All PS3s to be Backward Compatable (Rumor)

[CaptainZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Not only that, but we would lose all of our memory. I don't want to start a new Power Pros franchise or start over with SSX: On Tour.

I think that our save files would still work...........I would hope.

[bkfount]

Quote: Originally Posted by KILZPWN

Take it with a grain of salt, but I heard this idea is dead. The more likely scenario is for a lot of PS2 titles to start making their way onto the PSN.

well again, to do that they'd still have to be able to emulate the game. Just because it's a digital version doesn't make it any different than the disk. They were built on ps2 hardware, and the ps3 will have to be able to run the games. But yes, at this point, they're only concerned about it for the digital distribution method. It's 3 years into the ps3 now, so you should really be basing a purchase on the ps3 library and features by now.

MS quit doing the BC updates because they cost money and effort, when the feature probably doesn't even affect console sales much years into the generation. Yes, the consumer likes to play their old games, but they can either keep their old console or get over it. Even selling the original xbox games on Live got dropped because MS probably ran into trouble with licensing the games for digital distribution on the 360. Having to secure these would have helped contribute to the $15 price, which was quite inflated over the much cheaper used copies at Gamestop.

[luv_mist]

The key thing here is how much Sony wants to take a hit versus how much the consumer is willing to toss towards those old classics. The reason the XBOX Originals didn't fly was because you were paying freaking $15 for games you could find at Gamestop. Heck, there are XBOX 360 games that are less than that. If they had those games for a good $3-5, they would have made a killing in no time. It's the greed for more money that has both companies tossing the BC to the vultures. Best bet would be to just purchase a PS2/XBOX and just deal with it like that.

[bkfount]

Quote: Originally Posted by luv_mist

The reason the XBOX Originals didn't fly was because you were paying freaking $15 for games you could find at Gamestop. Heck, there are XBOX 360 games that are less than that. If they had those games for a good $3-5, they would have made a killing in no time. It's the greed for more money that has both companies tossing the BC to the vultures. Best bet would be to just purchase a PS2/XBOX and just deal with it like that.

I don't think that price was the biggest issue. Most people were on 20 GB HDD's when they announced this feature. It's pretty stupid to download games that take up like 4 GB's, when the disks are already BC and cheaper.

Unless MS drops the price on the larger HDD's and actually offers a digital distribution discount for the xbox 360 games on demand, even that will fail.

[spankdatazz22]

Dammit - every time I see this thread I think something was announced and click on it. The silly thing is I'll see it a few days later and think the same thing lol

[Pared]

There ya go. We'll change it if it is ever confirmed.