True. I'm not exactly complimenting Microsoft's efforts either. While PS3's sucky backwards compatibility *isn't Sony's fault*, the 360's is to an extent.

-Short history-
Original Xbox had a graphics card from NVidia, 360 has graphics card from ATI. All Xbox 1 games--made for NVidia card--have to be modified to work.

Sony had a 'Technical Requirements Checklist' in place for PlayStation games. If a game followed this checklist, it would assure compatibility with future PlayStations. Obviously, a bunch of games didn't stay within these guidelines, leading to the problem we have with this stuff. Shame on them!

Perhaps Sony's not working on fixing something that isn't their fault is them thumbing their nose at the people who broke their rules.

Yamaneko is right though. To be safe, keep your PS2s!