Dammit. There will always be backward compatibility. Always. Just like now we can make full use of software from the past, albiet sometimes not with the best quality, and if you want the use the lastest software and hardware you must upgrade. But dammit again I say cause that means that my current comp, which is already stretched out, will be completely unsalvagable in 2 years.
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