The alternative to using the cloud is nothing, but it's not an either-or situation. We have Gaikai and make do or we don't have any BC at all.
I think you'll be surprised what they manage to do with poor connections though, especially when it comes to lower resolution stuff like PS1 games.
@T900
I'm going to guess you didn't read the article?
@reynod
Latency isn't even an issue. You&#...
You can emulate PS2 quite easily, but it varies from game to game. With that level of variation, Sony just can't trust the end user to play with things themselves.
On the PS3 thing though - it won't happen for a long, long time. That goes for the 360 as well.
I think they realize that, whether they accept it or not. I think the issue is that it gets to a point where, for example, they want to give out free DLC or perform a title update, and the company they're dealing with starts rubbing their hands together.
It has to be treated as a business, but at the same time, you have to let the developers work for free for the benefit on their fans if they want to. That option absolutely has to be there.
@ManiacMayhem
So you're suggesting Sony go and download an illegal emulator off the internet and just stick that onto their new system?
What you seem to be forgetting is that the current Sony-made PS1 emulator has been made for a certain architecture. Same for the one used on mobile devices (and Vita). This isn't a trivial thing. It should be relatively easy (like that 6 month wait on Vita was easy) compared with PS2 and PS3 emulation, but they could ...
It was dropped way before the slim. The BC models didn't actually make it long enough to see a EU release.
6 months to a year?
And it's because it was a feature that added too much cost and it was a cost people weren't willing to pay. Why would Sony repeat that mistake?
Also, see my above posts on why BC is completely impossible on PS4 anyway.
@PopRocks
Because additional SKUs cost money. Even limited releases cost money. They have to first decide how best to house the additional parts (which will likely mean literally remodeling many components, including the board), then they have to pay extra to market it.
In the end you're looking at hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on a product that will sell to such a small amount of customers that it's not even worth considering.
I'm not implying anything, I'm just explaining why someone might be justified in complaining about it on other consoles, and not on the PS4.
It's not a case of fanboyism, it's a case of Sony making the biggest changes between systems.
EDIT: Those of you disagreeing with my above comment, feel free to try and explain. If it's really just "we want BC on PS4," you're more or less proving the article right...
You know, I never noticed this before, but either they mixed up the young boy and the father on that picture, or we have here a very old looking child and very hip dad.
If the Wii U didn't have backwards compatibility - with basically the same modified components Nintendo have been using for over a decade - that would be cause for concern.
If the Next Xbox doesn't have backwards compatibility - considering the 360 is largely computer-like already and nothing is really changing on that front - that'll be cause for concern.
Sony have completely changed the way they've built the PS4. it's really, really diff...
While I do think there are gender issues that need to be sorted, I think the story behind this video is pretty lame.
She takes thousands of dollars. Disappears for 9 months. Results in a video containing things that we've all largely been saying for years.
And why did she get thousands of dollars or even a modicum of attention? Because nasty internet men were being mean to her.
If she really believed in what she's pedaling, she'd ...
Yeah, I didn't want to lead with that one. The message as a whole was better than the Kinect-smashing.
It's a great quote though.
This is a little dated now, of course. You've got about eight hours if you want to try it out/go back to it.
Funny, I read all those examples as proof that we're a group that would rather bitch about small meaningless things rather than begin larger industry change.
I guess it depends where your priorities are.
@Rainstorm
How in the hell have they milked Rock Band?
Besides, all those things you said are pretty minor in the long term. We're going through a transition where people are resisting the changes.
I...
"Females are not in the "it" range; they're people."
Dear lord, Sir. If you start saying things like that, they'll want the vote. It's a slippery slope - A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
I wonder what reaction would be if this turned out to be The Phantom Pain.
Full trailer - no reference to Metal Gear until the final few seconds. Logo appears: "The Phantom Pain." Some shocking line of dialogue, then the words "Metal Gear Solid V" appear, followed by "A Hideo Kojima Game."
Too soon for the reveal or, since we all know anyway, perfect timing?
You just need a DX11 compatible card, I believe.
Revelations was universally praised when it was released.
I'm sure it's a little spookier than RE6, anyway.
20-25 seconds on 3DS, currently 30-35 seconds on consoles.
It'd still be nice for them to get that down though, of course.
The stutter is still supposedly pretty noticeable on the current HD build as well.
@Reynod
I've been praising OnLive since launch day in the UK. It was a fantastic service that failed to catch momentum, partly because of how long it took them to get games on the service.
Anybody who complains about visuals or latency has never played a cloud game.
Rather than complaining about Sony fanboys defending a useless service, why not celebrate that this technology is getting the sort of support that will push it to its very bes...