plan on surpasing the X-box 360 limitations with the PS3 port?
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It does when they can't even make the games equal. More often than not the PS3 version is worse, either graphically or with performance. It's not usually something substantial, but it is noticeable.

Something like Red Dead Redemption. Both versions played fine and looked great, but the 360 version could handle more environmental stuff (grass, brush, better shadows, etc..) than the PS3 could and it ran at a higher resolution. I don't see how any 360 "limitations" would result in something like that on the PS3.
 
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Paroxysm said:
lol, no sale? Is backwards compatibility really that important? I don't know about you guys but if I wanna play PS2 games I play them on my PS2. When I get a PS4 and I get the urge to play PS3 games I'll just play them on my PS3.
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Not everybody has the earlier consoles, my PS3 doesn't have backward compatibility which s***s because i would like to play such games as Killzone 1, the Ratchet & Clank games, many other games i don't remember the name, the next X-box should better have backward compatibility too, because i want to play the Halo games and Alan Wake there.

Another game i would like to try but can't because of the lack of backward compatibility is Red Dead Revolver, i know it's not great or even as good as Red Dead Redemption, but i would like to play the games of these earlier PSs and X-Boxs without a problem, and nothaving to buy an old console for that :o
 
But PS2's are only $40. You can get one and few games for the price of a new PS3 game if you really want to play those games you mentioned.

I think Sony will have PS3 BC built in to PS4. They learn from their mistakes, just look at Vita. I do think PS1 and PS2 BC being included will not happen though. They will be making extra money off the HD remakes and PSOne Clasics DL's.
 
KALEL114 said:
But PS2's are only $40. You can get one and few games for the price of a new PS3 game if you really want to play those games you mentioned.

I think Sony will have PS3 BC built in to PS4. They learn from their mistakes, just look at Vita. I do think PS1 and PS2 BC being included will not happen though. They will be making extra money off the HD remakes and PSOne Clasics DL's.
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Alot of those games are out of print and hard to find so I dont think including BC will take away from HD remake sales. If its possible, I think they will try to include PS1-3 support in the PS4. I think many people will still buy the HD remakes even if their system can natively play the original games. Ive purchased and played alot of the HD collections and my PS3 can play PS2 games.
 
I'm looking at it from Sony's point of view. Offer PS1 and 2 BC for games that have already made them money or not offer it and get extra revenue from the remakes and PS1 classics from the store. I think it will be a financial move. It's already working for them with the PS3.
 
StrainedEyes said:
It does when they can't even make the games equal. More often than not the PS3 version is worse, either graphically or with performance. It's not usually something substantial, but it is noticeable.

Something like Red Dead Redemption. Both versions played fine and looked great, but the 360 version could handle more environmental stuff (grass, brush, better shadows, etc..) than the PS3 could and it ran at a higher resolution. I don't see how any 360 "limitations" would result in something like that on the PS3.
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If they are not going to make a muliplat game look as good and amazing as MG4, Uncharted, or Heavy Rain because of the 360 limitations, then I really don’t care if the 360 port is better. I rather have Amazing exclusives with bad multiplats on the more powerful system than a flawless mutiplat on a system that can’t generate the type of games such as God of War.

Maybe I need to be educated on this topic. But the 360 exclusives don’t look too impressive and I believe it’s because the developers can’t do anything more with the 360 hardware. I really believe that the multiplat games would be so much more than what it is if it was built from the ground up as a PS3 Exclusive. I’m not a fan boy. The only games that look good on X-box in my opinion is Resident Evil 5 and Alan Wake.
 
I also read some rumors that the city in GTA4 was going to be bigger but they downgrade it to support the 360 port when Sony lost it's exclusive rights to the game. But then again the next GTA has a much bigger city and its on the X-box. So what do I know?
 
FFXIII-2 looks worse than FFXIII and I beleive thats bc it was built from the beginning with the 360 in mind as opposed to the original being a PS3 developed title that they later ported to teh 360
 
Yep. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that the development time for XIII-2 was only a fraction of that of XIII. I bet the 360 is also the reason XIII was so damn linear.
 
Sigh. and i just bought my ps3 a few months ago. How far in advance do they release news about a new gen console?
 
Well, actual news doesn't come out until consoles are officially announced, but with the way rumors have been coming fast and furious and with how long this current generation has gone on, I think new consoles* will be on store shelves next November.

*Not counting the Wii U of course.
 
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