Don't look forward to playing Halo 4 on the next Xbox or Ni no Kuni on your PS4, because if the predictions of EA's Blake Jorgensen come to pass, it won't be possible.
"An important thing to remember is that next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible," the Electronic Arts CFO had to say yesterday at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. Gamasutra was there to cover the event and came away with the comment, along with Jorgensen's thoughts on several other aspects of Sony and Microsoft's upcoming next-generation consoles.
How about the rumors that the next PlayStation and Xbox may lock out used games, or go fully digital?
"It's one of these classic double-edged swords. In one way the used game business has been critical for the health of the retail channel, and having a healthy retail channel is an important thing for us. The business will probably never be 100 percent digital."
How about when these two new machines would go on sale?
"If you're a FIFA player and, and the soccer season's starting in August, and all your friends are playing FIFA, you're going to want to be on the same box that they're on. So if they all go out and buy a gen-four box if it comes out at Christmas, then you'll most likely do it."
All interesting comments to be sure, and there are several more worth perusing in Gamasutra's full article on the event. Will there ultimately be any truth to Mr. Jorgensen's predictions, though? We'll have to wait to find out for sure, but we're hopeful that some of those questions will begin to be answered one week from today – when Sony's expected to unveil its fourth PlayStation.
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