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 Member 72 Level 36.40 Mar 2006 
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I just hope they drop the "no used games" mess. It already sucks that there probably won't be Backward Compatibility but if they go through the used game bullshit, then how the hell are people supposed to know a game is a complete pile of shit? IGN "reviews"? lol. What a joke.
Sure, I get that they are mad at places like Gamestop charging full price (oh excuse me $5 off full price) for used "new" games, but this will kill off places like Gamefly too. I'm not gonna toss $60 (or however much they're going to charge) for every game that looks interesting, only for it to end up being a pile of shit and no way to resell it. The always online for the 720 is gonna shoot themselves in the foot. If I wanted to always be connected, I'd play on PC. Sometimes I just like not being signed on the PSN (or Live if I had that) and play by myself. I dunno what'll happen on Wed, but it better be something fantastic for me to drop money on a new system. :\ Jam it back in, in the dark.  
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Member 72 Level 36.40 Mar 2006
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PlayStation 4 Not Backwards Compatible With Retail or Digital Games - IGN
Wat. There's nowhere I can't reach.
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Member 72 Level 36.40 Mar 2006
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From what I understand, it will be streamed from their cloud service or something. Not sure on all the details though. So you can play PS1-PS3 games, but they are emulated... or something like that. I dunno, I'm confused about it all. Maybe E3 will shed some more light.
I still have my Playstations 1 and 2 and have an early model 3 that plays PS2 games, so it's not like I'm going to be without those. Actually I haven't turned my Playstation 2 on in some time now, I wonder if it still even works. All that aside, a few of the games look kinda cool. Deep Down looked interesting to me at least. But I'm not sure a few games that look good is going to make me want to scream "Shut up and Take My Life savings!" Tande, no one expected to be able to play SNES games on N64 because it was a time where a new system meant just that: New. Moving Forward. Sony was the one that opened that door when they made Playstation 2 backwards compatible with 1. Then everyone was like "Man, that's so cool! My old games I love won't collect dust and I don't have to keep 2 systems plugged in all the time!" When PS3 was released, they claimed "We'll never drop Backward Compatibility." but then started bitching because they were "too expensive to make, so we're dropping BC". If anything, blame Sony on this new well.. "demand" I suppose is the right word, on making systems play the older games without having to replace them digitally or buying HD Remasters. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by dagget; Feb 22, 2013 at 11:04 AM.
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