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Does anyone else wish they had made all their digital purchases on Xbox 360/Xbox One instead of PS3/PS4?
- Thread starter AppleBlade
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The only old game I've got I'd like to play again is Max Payne 3. Can't do that on either of them. I don't really keep games after finishing them and only go digital on smaller games or deep sales.
Don't mean this in a bad way OP but do you work in marketing? Noticing a lot of threads are like survey questions.
Don't mean this in a bad way OP but do you work in marketing? Noticing a lot of threads are like survey questions.
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BC and that whole program was one of the three reasons I switched from PS4 as my main to Xbox One in 2017 (other two being I got an One X and a lot of my friends went back to Xbox). I own around 160 games on the PS4, but that number hasn't increased a lot (pretty much only exclusives I've bought like Persona 5, Spider-Man, God of War and so on) because I just wasn't sure back then I could gamble on PS4 games being playable on PS5 (I thought they would be, but it was still a gamble because I didn't know). I've preordered a PS5 and Xbox Series X, but because of BC and the enhancements it made possible, Series X will continue to be my main. Honestly, that's the thing I'm most excited about. Only two next-gen titles near launch that excites me are Demon's Souls and The Medium.
It's why I still bought multiplatform games on PC despite mine being worse than a vanilla PS4 in some aspects for several years before I finally upgraded. I knew PS3 BC wasn't possible but when they proceeded to not bring PS1 classics forward and required PS2 classics to be rebought I concluded Sony is not an ecosystem to trust to go forward and used it only for exclusives.
No? In reality if I buy a XSS/XSX now all my PS4 games are going to be stuck in the PS4 lol.
This situation makes sense if you have both consoles now, which is something that few people are able to do.
This situation makes sense if you have both consoles now, which is something that few people are able to do.
I really want to retire my PS3. It's ridiculous how so many games are stuck in it.
Yeah, but let's be honest, selling and buying physical games is a pain in the ass and you won't be getting nearly the same value for them, especially with PS3 games that are stuck on that platform.
Would definitely like to have access to the PS3 games I had digitally though there weren't many of them. PS4 was all digital.
Had I done many digital purchases, yes. But the few I have there either got remastered (WipEout HD, Journey, Flower, Super Stardust, Okami, Catherine) or are not that important to me anymore (Geon, Pain, Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate HD), without taking into account that some of them are now on PC or Xbox.
I have lots of PS1 Classics, but those were originally PSP purchases so do they really count? (I'd L O V E to play them on PS4/PS5 but I treat them like PS Vita games now).
But yeah looking at all the efforts from the Xbox BC team 2 years ago really made me go crazy with BC purchases and recent games as well because it's exciting to think of 4 generations on a single console (Xbox, 360, One, Series). I am always up for a trip down memory lane and even if I have my PS3 and PS2 ready to be plugged-in at any time, it's a lot more comfy with modern controllers and proper HDMI/enhancements.
I have lots of PS1 Classics, but those were originally PSP purchases so do they really count? (I'd L O V E to play them on PS4/PS5 but I treat them like PS Vita games now).
But yeah looking at all the efforts from the Xbox BC team 2 years ago really made me go crazy with BC purchases and recent games as well because it's exciting to think of 4 generations on a single console (Xbox, 360, One, Series). I am always up for a trip down memory lane and even if I have my PS3 and PS2 ready to be plugged-in at any time, it's a lot more comfy with modern controllers and proper HDMI/enhancements.
I'm not all digital, but PS3 times pulled me to a lot of Cross-buy gaming. I loved the Vita, and getting the games across it and PS3 were great.
Once Sony showed how much they were willing to drop that, I went back to "maining" Xbox for anything I could get there. As the years go on, it just proves to be a better and better choice.
Once XBox started BC with old DISK, I was super-surprised. I thought such things would be digital only.
If Sony isn't going to focus on BC, I wish they'd bring forward more interesting portions of their library. Not all of us like Playstation JUST for the same old exclusives. Get some translations of never-release-in-the-US PS1 and 2 games, as one company was doing in the late PS3 days. I got stuff like Makurenai Makendo and Rapid Angel, which I totally enjoyed. There's so much stuff on PS1 and 2 and beyond I'd love to get that was only on their consoles, if only they'd energize companies to do it. It'd be a unique response that only they have the wealth of software to do such with, compared to Microsoft.
Once Sony showed how much they were willing to drop that, I went back to "maining" Xbox for anything I could get there. As the years go on, it just proves to be a better and better choice.
Once XBox started BC with old DISK, I was super-surprised. I thought such things would be digital only.
If Sony isn't going to focus on BC, I wish they'd bring forward more interesting portions of their library. Not all of us like Playstation JUST for the same old exclusives. Get some translations of never-release-in-the-US PS1 and 2 games, as one company was doing in the late PS3 days. I got stuff like Makurenai Makendo and Rapid Angel, which I totally enjoyed. There's so much stuff on PS1 and 2 and beyond I'd love to get that was only on their consoles, if only they'd energize companies to do it. It'd be a unique response that only they have the wealth of software to do such with, compared to Microsoft.
No because all of my digital purchases are on Xbox. Only physical on Switch and PS4. Xbox has been saying this for years now...
The OG Xbox games didn't get a "brute force" res upgrade. They went through the same process of application of the Heutcy method and testing 360 games that were X enhanced had to go through.
