Is Retro gaming and Backwards Compatibility a factor for purchase?
*Editors Note: This question was submitted to the participants at a later date and not everyone was available to answer it. We apologize for the limited answers.* Sean McCabe A key factor? Perhaps not key, but it is definitely a factor, and a great advantage to the Wii in particular, which could perhaps be called the most backwards compatible console of all time. It does add to a console’s flexibility to include features like that, and the Xbox 360’s lack of decent backwards compatibility is an annoyance. Vincent Chiucci Well now it seems that all three of the new-gen consoles are doing the retro gaming thing, so now it just depends on who offers the best retro games. Xbox Live Arcade looks great, we’ve yet to see from Sony, and Nintendo’s Virtual Console also looks great. As for backwards compatibility, oh yeah, that’s DEFINITELY important. As I said before, a reason I liked the PS2 was because it was compatible with 99% of PS1 games, and now the PS3 will be doing the same for all the
