Rumor: New PS4 details from PSM3 Magazine.
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Guy Legend
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No BC = no incentive to stay within the Playstation brand. True for disc based and downloadable games.
If the next Xbox is backwards compatible, that's a big incentive for current XB360 owners and multi console owners to stick with Xbox.
If the next Xbox is backwards compatible, that's a big incentive for current XB360 owners and multi console owners to stick with Xbox.
Vigilant Walrus
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Not interested. I wasnt feeling Vita, I am not sure I feel this. WAYYY Too many devices. way too many platforms.
MS and Sony should do unified console standard. no more console ports. it would mean better games for everyone and 100% markeds for all devs. they need to do this to fight the tablet/phone gaming space that has become a plague.
MS and Sony should do unified console standard. no more console ports. it would mean better games for everyone and 100% markeds for all devs. they need to do this to fight the tablet/phone gaming space that has become a plague.
fly high ~ayunite~
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Can Sony make 60fps a standard requirement for game certification/shipping? Time to put their money where their mouth is.
phosphor112
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Damn, I can get Uncharted, Killzone, GT, Wipeout, Singstar, MLB the show and more on PC!?
SSHIIIIIII
Maybe one day via Gaikai.
phosphor112
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My point is, how would they do it on THEIR end... they need to have hardware to run it. Surely they aren't going to cluster hundreds of thousands of PS3's together... Cell blades aren't made anymore as IBM has abandoned Cell...
And they NEED bc. Saying they don't is just silly.
Canis lupus
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I think there is a difference between Watch_Dogs and a tech demo from SE.
Trogdor1123
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Wait a second, why would you need online passes if games are tied to your PSN account? That doesnt add up, unless of course you will need to pay an additional amount to get online?
They forgot to mention that included in every box will be my very own
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I swear, if there isn't an HDMI cable in the box of every new system moving forward, I will snap, lol.
Shtof
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I guess you know the answer yourself.
Shtof
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Ultra HD Collection if you haven't figured it out already. It's not like you'll be able to play games you already own, maybe if you own the digital version.
That's because it is.
Watch the next Xbox also not be backwards compatible.
This is why Im worry about the next playstation:
Used games doesnt work? Well, thats not good for the average people. With the world economy a few can really buy games for the full price. At least here in Europe. The same happens with point number 14, the price of the console. In game advertising?? The worst thing that can happen to gaming (its already happening).
Edit: I really wantto buy it. I love my ps3, but want it to be BC at least. And I dont want a nuclear machine that cost a lot and can play Crysis 3 in high settings! I want a balance console: price/technology.
Used games doesnt work? Well, thats not good for the average people. With the world economy a few can really buy games for the full price. At least here in Europe. The same happens with point number 14, the price of the console. In game advertising?? The worst thing that can happen to gaming (its already happening).
Edit: I really wantto buy it. I love my ps3, but want it to be BC at least. And I dont want a nuclear machine that cost a lot and can play Crysis 3 in high settings! I want a balance console: price/technology.
phosphor112
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You can't have one without the other. Digital games are still PS3 games.
Shalashaska161
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The used game thing would keep me away, and if I did jump on I wouldn't consider buying anything for full price. 99% of the time I don't even buy used, but the fact that Sony would lock me out of the option is enough to make me say no way.
CoffeeExpress
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It really bothers me that they are not calling it the PS4 for some reason. dunno why.
Kazuma Kiryu
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No BC = no sale for me, unfortunately. I'm tired of buying games, having a console break and then no longer being able to play said games. My entire PS2 collection is useless.
buy a new/used ps2? use pcsx2? buy a used ps3 with ps2 bc?
Not if Microsoft does it too. And switching exclusively to PC because of this reason is silly because PC doesn't support used games either.
The rumoured "used game" policy is a step too far. Everything else may be a touch annoying but not deal breakers, at least for me. That said, generally instead of buying used games, I simply wait for a deal on a new release or wait a bit for the price to drop.
... read the OP.
... read the OP.
No BC = no sale for me, unfortunately. I'm tired of buying games, having a console break and then no longer being able to play said games. My entire PS2 collection is useless.
I don't know how people can seriously expect BC after the success the download stores and re-releases have had this gen. Why give it to them for free when they can re-release it and make more? Would also remove R&D and manuf costs from PS4.
I know this sounds shitty but isn't it already the case with PSN/XBL games? (I haven't used either in a while so I may be mistaken).
EDIT: I think you can't access saves but you can still play PSN games on different profile on the same console.
Nope. At least not for PSN. Even EA games which require a pass to go online, once you enter the code it registers to a ps3. Any number of accounts from that PS3 can login and play the title fully.
It will be called PS4, don't be silly.
WolfForager
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Just thinking here.... If Sony does not use 'PS4' and instead call it 'PS Orbis' or something similar, will the average Joe user not view it as a separate off-shoot of the PS brand and not a full on successor to the PS3? Is it not possible that the numerical representation, or lack of, will have a direct impact on sales?
Exactly. It's pretty cool how it works on PS3, one of the user on the console has PSN+? Everyone can play those free games.
Any idea if XBL titles work the same way?
This reminds me of the rumour that kinect 2.0 for XB720 may be able to detect the number of people watching a movie (streamed or downloaded from XBL service) and interrupt it if the number of people exceed the licensed amount.
It'll be called "Playstation Orbis"
I highly doubt we'll see many HD collections of games from this gen. An HD port from one of the SD consoles makes sense since the bump in resolution is immediately apparent, making it an easier selling point, but even going from 720p to 1080p isn't apparent to the average customer.
NinjaBoiX
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You can buy a PS2 for the price of a game.No BC = no sale for me, unfortunately. I'm tired of buying games, having a console break and then no longer being able to play said games. My entire PS2 collection is useless.
what? i have never seen or heard anyone do this...
H_Prestige
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Yes. It's completely stupid
Rendering a user's entire UMD library useless is a good precedent?
crimzonflame
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Time to reboot the franchise. Just call the new console, 'Playstation'.
TheNatural
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Me either.
About the name... Couldn't they just do this again?
Also, does it look like Wii U is going to be the only next-gen console to have BC?
Also, does it look like Wii U is going to be the only next-gen console to have BC?
What? No one does this.
Canis lupus
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They could call it the PS4 in the West and something else in Japan.