It's happened every year since BC became less of a norm. They need something to hype up, because their launch lineups are weak. Gamers also pretend to really really care about BC, when the reality is that they'll likely spend maybe 5% of their overall usage with the console on playing older games. It's a nice feature, but certainly not essential, given how badly the console with no BC this gen, beat the ever living shit out of the console that had it. It's like sprinkles on a sundae. Nice touch, but not really essential.