Popular Post Superbuu3 Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-responds-to-xbox-one-backward-compatibility-n/1100-6428310/ One of the biggest pieces of news out of E3 this year came from Microsoft on Monday morning, when the company announced Xbox One backward compatibility support for Xbox 360 titles. Now, Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida has responded to the news, calling it "interesting," and stating that the company has no immediate plans to offer native backward compatibility on PlayStation 4. "The technology involved must be very challenging," Yoshida said in an interview with Polygon. Xbox One backward compatibility is available now for Xbox Preview members, and will roll out to everyone this holiday. At that time, the initial list of supported games will be expanded to "hundreds" of digital and physical Xbox 360 games. System-wide Xbox One features, such as DVR and streaming, will be available for all Xbox 360 games. The PS4 does offer some kind of backward compatibility by way of PlayStation Now. However, this is a paid streaming service. But could the PS4 ever offer a native backward compatibility solution? "I don't think we will change our approach," Yoshida said. "The PlayStation 4 doesn't have backward compatibility." He went on to say that Sony will instead focus on building new features and services for the PS4. But Sony hasn't ruled out native backward compatibility entirely. "Backward compatibility is hard," Yoshida explained. "I won't say we'll never do it, but it's not an easy thing to do. If it was easy we would have done that." Unfortunately it sounds like they have no interest and I guess its unsuprising as they are trying to push PS Now. Sony giving people free access to games they already own on PS Now would probably be the best thing they could do from a practical standpoint. EDIT: I'm really confused why so many people are against BC. I don't see how it actually will have a negative impact on them yet they seem to be arguing that they don't need it so therefore it should not exist. Just because I don't need something doesn't mean other people shouldn't have it lol. Edited June 18, 2015 by Superbuu3 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Damn, would have been nice to have it too, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailst0rm_2 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Ugh, it sucks because PS now isn't even up to par next to other streaming services right now. If they were able to give you a quality stream at a steady 60FPS like Nvidia's Grid it wouldn't be so much of an issue. They acquired Onlive awhile back so maybe soon it will be getting the upgrade it needs to be reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post savageamusement Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Still got my PS2 and PS3 so not fussed about backwards compatibility. Hell even my Mega drive is set up so I dont have to worry about any previous gen games. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superbuu3 Posted June 18, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'm not really fussed about PS3 BC or even compatability via disc, but the games people rebought for PS1 and PS2 on PSN being available on the PS4 would be nice I don't like the idea of games people played on PS1/2 then rebought psn to play on PS3 and Vita only being available to play on PS Now on PS4, at least sony should consider allowing people who bought these games digitally to stream these games from now for free. Still got my PS2 and PS3 so not fussed about backwards compatibility. Hell even my Mega drive is set up so I dont have to worry about any previous gen games. I don't see what that has to do with the article. Good for you though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzyrules Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Agreed, I still have my older systems if I really want to play an older game but honestly I'm more focused on new games coming out for the current gen than playing games from yesteryear... Edited June 18, 2015 by izzyrules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonK1ller10 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 i wish instead of ps now, you can redownload your ps3,ps2,ps1 games that u bought on ps3 onto your ps4 or even buy ps3 games from the store that u can keep forever not renting, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakilrahman96 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Backward's compatibility would be great to be honest, if they did it for the PS2 and the earlier PS3s I really don't see its justified. Besides I am sick and tired of having to pay for every little strand nowadays and why the hell are PS4 games 1/4 of the price of the console itself? Sweet Jesus like.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroXOF Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Unfortunately it sounds like they have no interest and I guess its unsuprising as they are trying to push PS Now. Their loss considering PS Now is coming to non Sony devices in the near future (apparently), as long as they don't put any PS4 or Vita games on NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post merciful84 Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Greed, greed, greed and more greed! I guess as long as there are people out here who are willing to sell their rights as consumers' away to subscribe to PS Now and are dense enough to keep buying remastered editions of old gen games then Sony can continue to get away with it. smh 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condemned09 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thats sucks i really hope Sony does something great to ps now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post merciful84 Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thats sucks i really hope Sony does something great to ps now Yeah, like get rid of it 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half-H3ro Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I don't mind