People need to stop bitching about no BC. Consoles were never BC. Sony pretty much started that. No one bitched about the BC of the SNES/NES. Saturn/Genesis. And so on. If you are a true gamer you don't sell your consoles. I am not willing to pay extra for BC and most gamers are the same way. If Sony said PS4 would be BC for 600-700 would you truly pay? I bet no.

People are goddamn morons bitching about BC. Sony already said they are putting most of the games online. Same people bitching about it, why are you not bitching about your car stereo no longer playing cassette tapes? Or CD players going out? Because our music is now digital. I still have my old tapes, CDs and some records but i have all of them in a digital library now. And with Sony doing this for games i ask what is the difference?

Different architecture...

Keep it moving. Go forward not backwards!
Want a ps3? buy one. Better to have a chip going forward rather than backwards.

when i buy a new system i dont even bother with the old..

Who cares. Get an old console if you want.

Nothing has been said on if the next Xbox will or will not have backwards compatibility. It is more likely than ps4 which we know will not unless you stream the game.

Also yes the CELL was a bad move it was too complicated to develop for and did not allow backwards compatibility for ps2 games.

How exactly could Sony do backwards compatability without building a PS3 in to the PS4? Stupid person is stupid.

My PS3 isnt going anywhere so it wont matter,,

It's not a big deal really.. I think a lot of gamers' will keep their beloved PS3/XBox360 consoles on their shelves and will still be playing games alongside next-gen PS4/XBox720 once they are released.

That is what I'd do.

NO BC for 360 sucks too although that hasn't been confirmed yet. I hope MS finds a solution, even if it's just emulation like in the early days of this gen.

Not a Big deal!, just keep your old systems or emulate it. or if you don't have then find a secondhand console and its games if your a collector. most systems are not backwards. we survived the ps3 and nobody among the majority complained about backwards compatibility even though it was included in the ps3 launch

I really hope this isn't true.
I gave like 80 games for my 360,and I don't want to keep my 360 around just to play them.

Is it really so difficult to keep your current console when the next cycle comes about? I still have a ps2 and play FINAL fantasy sometimes. By the time the next gen comes the price wouldn't be worth selling, and if you missed out in this gen and wanted to try with next gen, tough shit.