Sony confirms the PS5 will NOT be backwards compatible with PS1, PS2 or PS3 games, will have 99% compatibility with PS4

[dizmo]

10 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Once the other publishers see games selling at $70 it will become the new normal for all games this generation. 2K games & EA Games are going to be the ones pushing it (obviously the sports games) but we all know how the AAA gaming industry operates.

Yeah. I mean, realistically that's what a new release should be priced at, if not more, but people hate spending more and as a result they got micro transactions instead, and devs found out how much more money they'll bring in. So now they're here to stay. We'll still see the price of games go up to cover the flop potential, but really, $70 for 100+ hours of content (most decent games, at least ones with MP) is a steal. I don't think, though, that a game you're simply refreshing is worth that. You've already profited once.

8 hours ago, Shammikit said:

I think there are other PS compatible controllers that has the same designs and buttons as the xbox controller

Hmm. I wonder if they're decent quality.

9 minutes ago, elfensky said:

I have such a large backlog of PS4 games, the better experience on PS5 alone makes it worth buying it, but I have to admit, getting that 299$ Xbox sounds really tempting. The whole Xbox catalog from the 360 days and some exclusives.

Yeah, plus you get new release games on there as well, I don't think that's happening (or at least not as frequently) with PS.

It's a shame not all the PS accessories will work on the 5 from the 4.

[Warin]

On 9/18/2020 at 3:22 AM, Shammikit said:

I think there are other PS compatible controllers that has the same designs and buttons as the xbox controller

Scuf makes Xbox layout controllers for the PS4, so I am sure they will do something similar for the PS5 at some point.

[Trik'Stari]

On 9/18/2020 at 6:18 AM, kuddlesworth9419 said:

The one thing I can never live without on PC is backwards compatibility. I don't understand why console gamers put up with it. 

I'm having trouble finding a brainlet meme that can explain this, but also not violate the rules of the forums.

 

Basically, brainlets.

[jasonc_01]

On 9/18/2020 at 4:23 AM, Joseph K said:

It's because sony always used custom processors. For PS2 and PS3 backcompat they had to actually add miniature versions of the consoles into the newer gen. Xbox has always been basically a PC and the early games were all built on DirectX which means that porting them to the newer consoles is typically a breeze. The one downside to all this is that sometimes in the porting process something breaks and it's on Microsoft to notice and fix it, but it's not like Sony even offered hardware backcompat on PS4 so I don't think they won that fight.

This. This is exactly why no backwards compatibility for original release PS1, 2 or 3  games should be a surprise to anyone. 

 

Edit: also if you make it work on PS5 you piss off all the ppl on PS4 who bought rereleased title's. I really don't see how this is an issue, there hasn't been backwards compatibility since PS3. People just want to bitch and complain.

[dfsgsfa]

99% ps4 game supported except GTA V