>Backward compatibility for consoles is rightly a thing of the past. Say what now? The previous console generation was the longest console generation to date.

>Backward compatibility for consoles is rightly a thing of the past. Say what now? The previous console generation was the longest console generation to date. And now we're just supposed to throw all of that away? What makes the whole situation even more appalling is the lack of support for external media. By buying a new console, basically all of your existing games and external media will be useless. Not exactly a great situation for a device with very, very little actual content available right now. But at least you can always re-buy your old media on your new device, eh? Gotta love forced double-dipping. Meanwhile, a PC will continue to play all the games from the previous gen AND will play all the games from the new gen too, while also playing your media and doing a billion other things. Combine with the fact that PC gaming is easier than ever these days and frankly comes with the least amount of bullshit, I really don't understand why anyone would want to buy what is essentially a tightly locked-down PC from a company that basically treats you as a gullible idiot with a credit card attached (goes for both Sony and Microsoft). I was largely apathetic about the previous console generation, but this new gen manages to actually disgust me from the get-go.