Yes, I’m going to take this opportunity to gloat. After months of people constantly throwing out a rumor that the PlayStation 5 would “play every PlayStation game ever” Sony announced today, among other things about the system, that it would not be backwards compatible with anything but, apparently, the “top 100 PlayStation 4 games” and that that list would grow as time passed, which is fine for what it is, sure, but is certainly not in any capacity what people were insisting was the case.
Let’s be very clear that from the very day I first heard about this rumor I called it as absurd, and even went into great detail on why it wouldn’t be the case in this detailed article. I took the “sources” for this rumor — various reports of patents related to older games being filed and the like, determined how valid their info might be based on how it was structured and, most importantly provided a more sensible scenario for these patents and other “seeds” of the rumor which I felt were more reasonable. Then, I went into the practicalities of such actually being a reality (and why these practicalities would mean it would likely never happen) followed by, in the end, going over a scenario which could have worked. Again, click the link above if you want the details and to understand the level of actual thought which goes into such as opposed to just blindly stating a rumor you may like as fact.
In a funny twist, it turns out the actual compatibility the system will have was less than what I expected, but that’s besides the point — the fact is it doesn’t play “every game ever” and that was my entire point, that such simply wouldn’t happen. I was correct. Period. End of story.
Of course people didn’t listen to me. Why would they, I’m only providing a logical, well thought out reasoning as to why this is likely to not be the case. No, if I was telling them what they wanted to hear they’d be all over that, but I’m not, so instead they wished to argue, in many cases in incredibly pathetic ways. In one standout example, I was told that I “didn’t know what I was talking about” and that the people arguing with me “know what they read” even though the article they linked to was in no capacity even related to the actual incident in question. Yes, this seriously happen as just one example in a reply to a re-sharing of my original article on January 13th. I’ve been saving this for the day that I could say “I told you so” and now I’m sharing it.
If you follow the thread you can see all the details, but in short form I called him out, saying there was no such ad, and that “nothing changed because nothing of the sort was ever said at all. He doubled down with this link which confused me, since it didn’t actually discuss this feature at all, nor was it in any capacity an advertisement in any form — nor has there been any actual advertising in any capacity for the PlayStation 5. Not then, and not now — not until near launch will we see those. No, for now there’s just a trickle of information being shared which is honestly too little too late. Perhaps “mike” doesn’t understand that a fan site sharing rumors is not, in any capacity, anything to be taken seriously by anyone with any sense but, well… yeah…
The fact that the page literally called it a rumor in the very link he shared (and was actually cautious about it) should have told him he should take it “with a grain of salt” but no, he doubled down, as I said before.
So, what did I do? I kept a text file with the URL to this thread, knowing I’d come back to address it, and here we are. Before I went out to work today I took the time to provide one little reply. Is it petty? Sure, but it’s also harmless — it’s me proving that placing so much confidence in complete rumors started by total fucking idiots is probably, in the end, going to make you yourself look like an idiot going forward, and it’s best to not believe any of this shit ever until it’s actually a real thing you can go out and buy or experience. Everyone lies, fans, the companies themselves who make these products, everyone has something to gain by creating “hype” for their product or service — even fan sites. Hell, especially fan sites, as no one is likely to sue them if they are wrong. It’s all just rumors, it’s your fault for believing them.
I’ll accept your apologies via email, comment, or monetary donation.
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