PS4: Your Thoughts?

[Trent]

I will never get rid of my Sega Megadrive II for that very reason.

I must say though, backwards compatibility certainly has become much more of an importance to people than I thought it had, especially if this thread & twitter is anything to go by.
Clearly I must be tech-dated as I tend to feel that the expectation of backwards compatibility is silly , but if one is FORCED to buy games that one already owns then THAT is far & away more silly - It's actually quite unfair & wrong in my opinion.

I have close to $2K worth of games for my PS3. Most of them I quite enjoy and have played through at least twice. I don't see it as asking to much to be able to play those games on a new system. But from what I have read it seems that what is being said is true, you can play your old games, but you have to download it. And if you have to pay, then Sony can kiss my ar$e.

[Kazza]

Won't be getting one for a long time, the placeholder price for the console is $899.00

[Trent]

Won't be getting one for a long time, the placeholder price for the console is $899.00

Cheaper than the PS3 debut price. That was $999 or $1099 depending on where you bought it.

And no. I didn't pay that much.

[5FDP]

I remember paying about $700 for the PS1 when it was first released The trick is to be happy with what you've got and wait for the inevitable price drop. First generation games are rarely any good anyway.

[kup]

I remember paying about $700 for the PS1 when it was first released The trick is to be happy with what you've got and wait for the inevitable price drop. First generation games are rarely any good anyway.

True words.

The games library will not start of that great and by the time it picks up (assuming it does), the console will likely be half price and with add ons.

If I remember correctly, the biggest criticism of the PS3 was a lack of games library at release and this lasted for a while. It finally kicked into gear several months later, maybe a year before it gained strength.

[lj7369]

i'll wait and see.
they have only recently stopped making ps2 games, so i think the ps3 will be sweet for a while. stick with it. i often stop in skyrim and stare at the water and think, WOOOOOAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! How far we have come in 10 years (i DL from ps-store a bit, psone games etc, mainly for my vita.) So these specs do make me want this, but not on release, i expect a 750 to 900 on release.

[5FDP]

they have only recently stopped making ps2 games

True, Sony confirmed in Jan this year that the console has been officially discontinued 13 years after it's release. Very few technologies have a shelf-life this long. I bought a spare last year just to keep it MIB (or, for when my other one eventually breaks).