No look at the PS4 and no backwards compatibility make UK gamers sad
The majority of gamers in the UK are disappointed with Sony's PS4 launch event. See also: PS4 price in UK; how much will the PlayStation 4 cost?
A poll conducted by MyVoucherCodes has revealed that gamers are disappointed with the details given by Sony on the PS4 this week. It seems that Sony has let down its fans mostly by the fact that the PlayStation 4 won't be backwards compatible with PlayStation 3 games. See also: PS4 launching Holidays 2013 full details.
The site said that in a flash poll of 949 'self-confessed gamers', a total of 52 percent said they were left feeling disappointed after this week's PS4 announcement. A further 31 percent said they were 'impressed with what's to come' and 7 percent proclaimed they were indifferent. We don't know what the remaining 10 percent thought.
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Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes, said: "It was quite surprising that so many people admitted that they were disappointed with the PS4 announcement, although the fact that they have announced that the console won't be backwards compatible is a big turn off for many. It would have been interesting to see a big reveal of what the console will look like, but so far we only have the controller to go on."
When asked why they felt disappointed a majority of 59 percent said it was because the PS4 won't be backwards compatible with titles from older generations of the console. A further 43 percent, bringing this total to 102 percent, said it was because Sony failed to show what the PS4 will look like.
Of those in the disappointed about the lack of backwards compatibility, 61 percent said it would put them off buying the PS4 and 27 percent said they would consider switching to Microsoft's Xbox.
Those impressed said they were looking forward to new social features (47 percent) and interactive features (32 percent).
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Mathew Archer said: well I was excited at first but now will probably not bother seeing as it wont ship until christmas at the earliest I am not and nobody can be excited for month after month after month after month about buying a product If the New Xbox durango arrives before then then it will steal HUGE sales from Sony and yet again prove the Sony can not launch a product properly Remember their previous attempts PS3 etc nearly all their launches to date have gone wrong in some way Plus lets not even get started about the fact we do not even know what it looks like and before any of you say it if looks do not matter so much then why did Sony not show it to us thenHuge failure by Sony HUGE MASSIVE BIGand as for the fact it wont be backwards compatible that is a slap in the face for gamers The fact that 2 0r 3 of you here do not mind just means that thousands of others will mind and that will lose sales from Sony For the record Sony would not need to put a cell cpu in in order to make it play PS3 discs
Johankollthepcgamer said: And I wouldnt care less about PS4 Sold the PS3 and built proper gaming PCsecond one for living room only Im exited too
Joel said: People do know that it would require Sony to either include a cell processor or design some emulation tool in their system - both of which would increase the price of the PS4I bet if Sony had decided to include backwardscompatibilityand therefore increased price by another 100-150 or so then people would be complaining about how expensive the console would be and then they would still say they wouldnt buy itI know a price for the console hasnt been released yet which looks to be around 300-400 but the polls just goes to show how confusing consumers can be I dont see why not being able to play PS3 games would deter me from buying the new console why not just keep your PS3
Tafeno said: I couldnt care less about backwards compatibility I want a new console to play new games if you want to play ps3 games then keep it I am excited for the ps4 pre ordered it yesterday and Im sick of the media suggesting that we want mobile games personally I hate mobile gaming
Alec Collins said: Sad 102 Has April Fools day come early