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During Mark Cerny’s Road to PS5 talk, the lead system architect caused concern among some current PS4 owners as he apparently announced that only 100 PS4 games would be playable on PS5 thanks to backward compatibility. While PlayStation representatives later tried to clarify the situation, it only led to more confusion. The president of PlayStation has now provided a definitive answer regarding the PS4 backward compatibility situation.
In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan confirmed that ‘of the thousands of games tested for compatibility with previous versions of PS4, “99 percent” are playable on the next console ‘, essentially confirming full and complete compatibility with previous versions of the PS4.
Of course, in many ways this is still below Microsoft’s backward compatibility fix, which sees titles from the original Xbox that are playable on Series S and X, and many of the titles even see a series. enhancements, such as resolution increases. . While PlayStation has yet to confirm backward compatibility with PS3 and earlier versions, there have been a number of patents suggesting that Sony could be working on a fix.
It’s worth noting that backward compatibility on Xbox was only partially introduced throughout the current generation, which means that even if PlayStation fails to achieve backward compatibility with PS3, PS2, and PS One titles, it’s quite possible that they could still add the function at a later date. Time will tell.
KitGuru Says: How Important Do You Think Backward Compatibility Is? Would you like to see backward compatibility for all previous PlayStation consoles? Do you think it will happen and, if so, when? Let us know below.
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