Microsoft afslørede på dette års E3-pressekonference, at Xbox One kommer til at blive bagudkompatibel, med gamle spil til Xbox 360. Efter planen skulle det komme i en opdatering senere på året. Hvilket måske kunne give Xbox One en klar fordel i forhold til PS4, der lige nu er den bedst sælgende af de nye konsoller.
Sony har dog ingen planer om at gøre det samme ved PS4, chefen for Sony Europa Jim Ryan, tvivler faktisk på at det overholdet ville komme til at virke. Han har udtalt til MCV:
“It was quite a complicated announcement and I’m not sure I fully understand it yet. And I suspect there might be a few twists in that particular tale. But we will see”
“It is an entirely legitimate approach, and if you are seeking to upgrade 360 owners to Xbox One, it is a very logical approach to take.”
“We are just taking a different path. To the extent that you are investing in software technology – which is what this is, it’s delivered through software not through hardware – we are trying to commit our resources and put our emphasis on delivering on the promises we made right at the start of this whole PS4 thing, to be the forward-looking, socially-connected console. We are placing our bets on things like SharePlay, on things like Play as you Download, and things like Suspend/Resume.”
“We are just taking two different approaches. Unfortunately there are just not sufficent enough software engineers in the world for everyone to do everything. Each platform holder has to make their choices, we made one and they made another.”>
Sony har dog introduceret tjenesten Playstation Now i USA, der gør det muligt at streame ældre PS3 titler på PS4. Tjenesten koster dog penge at bruge, og er endnu ikke kommet til Europa.
