Opinions of Wizzy about PS4 at gameoverthinkerdotblogspotdotcom :
As someone who has never owned a PS3, backwards compatibility would still be a major selling feature.
There are many PS3 exclusive titles I have been interested in, but could never play. Considering the 360 has been the dominant console for so long, my situation cannot be unique. I imagine that buying a PS4 to catch up on the PS3 catalog would be a major motivator for many.
Also the PC and 360 catalogs are far more cross-platform then the PS3, it really is a big mistake to not have cross compatibility. Sony really comes across as the most apathetic towards a medium that they once dominant.
In terms of game preservation; what I find scary is how many early PC titles survive only through piracy, and fear that other titles may someday share the same fate. In a world where a copyright lawsuit can effectively almost erase Too Human with a “recall and destroy” order. Sure, the game was universally terrible, and Silicon Knights had terrible management, but the fact that the game could someday not exist still bothers me.
Similarly MMOs exist on very shaky grounds. Outside of fan projects to emulate master servers; the majority of MMOs are forever lost when they are shutdown, only to be remembered through the occasional low-res YouTube video. Sony, in particular, is very guilty of this.
You are right that many would buy the PS4 for back-compatibility but maybe not as many as you would think. The PS3 and Xbox 360 sales numbers were tied as of 2012 (a little over 70 million of each console have sold) so many, many people have PS3's now. The 360 does not have the edge it had in 2008 or 2009. Sony would probably have to tag $100-$200 on the price tag of the PS4 to give it back-compatibility. More people would likely be turned away by the price than drawn in by the feature. My guess is that many 360 users will upgrade to the PS4 rather than Microsoft's next console and use the streaming feature to play a few PS3 exclusives they may have missed.
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