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burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week agoAnd the best part is you don’t have to pay for online and you won’t need to rebuy your games each new console generation.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 week ago
First one I’ll grant you, but there was no rebuying from last gen to current gen for anything non-Nintendo.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week ago
If you pay for the discs, you can’t use the discs on future generations. Right? Ps4 can’t read ps3 or ps2 discs. Xbox one can read xbox and 360 discs, but they limit it to only a limited selection of games. So in general, you have to buy it once again on their online store, if its availble at all.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Yeah, idk why Ps4 has no backwards compatibility. PS3 (fat) was backwards compatible with PS 1+2, and PS5 is backwards compatible for PS4. I didn’t buy a PS4 for that exact reason, and was lucky enough to get my hands on a PS5 during launch to play all the PS4 games I missed.
With all the niche Japanese games I like slowly coming to PC, I probably won’t buy a new console ever again. (As an aside, if anyone has a spare fat PS3 they’re willing to sell for parts…)
wiccan2@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The lack of backwards comparability is because of the large difference in architecture.
The PS2 was a128 bit custom processor, the PS3 had PS2 hardware in the original fat versions to achieve backwards compatibility, it was dropped to reduce the price.
The PS3 was a 64 bit (I think) custom PowerPC processor.
With the PS4 Sony switched to x86_64 processors making the console essentially a PC with bespoke custom hardware. The PS5 is the same but better speced components as the tech moved on. That’s why the PS4 & 5 are compatible, they are essentially using the same architecture.
Microsoft is a similar story but they went all in on emulation of their old consoles which is why only certain games are allowed, they only allow the ones tested to work with the emulator.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week ago
It just feels so anti-consumer and everyones forgets about it and they just happily pay for content which can no longer be owned only rented.
60fpsrefugee@lemm.ee 1 week ago
While pc can play old games, you can sometimes run into compatibility issues. Especially games in the ps1/2/3 era.
Og Xbox and xbox 360 games work without much issues on Xbox one and series XS. Ps4 and Xbox one games are 99% playable on Series XS and Ps5.