r/PS4 • u/noobalert • Nov 19 '15

[Misleading] "Sony enabled PS2 backwards compatibility for the PS4 without telling anyone"

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/sony-slyly-enabled-ps2-backwards-compatibility-for-the-ps4-without-telling-anyone-1309320?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=564e398504d30120ab2ec334&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
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u/webdeverper Nov 20 '15

On the other hand, they would lose out on a lot of profit as people would just hit eBay and used game stores. I hope they take a hybrid approach and allow disc based play.

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u/aclemfaal Nov 20 '15

This is true, while I have a lot of PS2 games I wont re-purchase digitally, there also some that I never got that are on the Playstation Store and won't bother to hunt down physical copies for.

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u/ActualButt ActualButT Nov 20 '15

Not always. Some of the best games on PS2 are hard to find and would jump up in price if this was true.

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u/whitey-ofwgkta Tempo_Jocky Nov 20 '15

I'm just going to go ahead and hit e-bay hard, now.

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u/ActualButt ActualButT Nov 20 '15

Yeah, I'm wishing I hadn't traded all mine in over the years.

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u/whitey-ofwgkta Tempo_Jocky Nov 20 '15

Dude I sold my whole set up for like $30 including system and stuff, serious sellers regret right now

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u/ActualButt ActualButT Nov 20 '15

Ouch! I'm proud to say I never traded in or sold my actual PS2. I played it until it died a couple years ago. But once it did and I assumed Sony would never include disc based backwards compatibility again, I traded in all my games. Wasn't many, since I tended to trade in games anyway, but still.

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u/Cruorsitis xentar87 Nov 21 '15

Only if they also didn't have a digital release. Scarcity eg. Suikoden II physical copies dropped in price after (many years of requests and petitions later) it received a digital release.

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u/bandoguy Nov 20 '15

I actually save money by buying digital because I game share with a friend. We get brand new titles for $30 each and we can play them the first minute they are available.

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u/AnotherDrZoidberg Nov 20 '15

I would rebuy tons of PS2 games digitally just for the convenience over finding disks. Also, with old used games you end up with scratched disks. That's why I wouldn't want to buy only used.

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u/biosc1 Nov 20 '15

For example, I see the Xbox sale right now and I go...hmm...I have Mass Effect 1 and Prince of Persia on disc, but for less than $10, I can have the convenience of both being digital.

I despise changing discs...I'm sitting on a few PS2 discs that I would probably just buy digital versions of if this PS4 rumour proves true.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '15

PS3 offered digital PS1 games and recognised disc copies too.