What is it with game consoles not having....

I was really disappointed when the PS3 dropped BC. This just seemed like Sony trying to get more money out of customers by having them purchase a PS2. I know they needed to save costs, but come on. I have a PS2 now, but when the PS3 was just coming out I didn't (I've had about 3 PS2s total), so by the time I had the money for the PS3 they took away the BC when I still had some games and my memory card. It ended up being a deciding factor in whether I would purchase one. I figured since Sony gave the PS2 BC with PS1 games, why not keep it with the PS3 for all other PS1/2 games?

Its a move to make more money. Sony figures, if they want to play ps2 games let them buy the PS2 console. Thats another $100 extra. Oh and when PS2 stops being in production then they will have BC backon the PS3. Probably.

no i have ps2 / ps3 and my 360 is bc so nope,

Never cared too much about B/C because I'm not actually planning to buy previous gen games. It's never actually a thought to me.

It also looks a lot cooler to have all the systems rather than just one that plays all the games imo.

BC has only existed on the ps2 and x360 (early ps3 models) and WII and handhelds its not like its always been thereshadow_hosi

Let's see... PS3 was $599 for the top model with full bc. The top model now is $499 without B/C. Now you have the option to buy a PS2 for 99. What the heck are you guys complaining about? Did you buy a PS3 to play PS2 games? I'm positive MOST people bought the current gen systems to play current gen games.

And lemmings dis the PS3 because they have the option to buy LIVE or a wireless adapter for the xbox 360... Something is not right.

my wii is fully BC with gamecube games and i can get games off of the nintendo store, but i own the earlier systems and the games anyway. my PS3 cant play PS2 games but my PS2 can so it doesnt bother me.

Part of the reason for the lack of Backwards compatibility is technical issues.

For the 360, it was a challenge to get it done because the hardware changed radically between generations. Microsoft, knowledgeable of the PC world, thus used software emulation to emulate the cut-down Pentium III and the XChip (which they couldn't do in hardware anymore--supplies had already gone dry)...and prudently gave no guarantees. Still, for a software-only solution, you have to credit them for getting a good chunk of the lineup up and running (recently got to enjoy Panzer Dragoon Orta on my 360 with very little to complain about).

The PS3 wanted to try a hardware route by incorporating the Emotion Engine into the PS3 (which is what happened at first), but poor sales and cost constraints (not to mention Microsoft chopping price on them) forced concessions. If they wanted to get the price down, they had to trim down, and the EE was among the first things to go.

For the Wii, backwards compatibility to the GameCube is straightforward since both their CPU and GPU are basic evolutions of what was on the GameCube and can be made to act just like their predecessors when needed. Software emulation takes care of the rest (and thanks to the underground, the hardware on many of these devices are already well understood).

yeah BC should be in all consoles, sony needs to re-release BC ps3's

Let's see... PS3 was $599 for the top model with full bc. The top model now is $499 without B/C. Now you have the option to buy a PS2 for 99. What the heck are you guys complaining about? Did you buy a PS3 to play PS2 games? I'm positive MOST people bought the current gen systems to play current gen games.

And lemmings dis the PS3 because they have the option to buy LIVE or a wireless adapter for the xbox 360... Something is not right.

JunkTrap

I don't necessarily feel ripped off, but it's still a shame that the PS3 is no longer backwards compatible and that the 360 is only BC with half of the Xbox's library.

I don't necessarily feel ripped off, but it's still a shame that the PS3 is no longer backwards compatible and that the 360 is only BC with half of the Xbox's library.

Menalque2

PS. To the TC: Your poll needs a fourth option: My console IS backwards compatible (or BC enough for me).

Backward compatible hadn't even been introduced to console gaming till the PS2. It's no big deal, after all I kinda buy new consoles to play the new games.vashkey

Well, I can honestly say that I'm not buying a PS3 until I can get one with BC.Tylendal

Yeah. Especially since I don't own a PS2 and don't really want to buy one. But I do own PS2 games (my brother has a PS2) and I would like to play those.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]Backward compatible hadn't even been introduced to console gaming till the PS2. It's no big deal, after all I kinda buy new consoles to play the new games.HuusAsking

That's a good point. I used to buy only one console per generation with my brother getting another (last generation, I had the Gamecube and he had the PS2). But, since I'm moving out soon, I won't have access to the PS2, but I have a few PS2 games I bought because I wanted to play them and I know my Wii isn't going to play them. And the fact that I also want a PS3 comes into play and I don't want to have to buy two systems (even though buying a used 60GB PS3 would be about the same price as a PS3 + PS2). I just hope they can impliment BC into the current models one day.

BC has only existed on the ps2 and x360 (early ps3 models) and WII and handhelds its not like its always been thereshadow_hosi

Honestly at the beginning of this generation bc was important to me bc i have a huge library of ps2 games and then I rushed out to get a 60gb ps3 with bc once I heard the rumors that bc was going the way of the dodo but honestly I haven't played a ps2 game since maybe the first 6 months of having a ps3. I just can't go back to ps2 games and have more than enough ps3 games to keep me occupied for a long time. Sure it's nice knowing that I can eventually go back and finish games I should have *cough*okami*cough* but honestly BC is overrated. I can see that it might be important if you never had the previous system and want access to those games but again my bro has a wii and I got him some gc games we missed while playing ps2 (re0, metroid prime) but we just cant bring ourselves to playing those games for longer than 30 mins.

I don't care, and I'm neither a mega-fanboy nor am I dumb. I'm on the platform that has infinite backwards compatibility. The PC.

I don't care, and I'm neither a mega-fanboy nor am I dumb. I'm on the platform that has infinite backwards compatibility. The PC.

Brendissimo35

Backward compatible hadn't even been introduced to console gaming till the PS2. It's no big deal, after all I kinda buy new consoles to play the new games.vashkey