hikarutilmitt
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I seriously double, and don't see, anyone trying to spin XBO BC as a negative. There is no way to. The only things I see lately are questions about why it's important for a variety of reasons and the reasons companies may or may not do it. I mean, how many consoles in the past were BC easily? I'm sure I'm missing one or two, but:Do older system break? All older systems are highly suspect-able to breakage, PS1,PS2 constant laser issues. I remember standing my PSX on its side even when it was new. PS3, YLOD. 360 RLOD... List goes on, this hardware won't last for ever and do you expect it to last another 10 years?
Why replace an older system at your own cost when the current newest one is more than capable?
Of course I am, the backlog of games grows every year with the dozens of releases we get and the older we get with less time. Everything gets remastered? There's thousands of games we get 5 remasters a year. Emulate? PS3 and 360?
Microsoft is making sure every game from every generation is playable 30 years down the line at this rate and its commendable. Anyone trying to spin it as a negative has some seriously questionable hate for the company. It costs you nothing. Why anyone in here tries to hate on a company for a free service on the protection of games continuing to be enjoyed for life I just can't explain anymore.
Atari 2600 >7800
GB>GBC>GBA
GBA>DS
DS>3DS
GC>Wii
Wii>WiiU (Nintendo didn't keep the BC for GC)
PS1>PS2>PS3 (some models of PS3 for PS2)
PSP>Vita
OGXB>360 (only a very specific set of games)
So there's a history of BC, but a very specific history. Mostly handhelds, some specific cases of one gen to the next and that's it. Now we get to add a relatively extensive list of 360>XBO to that, and the discussion is coming up again.
It really feels like some of this recently is also spurred by the PS4 being hacked and hackers showing videos of different PS2 games running on the PS4. There may be reasons why this hasn't been done, monetary or not, but to assume one just because you have a boner against corporations seems silly. Yes this reads like a shill post, but I can assure you it's not.