Which Company Handles Backward Capatability Better?

[Trentendo™]

You see the topic, you see the poll, Discuss!!!!!!!! :)

[bignds]

Judging on current performance, and working with what theyve got, ill give it to Sony. Theyve seized the oppotunity when ever they can.

Next would be Nintendo, although only 3 of their available 6 consoles are backward (not counting the NES/ VB or original gameboy or other incarnations).

Microsoft, have handled it badly, even with the one chance theyve had.

[Sepharite]

If by Microsoft, you mean PC, then yes, they have the best backwards capability.

If not, then PS for obvious reasons.

[17R3W]

Agreed,
No Nintendo system has ever been backward compatible more then one generation.

It's really too bad, cause the DS certainly has the power to emulate GB/GBC games, the GBA slot just needs to be designed to accept the legacy carts (as it is on the actaul GBA).

Of course the revolution will only be backward compatable one generation (it won't accept NES/SNES/N64 carts).

EVEN the nintendo IQue is only plays N64/SNES games, of course, it doesn't play the physical carts, but just the downloaded ROMS.

[ShadowMarth]

In the past: Sony. In the present: Microsoft. In the near future: Nintendo.

Discount the PC argument, because whether an old game runs on XP is completely dependent on the developer, not windows. There are tons of old games I had when I had a '98, that aggrivatingly are impossible to run now.

[bignds]

Present: Mircrosoft?
The 360 id give a 7/10 for backwards. They havent handled that aspect of it very well at all. You have to have the harddrive to play Xbox games, and then, even if you have that, there are still alot of games that wont work.

[ShadowMarth]

I gave them present simply for being the only one in the next gen race yet, and having some backward compatibility. However perhaps I should give present to Nintendo since the DS plays every single GBA game.

[17R3W]

Originally Posted by ShadowMarth

I gave them present simply for being the only one in the next gen race yet, and having some backward compatibility. However perhaps I should give present to Nintendo since the DS plays every single GBA game.

Still, the PS3 will play TEN YEARS of playstation 1 & 2 games.
And the DS lacks multi player surport.

[ShadowMarth]

Actually, where does it say it will play PS1 games? And even if it does, what're you going to do with it besides FFVII? With the Nintendo system, you'll have three fully accessable platforms of games, plus the GC support. That's a tad bit better.

[Trentendo™]

By Microsoft, I meant XBOX and XBOX 360