who gave you permission?

EricND

hapycmpr

if its backwards compatible maybe

I will buy a ps4

if its not backwards capable i will not buy one for maybe 1-2 years

The PlayStation 4 will not have native backwards compatibility with games from past Sony systems.

During Sony's PS4 announcement event, Gaikai head Dave Perry said that the new console will not offer native support for PS3 games out of the box.

Instead, Gaikai is developing a cloud service that could offer PS3 games on the new console without the built-in hardware compatibility.

"The technology is so advanced that some day we could easily stream PS1, PS2, PS3 and the PS Mobile games on any device, including the PlayStation 4," Perry added.

Prior to the announcement, Gaikai registered domains for the name PlayStation Cloud, which was rumoured to be used for playing PS3 games on the new console. Those rumours turned out to be true.

So... what? We're likely going to have to pay for backwards compatibility?

Basically. But that's how it is now with PS3 playing PS1 and PS2 games.
No backwards compatibility doesn't bother me. My PS3 isn't going anywhere.

This post was edited by ROM on Mar 24 2013 10:39am

What ROM said.