I'm sure the streaming crap isn't a "OH HEY GAME GRUMPS LIVE" sort of thing, but a shameless plug for "online personalities" to make money alongside Sony (and sure i'll assume MS does this too since XBL is already stuffed with it) via advertisements and spammed shit.

But the reason backwards compatibility is an issue is that in the case of a floppy drive or CD, your PC games are still good now as they were 20 years ago. Your NES still works because of the quality of hardware (read simplicity) permits the system to still function properly 30 years later. I'm not worried about my kids having a dud NES in 15 years. I'm worried about my kids asking why there's a yellow light on the PS3. I'm worried about them having a 360 catch fire and pull them into the drive tray. I'm worried about them turning on my old WiiU to find out that super smash brothers only works online and only on a service that had been offline for 5 years.

I simply want to buy a product that I know I will still be able to use later. I don't want developers telling me how long I'm allowed to play a game. I don't want to be restricted unlike my childhood of gaming.