How important is backwards compatability to you?

**Kane Knight** · 12-06-2009, 07:42 AM

This is just curiosity. Like, I used to think it was pretty damn important, and I was annoyed they were killing it on the PS3 and doing no new support for the 360. Then I realised the only game I've played from a prior gen on any of my consoles is Skies of Arcadia: Legends. Well, okay, let me change that. I have three or four XBox games I didn't play last gen that I bought for my 360, so I keep not thinking of them as last gen games. So anyway, bottom line is very few. And honestly, while I like Crimson Skies, SOAL, and Fable, I probably wouldn't be too butthurt if I had to keep an earlier system around to play them or not play them at all. This may change depending on how Rock Band is handled with the next gen of systems.

How much is this an issue? Will it impact future purchases?

12-06-2009, 07:42 AM	#1
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	How important is backwards compatability to you? This is just curiosity. Like, I used to think it was pretty damn important, and I was annoyed they were killing it on the PS3 and doing no new support for the 360. Then I realised the only game I've played from a prior gen on any of my consoles is Skies of Arcadia: Legends. Well, okay, let me change that. I have three or four XBox games I didn't play last gen that I bought for my 360, so I keep not thinking of them as last gen games. So anyway, bottom line is very few. And honestly, while I like Crimson Skies, SOAL, and Fable, I probably wouldn't be too butthurt if I had to keep an earlier system around to play them or not play them at all. This may change depending on how Rock Band is handled with the next gen of systems. How much is this an issue? Will it impact future purchases? �There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.� --John Rogers