GameRevolution Radio 0068: Showdown

Very giggly this week guys.

Yeah, I'm glad they blew the rest of their Wii U load on us. I think after all the hype and excitement over the next-gen consoles wears off attention will majorly turn back to what's wrong with the Wii U.

I know you "Professional Video Game Reviewers" don't think it's important and some commenters on the site agree, but I and everyone I know made extensive use of the backwards compatibility this console generation. We all had both consoles at launch and after playing our pittance of new launch titles we would put in something like Halo 2, Jade Empire, KOTOR, God of War, or TimeSplitters. There's still a bunch of PS3 games I want to play and I'm really bummed-out that I won't get to on the PS4. My 360 and PS3 are now dead and I'm certainly not going to spend money now to get new ones with the generation so close to ending. Barring colossal douchebaggery from Microsoft (which is possible), I can guarantee you that I'm going to get a 720 first if it has backwards compatibility. I also suspect that the compatibility issues with the PS3's cell architecture are overblown and that within months of release there will be cracks & emulators for the PS4 available on TPB.

Saying that backwards compatibility isn't important because the old consoles didn't have them is like saying that wireless controllers, dvd/bluray playback, and internet connectivity aren't important for the same reason. If neither console ends up having it, I'm probably going to stay a strictly PC gamer for a few years while the game libraries build up, and that's bad for Sony and Microsoft.