Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
I'd find it highly surprising if either console is backwards compatible. It's just not that big of a worry for consoles anymore.
I disagree. I think it's a bigger problem than in the past.

1) It saves converts a lot of money if we can trade in our old console towards it knowing we can still play all of our old games on it. Without it you have to keep both consoles plugged in your TV and save no money. I expect these consoles to get off to sluggish starts so the PS3 and 360 will still have a long life yet.

2) These new games aren't going to be much better. Not having backwards compatible never bothered me from the PS1 to the PS2 because the graphical improvements were so crazy and most games were so much better you never wanted to look back. But this will be the smallest improvement in graphics we have ever seen. I also see very few hardware limitations on the current systems that prevent the games from being better. EA's football games aren't going to be better on the PS4 unless they get better programmers. 95% of the problems with the current games are AI related due to poor design and programming. I think many people will want the option of playing their older games which may be better than the new games if this gen is any indication.