Microsoft Has An "Advantage" With Project Scarlett, It Believes

PS5 is almost certain to have backwards compatibility too. What advantage?

By the way, you touted this same "advantage" with the XBox One, and it turned out no one cared and you lost against the PS4.

Who's he talking about? An advantage over who? Nintendo? Sony has long confirmed that the PS5 will have BC. That MS is working on having all games that were ever released on any Xbox playable on the next one is admirable. But I'm sure Sony will do the same. Not that emulating games from 2+ gens away should provide much difficulty. Hobby developers can do it and Sony certainly should. So it's mainly about unlocking the PS3 emulator that the PS4 already has built in but locked away, And maybe improving it a bit further so it can take advantage of the new hardware. And making all those PS3 games that companies have already uploaded to the PSN many years ago available for download for PS5, and adding a bunch of others that aren't available online yet. Which should require zero effort and allows all the publishers to cash in on them again.

Cool.

Sony needs to pay attention here because Full Backwards Compatibility has me eyeing the Scarlet hard over the PS5. This is a feature that should be standard on all consoles going forward.

They said what advantage they have with BC on the Xbox One. They lost this gen as the last place behind PS4 and Switch.

They say the same thing about Xbox Two and I hope they don't get the same fate...

Seeing as several rumors suggest PS5 will be backwardly compatible all the way back to PS1, I'm not sure this will be an advantage. Also, while I know people like the feature, this gen it's felt like MS used it as a crutch to get around not actually releasing that many new titles of their own.

Shame Sony decided to sink to Microsoft's level by demanding money for online play, despite making such a big deal about online play would always be free on the PlayStation Network as it would give them an an advantage over Microsoft.

"Sony's console also offers backwards compatibility through the streaming service PlayStation Now, but players need to buy games again to play them."

I'm... pretty sure that's not how "backward compatibility" works, haha.

They ALWAYS say they have a "secret sauce" or advantage or whatever.

And this gen proved how little BC matters. I want BC and I like it but come on. Both of the non-BC systems absolutely trounced the X1.

Granted, it is fair to point out that just because Xbox BC is not much of a selling point doesn't mean Nintendo and Playstation BC isn't a selling point. In the Xbox's case, you've got PC versions of nearly every game for it that matters, and those versions are far more improved. Really, the only Xbox game that isn't supported that I'm unhappy about is Kingdom Under Fire.

Sony: We will have Backwards compatibility.

Fanboys: OMG! Thats the greatest thing since slice bread.

Xbox: We'll have the better version of Backwards Compatibility

Fanboys: Who Cares

people you gotta chill this is good news and that's the end of it.

That 'advantage' is pure fiction.

BC is a great incentive to upgrade... When you actually support your console with hard hitting exclusives. Relying on BC alone will not convince millions to upgrade. Even Halo Infinite isn't an exclusive, that's your biggest bet for early sales, and you've already made it instantly available to millions for basically pennies. You've killed Scarlett before it had the chance to live.

Meanwhile, PS4 has numerous hard hitting exclusives coming next year that will transition to the PS5 while it launched with its own set of exclusives. Legacy content is great, the numbers have proven time and time again most gamers don't bother with it though. Exclusives are what gamers want, they're good for the industry, and they're the sole reason to purchase a console. You can play legacy content anywhere, give me unique content I can't get anywhere else. That's why the Switch is overtaking your console and why the PS5 will continue the dominant reign of the PS4.