RicoADF said:
surg3n said:
Sleekit said:
surg3n said:
In my experience, backwards compatibility is a myth
it may be many things but it's not "a myth".
there's no reason at all consoles can't emulate prior generations. it's not particularly hard to write an emulator especially if you are as technically familiar with the hardware as the actual hardware manufacturers.
But the current generation isn't backwards compatible - having to download a patch to play a game, having to download a special version, having to emulate is not backwards compatibility. I can't take an XBox game and play it on a 360, I can't take a PS2 or PS1 game and play it on a PS3... at least not without the game being adjusted to work on the new hardware. Nothing would be cooler than having real, 100% backwards compatibility, but it doesn't exist, not in the way that Sony and M$ claim.
*pulls out his first game he ever owned, V-Rally on PSX, puts it in PS3 and plays a race. Takes game out and puts back, then pulls out Killzone from PS2 and proceeds to play that for a few mins*...... I don't know what backwards comparability means to you, but PS3 was quite capable on the first generation of consoles.
Pulls out Oddworld for PS1 because he misses it, and his PC can't run it... not work.
Pulls out Killzone for PS2 because it's awesome... not work.
Sits and wonders why Sony hates him, why my PS3 has to be less functional than other peoples.
Pulls out an XBox game that isn't Halo2 and tries it on his 360... not work.
Sits and wonders why M$ hates him as well.
I know what backwards compatibility means to me, it means the ability to play previous generation games on current generation hardware. If that works for you, then awesome - hope you have a blast. It doesn't work on my PS3, simple as that - I'm not lying or exagerating.
