He's notPeople are going to willfully misunderstand the shit out of this.
He's talking the PS4 / XB1 catalogs everyone.
Well...maybe...
He's notPeople are going to willfully misunderstand the shit out of this.
He's talking the PS4 / XB1 catalogs everyone.
XB1, Xbox 360, Xbox One?
Sure, but it's the same BC already available on the Xbox One (360 + XB1). No need to read it as "confirmed" PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Vita, etc. that some folks want from his comments.
If the consoles are fully backwards compatible it would mean you could buy them on the digital marketplace with no development costs and make tons of profits because you don't have to port anything. In that sense it makes even more sense that he would be taking about games they can't currently make money on because there isn't hardware or a marketplace for them.
This.People are going to willfully misunderstand the shit out of this.
He's talking the PS4 / XB1 catalogs everyone.
There is no way in hell most stuff is going to be instantly digital. Only what's already been ported (PSone classics on PS3, PS2 on PS4, and anything on PSN going forward from when digital was mandatory on PS3).
There's all sorts of legal and license barriers to that sort of thing. Not to mention a lot of companies probably don't want it at this point. Square doesn't want you buying their 9.99 PSone RPGs, they want you buying the 18 dollar PS4 ports.
And, I mean, do you remember Ubi's catalog before the PS3 / 360 generation? If it didn't have Tom Clancy in the title, it was a large collection of licensed stuff and partnership / regional deals. So, stuff they can't sell even if everything was magically available digitally. And a large chunk of their PS3 / 360 stuff has been ported already. So your scenario doesn't make much sense for them to be focusing on. They aren't gonna make any money on Rayman 2.
gotta rerelease all the AC games once more on the next gen consoles ;-)
Thank you console manufacturers for telling me digital library ownership is inferior to PC.
He's probably just covering his bases but even so, I don't think you should expect 100% backwards compatibility anyway. There's plenty of things that could go wrong, like the next gen consoles not supporting specific peripherals that some games require (like Kinect) or there just being some incompatibilities with their BC solution (like the handful of PS1 games the PS2 couldn't run). So long as it's limited to a small number of titles, it really isn't the end of the world.If they are talking about PS4/X1 games on next gen then "Almost" better not be in the vocab.
Setting yourself up for it tho. Ps4 BC is a good step forward but ps3 and 2 are kinda selling the now serviceMan, if Sony doesn't end up doing BC beyond PS4, my hype for the PS5 is instantly reduced by a decent bit.
Yeah. No third party publisher is going to assume that backwards compatibility is going to be 100%, especially not at launch. There'll be games that have weird coding, or games with hardware dependencies, or even just games that aren't playable because they rely on an online infrastructure that doesn't exist any more.
Near-complete compatibility at launch of a generation is a new thing. It's not new in specific instances, but those were console-specific and often limited. The PS2 could play PSOne games, but for anyone upgrading from another console (not PSOne), nothing played their old games. Equally, for anyone upgrading to another console (not PS2), there were no older games to pick up.I agree with this interpretation, but why would he say it's something new in the industry? It happened long ago with PS1->PS2->Early PS3s.
Not really. He's not talking about backwards compatibility in the PS1->PS2 or Wii->WiiU sense, he's referring to the way backwards compatibility is basically going to make this transition a PC-like upgrade where devs/pubs will be able to release cross-gen games and PS5/SX owners won't even notice.People really try hard to make more out of that sentence then there really is.
He is already wrong with the first part or the sentence. Something new in the industry?
No, BC isn't something new in the industry.
Just standard PR talk.
"Those consoles will be running almost all the back catalog of the previous consoles.
"It will be something new in the industry. It will help the old generations to continue to be big consoles on the market for years to come."
https://www.playstationlifestyle.ne...y-ubisoft-all-back-catalog-previous-consoles/
We know PS4 backwards compatibility is confirmed so that's a given..
PS1, PS2 and PS3 confirmed? PS1, PS2 and PS3 confirmed.
People really try hard to make more out of that sentence then there really is.
He is already wrong with the first part of the sentence. Something new in the industry?
No, BC isn't something new in the industry.
Just standard PR talk.
People really try hard to make more out of that sentence then there really is.
He is already wrong with the first part of the sentence. Something new in the industry?
No, BC isn't something new in the industry.
Just standard PR talk.
Not really. He's not talking about backwards compatibility in the PS1->PS2 or Wii->WiiU sense, he's referring to the way backwards compatibility is basically going to make this transition a PC-like upgrade where devs/pubs will be able to release cross-gen games and PS5/SX owners won't even notice.
The last sentence of that quote is the important part IMO, as it's coming from the head of a major publisher. Maybe I'm wrong but to me that reads like he's saying that due to backwards compatibility, they're planning on supporting the PS4/XB1 for years to come.That is what he said:
"Those consoles will be running almost all the back catalog of the previous consoles. It will be something new in the industry. It will help the old generations to continue to be big consoles on the market for years to come."
His sentence says, you can play the back catalog of the previous console on the new console, and that it is something new for the industry.
It sounds like BC, like ps2 can play ps1 games, or ps3 can play ps1 and 2 games (yes, i know it happened just with the first charge of ps3 consoles).
But yes, "generation less" games would be something new, and it makes sense for digital distribution.
But i don't think disc games will be "generation less".
People are going to willfully misunderstand the shit out of this.
He's talking the PS4 / XB1 catalogs everyone.
This.
The Series X will run select 360 and oXbox games, not almost all their libraries. Same thing goes with the PS5 if it's BC with the PS1-3. Yves is clearly only referring to the PS4/XB1 because those are the systems the PS5/SX will be almost fully BC with...
Is there any confirmation if the BC also works on digital for PS4? Or just retail?
Digital game vs physical.
Implementing PS4 BC but not including digital libraries would be... an interesting business decision for sure.