PS4: How Should Microsoft React?

Now that we’ve all had a few days for the announcement of the Playstation 4 to sink in, it’s time to ask the obvious question: How should Microsoft react? More specifically, what can they learn from the Sony event and how should they apply this to the announcement of the next Xbox.

A brief history of backwards compatibility, and what the past can tell us about the future

It now appears all but inevitable that Sony will officially announce the Playstation 4 on Wednesday the 20th of February. Apart from rampant speculation about price and release date, the question on many peoples lips is “will it be backwards compatible?”. And that is a very good question.