User blog comment:BlueFlametheAman/E3 so far/@comment-477304-20150618155651/@comment-1986314-20150619164115

Well, to be fair, if anyone once had ownership of an older-generation console which eventually ceased to function, but kept the games for said console, backwards compatibility on any newer console would ensure that the best of both worlds could be had with any games.

I'm not sure if there would be a majority of people in that situation, though.