The lack of backwards compatibility on console is incredibly annoying

Juub1990 · 2021-10-12 02:21:43

In the past few months, I've been eschewing newer games in favor of old classics. I already played some while others I've never touched. You might remember a thread where I asked about the best way to get into MGS. This is still a work in progress as my brother still has the PS1, PS2, and PS3.I also purchased an Xbox One X this summer for Ninja Gaiden Black and II (but picked up some nice Xbox exclusives like Conker's Live and Reloaded, Fable 2(which sucks), Halo 5, and a few others).What my entire quest made me realize is how utterly painful it is to play oldies on consoles. Jesus Christ. It's an absolute nightmare if you haven't kept your old machines. I learned this the hard way and will never sell them again. Anyway, my latest endeavor involved completing the original GOW trilogy. I have GOW3 Remaster on my PS4, but 1 and 2 are only available on PS2 or on PS3 with the HD collection. Enter PSNow. Tried it, but the lag is just too much and you get absolutely murked when trying to enjoy the game. A split-second frameskip is enough to throw you off on higher difficulties and screw up your run.What's the best solution now? Yep. Emulators. This is ridiculous. I know a huge part of the blame falls on me. Who told me to lend/sell these consoles? Still, on PC this isn't a problem whatsoever. On Xbox, Microsoft has made some great efforts to make games all the way from the Xbox era available. Those that aren't are easily available on PC. Playstation? Yeah, sucker. If you didn't keep your console, use PSNow (assuming they have the games) or screw you).It's a long-winded rant but PS3-era games especially are stuck in an odd place where they're not emulated properly, still sorta suck on PSNow, and aren't available on PS4/5./endrant

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#51 pyro1245

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@Telekill said:

PC doesn't let me play classics easily either. I have two copies of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. Neither work on my Win 10 system. They didn't work on any previous Windows either going back to XP. So unless I just so happen to have the only PC game that's not backwards compatible... don't give me that shit.

Have you consulted the PC Gaming Wiki?

I bet you can get it running if you want it enough. The difference with console gaming being your just shit outta luck regardless if a game is unavailable because you have no control over the software.

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#52 Edited By Telekill

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@pyro1245: I said "easily". I would argue it's easier to rebuy a previous gen console and play whatever game than get my Indy game to work on Windows 10.

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@girlusocrazy said:

@shadyacshuns said:

Most are though, BIG step up from what Sony is doing.

No, ~500 of ~2000 360 games and ~40 of ~1000 Xbox games

To play all Xbox games you need 3 systems, to play all PS games you need 2. The support MS does have is appreciated but I still need all of my Xboxes. F all that. I just keep my consoles and games. I even kept some old PCs. Got a 486 w/PCI slots and a GUS and an SB AWE32 I can swap in on ISA, and a Athlon X2 w/Voodoo2 SLI and TNT2 and GeForce 2.

And wouldn't ya know, one of 'em is Eternal Sonata. Was surprised when I went to the MS store and it wasn't available.

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#54 pyro1245

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@Telekill: ah yeah I missed that qualifier my bad.