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PS5 Is 'Not Just About the Future, But Also About the Past', Insider Claims
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Negotiator
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Or perhaps those extra profits from PS Now subscriptions could go towards funding more & better PS5 exclusives...
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
I like having the option, this might be the jack of all consoles.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Nobody knows in regards to PS2 and PS3.
PS4 you don’t play off of discs (it’s only a disc check), thus is would work as it does now on the PS4, insert, install, play.
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Pallas
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PR speak? The wording is so vague, that it could mean anything really. They are just now verifying game compatibility for the PS4 games, I don’t have high hopes for some kind of compatibility for PS1-PS2 games, can only hope for a update in the future once the PS5 is released, and hopefully they add those games digitally too.
If Sony really wants us to buy their digital games from PS1-PS2, then they really should give us the same available games that are also on the PS3 market place. It’s appearance and representation on the PS4 is very underwhelming and I still haven’t figured out why they haven’t made them available on the PS4.
Sure but why haven’t they made them available digitally on the PS4?
You’re right in that regard, except if I recall that the PS4 can’t play the PS1 disc format, but that should easily be fixable if that’s the case I imagine?
If Sony really wants us to buy their digital games from PS1-PS2, then they really should give us the same available games that are also on the PS3 market place. It’s appearance and representation on the PS4 is very underwhelming and I still haven’t figured out why they haven’t made them available on the PS4.
Sure but why haven’t they made them available digitally on the PS4?
Bathtub Fart
Banned
Backwards compatibility with all past Sony consoles. Excluding Vita, because who cares.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Full backwards compatibility all the way to the psone? One can dream anyway.
Pallas
Member
Starlight Lotice
Member
Would love the PS5 to emulate PS4, 3, 2 and 1 hardware.
If they would I would also ask for PSP/Vita games too!
If they would I would also ask for PSP/Vita games too!
Fake
Member
M of money.
DrJohnGalt
Banned
I would LOVE backwards compatibility for PS2 and PS1 (have close to 700 older gen games in my collection), but I seriously doubt it when Sony seems happy to charge for digital downloads of said gen games (or a monthly sub to their PSnow service) and people are willing to pay for it.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I thought Sony gamers didn't care about BC? When MS tries to cram in old gen games, it's a waste of time. Move forward, not backwards.
Oh wait.
ca.ign.com
Oh wait.
IGN Readers' Most Anticipated PS5 Feature Is One Sony's Been Missing for A While - IGN
IGN readers weigh-in on the best features the PS5 will be offering.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
For the rest of us it’s called “buying your product”. Seriously, why have a digital future when you don’t even support your product with the next iteration?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I think they understand this. The landscape from PC and Mobile has finally shaped the console arena as well with digital libraries in said ecosystems. Much more important in 2020 than it was in 2013.
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TLZ
Banned
Why not both though? Not many people have the old physical discs. Plus most people today I believe go for digital, so it wouldn't affect Sony much financially.
DrJohnGalt
Banned
joshwaan
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Dargor
Member
I thought Sony gamers didn't care about BC? When MS tries to cram in old gen games, it's a waste of time. Move forward, not backwards.
Oh wait.
IGN Readers' Most Anticipated PS5 Feature Is One Sony's Been Missing for A While - IGN
IGN readers weigh-in on the best features the PS5 will be offering.
huh? I dont get it, none of them other options has any real value for playing games.
not that I'm saying backwards compatibily is bad or anything, but that question only have that answer.
kingwingin
Member
Would sony be allowed to just give out BC for all 4 generations? Wouldn't the same laws that stop microsoft from making everything BC, stop sony?
Also current gen systems cant read CD's. Would sony spend the money to add that back into ps5 just for BC?
Also current gen systems cant read CD's. Would sony spend the money to add that back into ps5 just for BC?
Bullet Club
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Ninjabread Man playable on the PS5 confirmed!
Silvawuff
Member
Is the salt/criticism about BC because some people feel we're foregoing X feature, improvement, or perhaps getting a higher cost because of it? It seems pretty pro-consumer to me to not force people to re-buy games they already own, but would like to play on their new console. This is in addition to being able to sell your PS4 and still be able to play your library and not have to stash yet another piece of hardware somewhere. IIRC before the PS4 launch, Sony was getting a lot of criticism for not having BC.
What does Sony have to benefit from this? Seems like a good deal to me. I typically adapt late and purchase games once they've had a good price drop or two, so I'd gladly pay a little more to upgrade to a PS5 but not invalidate my PS4 library. I know some people don't want this, and that's valid too.
