RadarScope1
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Stumpokapow said:I will bet you one hundred US dollars Paypal that if Sony ever introduces PS2 backwards compatibility for the PS3 -- IE not this God of War Collection port, HD remix stuff, actual downloadable PS2 game backwards compatibility -- it will extend to discs in the drive.
If you don't want to take me up on the bet, please stop announcing "THESE ARE THE FACTS". It should be an easy bet for you because you seem very very confident.
Everything I said in that section is fact. I am using those facts to back up my argument as I see it. That's what happens on forums. I don't see how that's worth $100. I am not a degenerate gambler. I don't even play nickel slots. Sorry.
Stumpokapow said:Well, except Nintendo has 100% GameCube backwards compatibility and Microsoft has software emulation of any Xbox 1 game they sell on Games on Demand.
I should have been more clear about this. GOING FORWARD, I think it's dead. MS has stopped updating the Xbox 1 games BC and I doubt Xbox 1 games will work with the next Xbox, whenever it comes around. I would be surprised if Nintendo kept GC BC in its next console, too. Current Wii and 360 games playable on the next Wii and Xbox? Maybe. But I wouldn't be surprised to see it gone. I think in this quarter Sony will show that with a low enough price point you don't need to have these kinds of features to sell systems.
charlequin said:The money to be made on selling old PS2 games online is also miniscule in the broader picture, given the pricepoints ($15, probably) they'd have to come in at. It's not a huge moneymaker -- it's something you do as a low-startup source of revenue, but not one you expect to make much money on. Most people will just buy a $10 copy of FFXII (or whatever) at Gamestop rather than buy it online.
Yeah, that's what you and I would do, but there's a lot of lazy people with credit cards out there. And I'm not sure how it wouldn't be much of a money maker. The game's already developed and there is no shipping or packaging cost. It's only $15, but it's $15 of pure profit for Sony and the publisher.
charlequin said:If BC is being worked on, it could only really be justifiable as a way of bringing back an "important" feature at a lower price to Sony (i.e. transforming a per-unit cost for hardware BC into a one-time cost for developing the firmware upgrade.) Doing so would give them the opportunity to also sell stuff online for no added cost, so it would only make sense for them to take the opportunity
Yeah, that actually makes a lot of sense. Many updates vs one update. Are they smart enough and consumer-oriented enough to do it? .....?
Like I said, I'd LOVE to see it happen. I would love to be proven wrong. Just doubt that I will.