Topic: Backwards Compatibility Important?

With Sony's and Microsoft's next consoles announced, is backwards compatibility important? I got a Wii U at Launch, and I love it, but a part of the reasoning was that I could play all of my current Wii Games on the Wii U while I waited for the titles I was excited about. With the Xbox One and PS4 not having that feature, especially for their downloadable games, will this effect how soon you purchase their systems? Part of the reason people are so willing to upgrade their systems is the ability to play older games on those systems. Now ALL of my digital games purchased through Xbox Live and PSN cannot be played on the next systems. Nintendo has the best backwards compatibility for this generation, even with paying to upgrade Wii VC games. Are you going to wait on supporting the other systems? Were you ever planning on purchasing a PS4 or Xbox One? Is this the nail in the coffin for Microsoft and Sony? Are you hoping they introduce backwards compatibility later? Please Discuss...
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EDIT: It is getting closer

People that say it is Important: 12

People that say it is Not Important: 15

I love BC, but it's not a deal breaker for me. I'll be getting the PS4 regardless. I know I could drive 20 minutes and pick up a PS2 for 50 bucks right now if I wanted/needed, so it's not the end of the world.

Depends on the gamer. I never sell my systems, so backwards compatibility is useless.

Both of these companies don't really need to use nostalgia to sell.

Even then they usually sell digital versions of old games.

This is true, but I think all 3 of the big players have shown they can't produce a fully satisfying archive, due to various reasons, such as licensing.

I don't think BC is a deal breaker, but it's a plus. BC was a huge thing for me on Wii, because I was actually able to find component cables for Wii, and they still affected the GCN games. The GCN component cables were impossible to find... Anyway, it doesn't really matter too much(anymore, IMO, at least).

Yes it is very important even though Microsoft is blind to see it.

Yes, Xenoblade Chronicles played on the Wii U is much improved over the Wii on my 59" TV.

If you don't sell your systems like me then no.

I find it an important feature to me.

But BC would make it backwards compatible with the PS3, not the PS2 (unless they went past the normal amount of generations) and a PS3 would run you $200.

(Back on topic) BC would be important to me since I never owned and Xbox 360 or PS3.

To me, its just a bonus. If I need to dig out my PS2 sometimes that's fine, but I would rather have the ability to play them straight off the PS3 I already have plugged in. But I would never not buy a console because of it not being backwards compatible.

In the end, lacking it is just going to sell a few extra PS3s and 360s for people who want them.

It's a nice bonus, but I found I only ever used if I'd never owned the previous console. I don't think I ever put a Playstation game in my PS2. I did play 4-5 Xbox games on my 360 and the same number of Cube games on my Wii, but people seem to be massively over-rating how much it gets used by the majority.

If people used their Wii for playing GC games as much as they claim, then they can't get rid of that Wii, even if they're now playing all their Wii games on Wii U. So you're still going to end up keeping a bunch of consoles if you want to play everything.

Not for me.
I play old games but I keep all of my consoles.BC is convenient but I can and have lived without it.

In terms of discs, yes BC is a nice extra feature. Having to transfer a system's digital collection sounds like a pain though, but PS4 and One won't do that anyway. And it's understandable why they can't play the current gen games, due to different processors. I don't plan on selling my PS3 anyway, but my PS2 might have to go.

But if an older console craps out over time or breaks, then it's nice to know the newer generations will still play your games. If backwards compatibility isn't available, then you have to repurchase an old console. For some systems, that isn't that expensive, but it would still be nice to /not/ have to buy one.

It's still not a dealbreaker, but I see value in the feature of backwards compatibility.

Wow. A lot of phoned in responses after @Chrono_Cross
But I guess that's the cool thing to do.

I might be unique in this; but once I get a new system I tend to game almost exclusively on the new machine. Even when playing the "old" games from the previous gen. So while I appreciate and collect games and systems, they typically don't get a lot of use from me outside of special circumstances. The Virtual Console has changed all that of course, and makes my position all the more feasible!