Suikoden II did so well on PSN, so where's the hype for launching Suikoden III? Did Sony use up all their enthusiasm during E3?

Microsoft announced backwards compatibility for the Xbox One at E3. Not all Xbox 360 titles will be available from day 1 though...

The Xbox One now has backwards compatibility for older Xbox 360 games - and it seems to work better than anyone had expected.

The Xbox One will be getting backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 titles, allowing gamers to play their old libraries. The same won't be happening with the PlayStation 4.

Microsoft was back on track last year. With Phil Spencer in charge of the gaming division, there was a bigger shift towards catering to people who bought a console to play games. That point was hammered home once again, and then some.

It's probably not prudent to expect your shiny new PlayStation 4 to play PS3 games, or the next Xbox to play games from your 360 library.

Sony's reneged on its promise of backwards compatibility for the PlayStation Vita - but does it really matter?

When the PlayStation 3 launched in 2006 it had backwards compatibility, meaning you could play your library of PlayStation 2 games on it. The feature, however, was short-lived and was removed from subsequent models. Naturally, PlayStation owners weren’t too happy about this and many people have since been complaining about the loss of a very valuable ability. Sony has fiddled …