Do you think the PS4 will ever be backwards compatible with ps3 games?

[Exiblade7 1,917]

with the announcement that some PS2 games are backwards compatible with the ps4, I really hope that the PS4 gets backwards compatible with PS3 games because I'll sell my ps3 for a ps4 if that happends(yes, I'm that despite), but sadly, I don't think that's likely now. 

Edited December 22, 2015 by Luke Fon Fabre

[Minato arisato 253]

Eventually but they think playstation now will do fine which won't, that sort of system isn't really good on a ps4. 

Ps3 games maybe next year, or 2017. 

[Komali 594]

As far as I know it isn't possible due to the different hardware architecture of the PS3.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

As far as I know it isn't possible due to the different hardware architecture of the PS3.

can't they work their way around that? 

[Gamerazor247 877]

Pffft, WHAT, lol, no no no, you have to wait until the PlayStation 5 (nexus) releases so you can play PS3 games, because THAT will be backwards compatible. If you don't get where i'm going with this, well...

[Minato arisato 253]

can't they work their way around that? 

Probably can but maybe they don't want to as ps2 thing is a experiment to see if people will be interested in playing older games on a new system 

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Probably can but maybe they don't want to as ps2 thing is a experiment to see if people will be interested in playing older games on a new system 

if that's the case, then I really hope that the ps2 games that are available now on the ps4 sell well because this will basically decide how early or how late I get the ps4. 

 

 

Pffft, WHAT, lol, no no no, you have to wait until the PlayStation 5 (nexus) releases so you can play PS3 games, because THAT will be backwards compatible. If you don't get where i'm going with this, well...

 

I respect your opinion, but the wii is backwards compatible to gamecube games so I don't see the problem with that, exspecally since everybody's moving to the next gen console (the ps4)

Edited December 22, 2015 by Luke Fon Fabre

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

Either they can just make the current digital PS3 games on the PlayStation Store compatibile with the PS4 or just work on PlayStation Now. Physically, I don't think it will happen. Though don't count on Kingdom Hearts being available.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Either they can just make the current digital PS3 games on the PlayStation Store compatibile with the PS4 or just work on PlayStation Now. Physically, I don't think it will happen. Though don't count on Kingdom Hearts being available.

I really hope it happens ps3 games that are on a disc, not just a digital download. 

[Soravids 1,056]

I really hope it happens ps3 games that are on a disc, not just a digital download. 

 

Probably can but maybe they don't want to as ps2 thing is a experiment to see if people will be interested in playing older games on a new system 

 

with the announcement that some PS2 games are backwards compatible with the ps4, I really hope that the PS4 gets backwards compatible with PS3 games because I'll sell my ps3 for a ps4 if that happends(yes, I'm that despite), but sadly, I don't think that's likely now. 

It can definitely be done, but the question is what's the incentive? They'd pretty much kill their PS Now sales. I really hope it happens, but it don't seem likely. Hope I'm wrong though.

[Kittenz 4,281]

Well, xbone has it

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Well, xbone has it

IKR? so playstation should be able to do it as well. 

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

Nope. Won't be happening ever.

[Exiblade7 1,917]

Nope. Won't be happening ever.

how come?

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

how come?

They have been remaking PS2 games (or are planning to) for the PS4. That's the closest to backwards compatibility we'll get. If the PS4 would be backwards compatible with the PS3, they would have said, or made a model to do so already.

[Minato arisato 253]

It can definitely be done, but the question is what's the incentive? They'd pretty much kill their PS Now sales. I really hope it happens, but it don't seem likely. Hope I'm wrong though.

Yeah but what's the point many have already said playstation now isn't very great and most have complained to sony about it, especially how sony doesn't have the greatest online service compared to Xbox. Sony has games yet refuses to do so, they assume they won already so let's not try to please the customer base. 

Well, xbone has it

Probably like one of the only things Microsoft has done right at the moment, though rather sony do it because they have more games. 

Sorry but all the Xbone gets is mutiplatform games, even then it's lacking. 

[Exiblade7 1,917]

They have been remaking PS2 games (or are planning to) for the PS4. That's the closest to backwards compatibility we'll get. If the PS4 would be backwards compatible with the PS3, they would have said, or made a model to do so already.

that sucks, but I can imagine them doing it in the future, like in a few years from now

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

that sucks, but I can imagine them doing it in the future, like in a few years from now

Maybe. I don't think it will happen though. By then, they would have started to shift focus to planning and designing the PS5.

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

I thought they just announced PS2 emulation, isn't that different from backwards compatibility? BC is like literally putting the disk into the PS4 and having it work and play fine with no problems. Emulation is just basically proof you can have the game work on whatever system you're using, usually for the sake of digital releases. Did they just announce that they could be backwards compitable with PS2 disks?

if that's the case, then I really hope that the ps2 games that are available now on the ps4 sell well because this will basically decide how early or how late I get the ps4. 

 

 

 

I respect your opinion, but the wii is backwards compatible to gamecube games so I don't see the problem with that, exspecally since everybody's moving to the next gen console (the ps4)

Um, dude he was just making a joke, he wasn't forming an opinion. He's joking that since they are doing this with PS2 games and not PS3 (seemingly), they would likely skip a generation and have PS3 games be backwards compatible on the PS5, likely leaving PS4 games out. It's just a joke about how they're doing things right now, it's not like he actually believes that they will not make PS3 games backwards compatible until the PS5.

Edited December 22, 2015 by Hero of Light XIV

[Exiblade7 1,917]

I thought they just announced PS2 emulation, isn't that different from backwards compatibility? BC is like literally putting the disk into the PS4 and having it work and play fine with no problems. Emulation is just basically proof you can have the game work on whatever system you're using, usually for the sake of digital releases. Did they just announce that they could be backwards compitable with PS2 disks?

Um, dude he was just making a joke, he wasn't forming an opinion. He's joking that since they are doing this with PS2 games and not PS3 (seemingly), they would likely skip a generation and have PS3 games be backwards compatible on the PS5, likely leaving PS4 games out. It's just a joke about how they're doing things right now, it's not like he actually believes that they will not make PS3 games backwards compatible until the PS5.

oh, well I don't think they did announce that yet. 

[Headphone Jack 1,147]

not so long as there's money to be made from the inability to play old games on new consoles

[Sora96 17,256]

It's not possible. The hardware is far too different.

 

And PS4 is NOT backwards compatible with PS2. It's called emulation.

Edited December 22, 2015 by Sora96

[Ultima Spark 753]

Wasn't the main reason they stopped producing PS2-backwards-compatible PS3s because they produced them at a net loss?

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

Wasn't the main reason they stopped producing PS2-backwards-compatible PS3s because they produced them at a net loss?

Too expensive. So yeah, I'm guessing they did lose a bit. Makes you wonder how they build it because Nintendo and Microsoft have no problems with backward compatibility.

[Sora96 17,256]

Too expensive. So yeah, I'm guessing they did lose a bit. Makes you wonder how they build it because Nintendo and Microsoft have no problems with backward compatibility.

 

That's not true at all. Microsoft has to add each 360 title.