EA: "Next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible"

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The next generation of consoles will "most likely not be backwards compatible," according to EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen.
The EA exec made this comment during a question and answer session at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco earlier today (via Gamasutra) where he hypothesised that current gen consoles will still be going strong in fiscal 2014, because those invested in sports games won't want to hop ship to a new platform mid-season if they can't carry their data with them.
"An important thing to remember is that next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible," said Jorgensen. "If you [play] multiplayer on a game, you'll most likely not be able to play with someone on a different generation."
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