at the moment. I guess I've got used to playing current gen games on their own consoles with no need to play older games - HD remasters aside, the only games I've played are my old Pro Skater discs and Crash Bandicoot. There's a slew of PS4 games coming out that I want to play on PS4, and PS3 isn't dead yet. So I guess that Sony will hold off on this and perhaps in the future when they've stopped making games for PS3 they'll suddenly say 'oh yeah guys, by the way, here's your backwards compatibility'. Some bamf announcement that reveals that the PS4 can play all the games ever made for a PlayStation system. Complete with free external UMD drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condemned09 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Yeah, like get rid of it It would be better if it was free or like you said get rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goekie Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 They keep trying to shove this overpriced ps now service down our throats. Sony is very stubborn and they're going to keep pretending we don't need BC since we have PS Now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyappatuhyakuchu Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 "If it was easy we would have done that." Translation: it's not easy to not make profit. :^C *sniffle* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Backwards compatability doesn't really affect me personally that much since i have all the consoles i need to play my games, but i would still welcome it very much. I'm on board with anything that might stop the flood of PS3-ports on PS4. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'll wait to see how the backward compatibility on Xbones rolls out when it hits the masses and these "hundreds" of titles are compatible. Again, it's up to the developers on whether they allow their titles to be BC. No real point in comparing something that doesn't actually exist right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon8r351 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Between having PS1 and some PS2 classics available for download from the store, PS Now, the ever-burgeoning amount of remasters, and the fact that PS3 is going to be existing side by side with the PS4 for quite awhile, I'm not in the least worried about not having backwards compatibility. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaivRules Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 I'm on board with anything that might stop the flood of PS3-ports on PS4. I'm not. Flood away! I've got friends and family who never got PS3s but now have PS4s. I want them to experience these titles. I also don't believe that it takes a whole studio to port a PS3 game to PS4. Porting programmers aren't production programmers. I don't for a second believe that porting a PS3 game eliminates any production of a new PS4 title. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altergigo Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 This to me is not groundbreaking enough that will cause any of the current climate in console wars to shift. For gamers such as myself who still have last gen consoles plugged in, i have no need to download an emulator, then download the game to my hard drive in order to play it. It's an annoyance. Also i would say, I'm not too impressed that on X1, you will be using the 360 dashboard. I understand it's an emulator, but I'm sure they could've figured out a way to incorporate it into X1's dashboard somehow. On the other hand, for gamers who don't have a 360, this could be beneficial, however, as I understand it, in order to play the games, you must own them. If you don't own a 360 or never have, then the likely hood of owning a 360 game are slim, unless of course you go diving into the used bins and pick some up. For me, although I have yet to try PS Now, I would still prefer that service as there are no downloads/space issues etc... to contend with. It's a valiant effort and i'm sure it will get used, I just don't know if it would ever pick up major traction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dark Mark- Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Fuck, I wish I still had my PS2, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takara Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 @DaivRules (quote button has broken for me =w=) Very true. It's best to wait and see what sort of BC actually comes to fruition on the Xbox One before we all jump up and down saying Sony should match this. People also need to remember that the Xbox 360 used DVD as their medium for games, this made things much smaller and easier to manage. Sony opted and took Blu-ray forwards (something we're all thankful for right now ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skateak Posted June 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2015 Seriously you guys? Do you know how hard it would be to simulate the Cell processor and it's SPU's on a PS4? Likely impossible. 360's architecture was much more simpler. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltyie Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Make no mistake, Sony want to push PS Now, but that is only one of the major factors, another one being it's too time consuming to do. As we've seen from Xbox, they had a hard time getting it to work, by emulating the 360 and completely reworking the API for each game, meaning it isn't as simple as putting the disc in. Now, the 360 and ONE have much more similar hardware in comparison to the PS3 and PS4. PS3's cell processing will be a huge issue if you wanted to emulate a game on the PS4, and it's clear that Sony want to put that cell processing nightmare behind them, not dig it back up. Also, PS Now isn't as bad as some of you are making it out to be. I've played about 10 games on it and all were excellent quality, and I only paid about £20. Give it a chance before you scream cash grab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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