What does Sony have to benefit from this? Seems like a good deal to me. I typically adapt late and purchase games once they've had a good price drop or two, so I'd gladly pay a little more to upgrade to a PS5 but not invalidate my PS4 library. I know some people don't want this, and that's valid too.
Hostile_18
Banned
Click your fingers and it will turn on automatically!
I'd love it if the PS5 can read PS2 discs. Theres a few licenced games I'd love to play that probably can't be renegotiated for a digital release (24, X Files: Resist or Serve and Buffy: Chaos Bleeds).
Rayderism
Member
If Sony offered physical BC with older consoles, wouldn't that make licensing concerns less complicated? I mean, to make a game available digitally, they have to get the license to allow it on the digital storefront. But if it's physical support, then it is just playing games that people own and are already out there, and they don't have to seek licensing for those thousands of games to let them work on the system. Am I right or wrong on that?
Gamernyc78
Banned
Damn Killzone in Vita was golden. Either way though bc in general doesn't move me to buy a console and I could care less about ps1, 2,3 bc in general.
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Negotiator
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Preach!
I'd love to play a PS4 1080p60 remaster. MP was golden indeed, it just needed more fluid framerate.
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sonomamashine
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I don't think that will be enaugh to call it BC, there is that leak that said don't sell or throw your old Playstation Disc's.
vaibhavpisal
Member
It could mean they will invest in platformers like ps1 era. Or try to make rpgs like square used to.
It could mean anything.
It could mean anything.
Birdo
Banned
I would be shocked if you could just slap in any disc and have it work (PS1, PS2, PS3)
It would probably be done like the 360 BC. Selected titles, due to many, many licence expiries.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
For something no one uses, backwards compatibility is getting a lot of attention with these next gen consoles.
a multicultural team of v
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Its like 25% of 360 games and 4% of Xbox 1 games, but sure lets go with most.
psygn0sis
Member
We are in the "Nostalgia era", back in the PS3/360 days next to no one seemed to care about it...
I hope they don't go the MS method. Honestly, if the PS5 allows for offline profiles and doesn't require internet just like PS4 I'll probably purchase day 1. If they also have the ability to play a PS1, and 2 (3 is a hope to far methinks) without touching internet I'll probably buy two (one for each TV).
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
PS1 BC is important, that's why PS2 has it built in! Oh wait, it's not that important, future models can't do it!
PS2 BC is important, that's why PS3 has it built in! Oh wait, it's not that important, future models can't do it!
PS3 BC is important, that's why PS4 does its best with PS Now streaming! Oh wait, that Sony Exec said during a Gran Turismo party, what gamers wants to play old Gran Turismo games? GT Sport or bust losers!
As per Sony and Cerny, PS4 BC is coming. It's important gamers! Oh wait.................................
PS2 BC is important, that's why PS3 has it built in! Oh wait, it's not that important, future models can't do it!
PS3 BC is important, that's why PS4 does its best with PS Now streaming! Oh wait, that Sony Exec said during a Gran Turismo party, what gamers wants to play old Gran Turismo games? GT Sport or bust losers!
As per Sony and Cerny, PS4 BC is coming. It's important gamers! Oh wait.................................
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
I don't think theres any laws against it? I mean all of Sonys consoles except the PS4 have had this. Microsoft just choose to do BC like that. I mean obviously they can't sell BC games digitally without permission, but there's nothing stopping them from using an emulator that plays all the physical games.
Negotiator
Member
How do PC digital storefronts tackle the licensing issue?
Kokoloko85
Member
Pretty sure we heard we’d be able to play PS1 and PS2 games with PS NOW when playstation 4 was announced.
Would be surprised if we could play anything before PS4.... and would love it
Would be surprised if we could play anything before PS4.... and would love it
Slings and Arrows
Banned
I'm not sure I give a rats arse about BC beyond the games I this gen. (Lost my PS4 in a break-up and had to settle for an xbox )
PS1 and PS2 games are fucking fugly and most (the 3D ones) did not hold up well at all. Besides, I've played all that shit already, literally decades ago.
Focus on making this gen and next gen more interesting. Outside of, maybe 10 games, the rest of the gen was a complete waste of time.
)PS1 and PS2 games are fucking fugly and most (the 3D ones) did not hold up well at all. Besides, I've played all that shit already, literally decades ago.
Focus on making this gen and next gen more interesting. Outside of, maybe 10 games, the rest of the gen was a complete waste of time.
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
What people are thinking when they read this: BC up to PS1 baby!
The reality of what he meant: we're gonna use PS1 typefaces and design cues from the PS2 era to link our next product to the brand's storied past.
The reality of what he meant: we're gonna use PS1 typefaces and design cues from the PS2 era to link our next product to the brand's storied past.