PS4 Games Will Play On PlayStation 5, Sony Says

The above article is not very accurate in backwards compatibility. IF you measure by one generation from the other Sony PS2 would be considered one of the first consoles to play its later generations games natively. Yes there were some of the earlier generation cartridge based consoles but those were more complicated as some were generational expansions, region upgrades, add ons, etc. A gameboy to gameboy color... ehh. Going from ps3 to ps4 was not architecturally compatible, while the ps5 is being built to extend what successes Sony has had with the 8th gen. But I am not someone who buys a brand new platform/console, with a focus of playing old games on systems I already have.

The risky and tunnel vision decision of Kaz Hirai to use the cell processor for the PS3 during 7th gen prevented any kind of backwards compatibility, not necessarily intended. At the time IBM, AMD, Steve Jobs, Sony, Toshiba were really contemplating which direction to take the CPU processor direction. Sony/Toshiba/IBM created a 'cell processor' architecture in USA for multi-tasks, moderate performance, power efficiency. Good stuff, and still used today.

Terribly hard to code for, expensive, didn't work with common western tools and even Asian developers were not fond of the cell processor architecture, made backwards compatibility hard for the PS2 games on ps3. Sony took the ps4 into a more mainstream architecture with easier tools, and western coding. One developer described it as the difference between diesel, gasoline, and hydrogen cars. Emulating the ps3 games generation would mean basically rebuilding the games from the ground up, it was not till late in the 7th gen before emulators and tools caught up enough to work well with the ps3.

I have no brand loyalty at all to consoles.. it is just a machine that plays the games I want to play, nothing more. Don't care about logos, kinect, ps live, nintendo's motion/tablet whatever. I just want games, great games made by developers who want to make the games that are burning in their hearts and that make us games go .... oh shit that is awesome. Publishers/ Console makers, accountants, are just obstacles that get in our way to those great games and what is needed to make that tv/screen play it. Whatever the 9th gen holds, see what console has the games you like playing the best and spend your money wisely...; no, spend it informed, because killing metal slimes for 150+hrs might not be the best use of my money, it sure is FUN though.

""Sony doesn't have the best history when it comes to backwards compatibility""

ps2 ps1, ps3 (ps2) ps1. psp lets you download your ps1 digital onto a ps3. ps vita plays ps1 ditial also downloaded onto the ps3.

this is the first time they didnt included true backwards. shall we overlook the switch this gen?!?!?!

So the Playstation 5 will play all the exciting Playstation 4 remakes of Playstation 3 games?..... Really excited for this!

i guess, but make it work with ps1, 2 and 3 games also.

Are we really getting a next gen PS5, if it has the same architecture as the PS4 so that its backwards compatible? I like backwards compatibility but wouldn't it be better to do it via emulation (assuming the next gen architecture should be powerful enough to emulated it as if it were running on original hardware)? Just thinking out loud....

It better or I'll be buying a PS3 beta version that plays everything except PS4.

but... all the remasters they could have made...

If it ends up being called something else and not Playstation 5, I will be shocked! lol

Every system from now on has to be backward compatible. If purchases are now mostly digital, your games need to be able to work with future versions of the system. Otherwise you have to rebuy the game over and over.

Everyone saying this is the news they were waiting to hear. Not see, but hear. Yet, they haven't told us anything. What's so exciting about playing ps4 games on your ps5? If they went all the way back.. then yeah, get hype.

Maybe they don’t want to call it a PS5 because it looks too much like PSS and people will make stupid jokes about it.

What was the last code name from before the PS4 was release? The PS Orb? Looking forward to more details. My temporary abstinence from this gen of consoles seem less fun, but I have been saving a lot more money b/c of PC game deals.

Oh cool so Bloodborne might finally be playable.

I can still play Everybody's Golf on PS5! Seriously, this is great news. Even if it's only PS4 games, it's still better than nothing.

Well, that's got my interest...tell me more, Sony.

Nice, sounds good to me

When they say PS4 games will run better, will it mean PS4 Pro better? Because that's a big deal. I was skipping the Pro because I was hoping the PS5 would do the same thing except now I get access to next gen as well.

Just give me a place to pre-order and it's a done deal for me.

Hopefully the exclusives that run at 30fps get patched so we can play them properly at 60fps or higher on the new hardware. Fucking current gen consoles and their shit hardware.