There is something that Sony did perfectly with its PlayStation 2. At that time it opted for a system of backward compatibility with the games of the original PSX and managed to satisfy many gamers who did not want to give up some of their old jewels.
PlayStation 3 got off to a good start, ensuring compatibility with the retiring model by including the “emotion engine” inside the console. Then it went to mixed hardware and software backwards compatibility, then it moved away from systems and now it’s official, backwards compatibility is dead forever.
A few days ago, Gallego wondered why the new PS3 Slim, a perfect occasion to reintroduce it, did not support PlayStation 2 games either. At that time John Koller said that the market was not moving in that direction and that it was not necessary to return to introduce it. Now it has been much clearer and has driven a rusty dagger into his heart. Poor backward compatibility.
“We are going to be clear and settle the issue. Backward compatibility is never coming back, so let me put it on the table. And the fact that PS3 is compatible with PS2 is something that the user does not care as much as you may be hearing. “
A real shame. Of course, the owners of a PS3 model 60Gb with the capacity to reproduce old jewels, you already know, or you keep it as gold on a cloth or in a while you amortize its value on eBay. Oh no …
Via | Joystiq
