[PS3] Next-next-gen

I feel like the only reason they're doing it is because the current gen has outlived the typical gen life cycle already, but is still doing fine, and is rather strong despite being under powered compared to gaming rigs you could make yourself. It's not like they make money from selling consoles. All the money they make are from the games.

Reeegardless, since the Wii U has been spat out by Nintendo, both Sony and Microsoft now -have- to respond to it with their own new consoles. Naturally.

As a member of the used video game industry I really...really hope they do away with the idea of disposable discs (aka you can't buy or sell them used, one use only), or DL only games. That's -not- what the consumer wants. And doing exactly the opposite of what the consumer wants only leaves you with a PSP go, and no one wants any of that shit. It's especially discerning when they're trying to spit right in the face of the people who practically keep their companies and interest in the industry afloat. Unless they can successfully rip off Steam for their console, including the crazy ass sales Steam does, they aren't going to be even remotely successful in the next gen.

TL;DR: Seriously, Sony, stop being a fucktard. Make shit backwards compatible, keep discs, and please dear god, don't try to shove a boomerang controller at us again.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

They have been talking about making Diablo III into a console game for a while, they never said which console though.

It's cool that they're only working with Sony, but shitty that they're just doing Diablo III.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I don't quite understand why everyone is so fervent on making sure this thing is backwards compatible. Let's take a think for a moment and realize that backwards compatibility only really started with the PS2. The only backwards compatible systems are the Wii, Wii U (forgive me if I'm wrong with that one), ps2, ps3 (ps1 discs, and some of those can play ps2), and limited backwards compatibility on the Xbox 360. Oh, and of course Nintendo's handhelds, but a lot of those were just rehashes of each other. I can't particularly remember anyone complaining the n64 couldn't play snes games. Or even the dreamcast being unable to play saturn games.

While backwards compatibility would be grand, it's not exactly a deal breaker for me. A deal breaker would be something like the inability to play used games, that's just...well, retarded if it didn't. The consumer wants to buy used games, and it'd be terribly stupid of them to not allow for it.

If its such a problem, why not just keep your ps3? I kept my ps2 just so I could play ps2 games. I kept my psp because I didn't want to rebuy all those games on the psn.

And quite honestly, none of the people who come into shop seem to even realize that the xbox 360 can play (a limited amount of) xbox games, or that the wii even though it has neato controller ports can play gamecube games, or that even the ps3 can play ps1 games. And when I do tell them this, it doesn't really spur them on to buy those games, anyway. So I guess there's your main consumer of these things :\

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Point made! Though what does BC do for Sony besides let you play those games without buying them on the PSN?

Either way I'll still have all my physical copies kept safe and ready to play on my good ol' PS2 or PS3.

I'm confused at the idea of them not honoring the purchases off the PSN being downloaded onto the PS4. They let you do that on the Vita. Unlike Nintendo's system, the PSN has a real log in and record of what you buy and isn't completely ass backwards. If they completely nix that, that'd be a slap in the face of everyone who bought those games. Guess we'll see in the future.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?