The next generation of consoles will "most likely not be backwards compatible," says EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen.

Gamasutra is reporting that Jorgensen was taking part in a question and answer session at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco when he made the prediction.

While explaining why EA’s customers were in his view unlikely to upgrade to next-generation consoles immediately, he said: "An important thing to remember is that next-gen consoles will most likely not be backwards compatible."

"If you [play] multiplayer on a game, you'll most likely not be able to play with someone on a different generation."

Therefore, players of the sort of annual sports franchises EA is known for would be more likely to play out their season on current hardware before upgrading their console, he said.