It is also backwards compatible with USB 2.0, making the key a fast and convenient device.
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The new 3DS device is expected to be backwards compatible, allowing it to play DS and DSi games.
Delving deeper into the issue of software, you'll be glad to know that both systems are essentially backwards compatible.
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Of course, much of this depends on the price of next-gen games and whether the system is backwards compatible.
The console, which is backwards compatible with Wii software, is an attempt by Nintendo to recapture the serious gamer market, IGN reports.
We should have seen this coming after Sony explained that the PlayStation 4 would not be natively backwards compatible with its predecessors.
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It's a small black box (we know) but he claims it will be even smaller in the final iteration, and that it's backwards compatible.
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The performance of SDHC UHS-I memory card is optimized when paired with a UHS-I device, although the card is backwards compatible with Class 4, 6 and 10 equipment.
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So far one of the biggest unanswered questions about the Xbox 360 is whether or not it's going to be backwards compatible with games for the original Xbox.
Will it be backwards compatible with prior Samsung devices?
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In the last gen Sony used hardware, then software and then nothing at all for backwards compatible gaming, while Microsoft went all software -- we'll see how it balances out this time around.
The Canvio Basics 3.0 supports USB 3.0 for rapid transfer speeds, is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and is also equipped with a special internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to keep consumers' digital files safe against accidental drops.
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"The decision to not make the PlayStation 4 backwards compatible is disappointing and means the 5.5 million plus people who own a PS3 in the UK will essentially have to start their gaming collection from scratch, " said Alex Simmons, UK editor-in-chief of the gaming site IGN.
These guys are fabricated using the 28nm technology node, and are backwards compatible with previous generations of LTE and other wireless broadband standards, giving consumers using USB modems powered by the MDM9625 or MDM9225 chipsets an uninterrupted broadband data connection on nearly any network around the world.
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The drive is backwards-compatible and will work with all USB 2.0 enabled computers and notebooks, as well as forthcoming USB 3.0 models.
The Wii U takes content confinement a step further with its support for legacy software, providing a near-perfect example of the folly of Nintendo's content ownership philosophy: the isolated sandbox of its backwards-compatible Wii Menu.
The deal is rumored to include the streaming of first- and third-party PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 games through the cloud, essentially making the PS3 backwards-compatible again (something the newer model eliminated from the equation).
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