I just learned about this:
As someone who plays a lot of Japanese games O to confirm was honestly a major factor keeping me within the Playstation ecosystem. With this plan to make X the norm in all regions and a no PS1-3 backwards compatibility, I feel free for the first time to seriously consider an XBox instead, if I'm going to have to relearn that muscle memory either way. (Currently have no commitment to either of these things and am unlikely to get either one until it's time for a cheaper, smaller revision...)
Oh. That. Is. Gross.
Sony why would you betray us?