LogFAQs > #944124864

Zeus posted...

In all honesty, I'm not entirely sure why anybody would expect it to have ps2 bc since even the ps3 didn't have that on most models. Then the ps4 couldn't play ps1 discs.

Because most people don't understand how backwards compatibility actually works, and thus assume it's way easier to implement than it actually is.

It's not helped by the fact that while most gamers want backwards compatibility, most publishers don't. So console developers are sort of caught in the middle where they're going to annoy someone no matter what they do. But consumers are fickle while publishers can hold grudges (and withhold content), so any smart hardware developer is going to ignore fan backlash. Most people will forget about it by December anyway.

Basically, online fans talked themselves into assuming the console would have it, and are now disappointed that it doesn't, as if Sony somehow betrayed them for not doing something they themselves essentially made up in the first place. But that's what the Internet does all the time anyway.
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