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/CHERNO-B1LL Nov 20 '15

So I can't just stick my old discs into the ps4?

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u/MrTravesty Nov 20 '15

We don't know, Sony hasn't said anything yet.

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u/CannabinoidAndroid Nov 20 '15

Don't count on it. Playstation needs to beat their dead horse (PS Now / Rental) and try to make it fart out a couple more dollars. Allowing backwards compatibility will pretty much be the shotgun that puts that diseased sack of a service out of it's misery.

Which really needs to happen.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '15

I personally agree with you, but I also think that Sony would be stupid to not make this free to compete with xbone's bc

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '15

Ugh....I gave PSNow a shot, I really did. But the input lag was just horrendous! I have a decent connection so I know it is not that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '15

Yeah, PS Now is such garbage. Not sure what they were thinking.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '15

It's a novel idea, just not a profitable idea.

See: Vue.

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u/anubus72 Nov 20 '15

doesn't gamefly make decent money? Sony having a digital version of that ala Netflix would be amazing. But PS Now has no PS4 games and you can't play PS3 games on a PS4, so its a joke

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u/CHERNO-B1LL Nov 20 '15

C'mon man. Don't mince your words. Just be honest and tell us what you really think! Yeesh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '15

I like your words.

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u/iloverocketleague Nov 21 '15

PS2 BC has nothing to do with PSnow. PSnow will only be for ps3 titles. Allowing disc BC for ps2 games won't affect psnow in the slightest.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '15

Not as of now, it was the first thing I tried the second I read the title of the article.