>full backwards compatibility, xmb, digital classics, uploading music/movies, early PSN
all soul >actually playing 7th gen games at 20 fps with forced sixasis sections
negative soul
>>717334119 (OP) >2006-2010
the last remaining SOUL from the PS2 gen carrying over >2010-2013
the westernised slop that would set the tone for the PS4/PS5
>>717337836
same reason why they killed Motorstorm for Driveclub
Sony lost the plot as a company after Kaz stepped down and became a western subdivision of Sony Pictures
>>717337989 >PSX
the funny part about this is the fact that Sony had a perfect in house PSX emulator for the PSP/PS3 that they simply refuse to use today >PS2
hire the PCSX2 guys and give them official PS2 documentation >PS3
Hire the RPCS3 guys
The soul stopped flowing with the launch of this console, BUT there was enough residual momentum from PS1/2 to carry all the way into the middle of the PS4 era. Vita probably got the last crumbs of it with stuff like Tearaway and Gravity Rush.