I just wish I went more digital on the 360/One with my games tbh. Physical is fine now but I would prefer to be able to play all my games on Series S and I don't want to keep my Xbox One running just for physical games. Ah well, Series X will do me well when my 1080p panel eventually dies
Since I'll likely never play another ps3 game, nope. I can't play everything I want to on ps4 and 5 much less some old games on ps3.
Well, for Rock Band, I'm happy it's all on the Playstation, due to hardware restrictions.
But for everything else, considering how fucking low res the PS3 is, and how terrible the controller is, I reallllllllly wish they'd resurrect that stuff somehow.
But for everything else, considering how fucking low res the PS3 is, and how terrible the controller is, I reallllllllly wish they'd resurrect that stuff somehow.
There's a much better chance they will be at some point than your PS3 games though.
Not really. I don't intend on selling or putting away my PS3 anytime soon, so meh.
Also, as much as I love the 360/One controllers, the dpad remains absolutely atrocious to this day and since a huge swathe of the the stuff I bought digitally is 2D, I regret nothing having bought such titles on PS3. Aside from 2D stuff, my 7th gen digital library is pretty evenly divided between the 360 and the PS3 so there's no shortage of cool stuff in either.
Also, as much as I love the 360/One controllers, the dpad remains absolutely atrocious to this day and since a huge swathe of the the stuff I bought digitally is 2D, I regret nothing having bought such titles on PS3. Aside from 2D stuff, my 7th gen digital library is pretty evenly divided between the 360 and the PS3 so there's no shortage of cool stuff in either.
There's a reason I only buy exclusives on my Sony hardware.
Granted, this is a recent development (this past generation).
I don't have to wish, because that's what I did. I'm moving my whole (BC) OG Xbox/360/X1 library forward to Series X.
Granted, this is a recent development (this past generation).
I don't have to wish, because that's what I did. I'm moving my whole (BC) OG Xbox/360/X1 library forward to Series X.
I don't make purchases expecting them to be used on any hardware other than the hardware I make the purchase on. So no.
But, it would be nice to play Motorstorm again. That's the biggest thing lost really, the past exclusives.
However, it's hard to blame Sony for wanting to innovate with their hardware. I think they made the wrong decisions with the PS3, but I'm still glad it wasn't just a plain black box. They thought the Cell would deliver a better experience to players, so that's a noble endeavour.
And once they'd gone down that route, that was bye bye forwards compatibility. But, that's okay.
I do wish they put more work into emulated backwards compatibility though. I think they have such a huge library across PS1, PS2 and PS3 games, they would really put the XBOX back catalogue to shame if they put the effort in. Even getting PS1 and PS2 emulation on the PS5 early, and opening a digital store front for any developer to make their roms available would be a nice addition for me.
But, it would be nice to play Motorstorm again. That's the biggest thing lost really, the past exclusives.
However, it's hard to blame Sony for wanting to innovate with their hardware. I think they made the wrong decisions with the PS3, but I'm still glad it wasn't just a plain black box. They thought the Cell would deliver a better experience to players, so that's a noble endeavour.
And once they'd gone down that route, that was bye bye forwards compatibility. But, that's okay.
I do wish they put more work into emulated backwards compatibility though. I think they have such a huge library across PS1, PS2 and PS3 games, they would really put the XBOX back catalogue to shame if they put the effort in. Even getting PS1 and PS2 emulation on the PS5 early, and opening a digital store front for any developer to make their roms available would be a nice addition for me.
No, because PS5 plays PS4 games in BC and some in boost mode
My digital collection started with PS4 and I will continue it with PS5
I don't really see that much of a difference other than the really old legacy systems
Yup. This. I'm surprised they haven't shared more on this yet, unless I missed it somewhere.
And that is about the age of games I actually go back to.
When replaying old games I want instant pick up and play rather than slogging through tutorials and 10+ hours of gameplay
Once i saw the love they were giving BC on Xbox i made the switch for my third parties to that system a quarter of the way through last gen.
Just curious, a mistake because you're getting a series X, or another reason? Because you can still play your PS4 games on your PS5
Eh, when I buy something I usually buy it with the mind to use it with/for the device I bought it for.
Then again, I'm not really one to care about playing old dusty games, nor do I buy new consoles with the purpose of revising old games in mind. I barely have time for all the new games I want to play let alone "omg, I sure wish I could play a PS1, PS2 or PS3 title right now!"
You'll be aight.
Then again, I'm not really one to care about playing old dusty games, nor do I buy new consoles with the purpose of revising old games in mind. I barely have time for all the new games I want to play let alone "omg, I sure wish I could play a PS1, PS2 or PS3 title right now!"
You'll be aight.
I have a big digital library of PS1 Classics. Everything else is in the Xbox ecosystem. Just means I have to keep my PS3 and Vita around forever.
No. Irrelevant on ps4 vs xbox one. But given how I still can't view my fucking purchase history from the 360 days, I'm not particularly pleased with how that's been handled either.
No? The best games I've played the last 2 gens aren't able to be purchased on those consoles. So its irrelevant.
I luckily still used my Xbox one (prior to X) as my main third party device. Once the X came out, I obviously went with it's versions of games.
My PS4 has always been more of an "exclusives" machine. Same will happen next gen. I might wait for the inevitable PS5 pro though.
My PS4 has always been more of an "exclusives" machine. Same will happen next gen. I might wait for the inevitable PS5 pro though.
