I have to wonder just how many people here actually know what Jim Ryan said when crying about his evil stances on BC. Did a quick Google, here's what he said:
"When we've dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much,"
"That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"
Some people acting like he came out and condemned BC. He did not. The fear mongering and concern trolling in here has been crazy. These 2 small quotes do not define the man, for fucks sake.
Regarding the "for the children" thing about crossplay, guessing that was a company line he had to quote since PlayStation was still deliberating things at the time.