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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by slantyyz on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:40PM (#19675635)
At this point, the hardware on the PS5 sounds powerful enough to provide backwards compatibility for the PS3 (and all of its predecessors). That would appeal to some people who have old consoles/games collecting dust in their basements/attics.
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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by jcl on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @04:56PM (#19677238)
It would be nice, but I'd be surprised if they make much of an effort. There's little financial motivation to make available a huge library of practically free games, especially if people are willing to pay for new "nostalgia" consoles with a small selection of greatest hits preloaded.
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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by overcast on Thursday April 18, 2019 @09:08AM (#19690695)
I mean, Nintendo does it, and then makes you buy them again, and again with zero transfer of accounts to new machines.
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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by overcast on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @03:13PM (#19676411)
Don't tease me. Backwards compatibility with with PS3 AND PS4 would be beyond amazing.
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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by asdff on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:19PM (#19677427)
Why do that when they can sell you a remastered edition for $60.
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