THawk Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I've heard that the PS5 will be able to be backward compatible to the PS4 games. Does this mean that you will be able to insert your PS4 game disk into the PS5 or will you have to wait till Sony makes the PS4 game compatible? I know, silly question but one I'd like the answer to and I have a headache from searching. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) I think discs will work, but one will probably have to download the game, or at least part of it, then install that file similar to the way XB1 backwards compatibility worked. Edited September 23, 2020 by Shagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawk Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Thanks Shagger. I was not sure how XB1 did that. I guess I will wait a while and ask that question again after people has some time on the PS5. Maybe you HINT HINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, THawk said: Thanks Shagger. I was not sure how XB1 did that. I guess I will wait a while and ask that question again after people has some time on the PS5. Maybe you HINT HINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARx182 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I think it's amazing that they are making PS4 games compatible with the PS5. There are quite a lot of games on my PS4 that I would like to continue playing on the PS5; also saves me money buying all those games again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawk Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 9:21 AM, ARx182 said: I think it's amazing that they are making PS4 games compatible with the PS5. There are quite a lot of games on my PS4 that I would like to continue playing on the PS5; also saves me money buying all those games again. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawk Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 3:03 PM, Shagger said: Don't worry, I know you will come through for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) A little update. Sony has announced that following 10 PS4 games are the only PS4 games that will NOT be backwards compatible with the PS5. I'm still not entirely sure how BC will actually work with disk based games, but digital PS4 games in your library will be downloadable from the PS store onto your PS5 console. I'm still assuming that one will have to download the game then the disk is used by the system as a kind of authentication tool. Edited October 9, 2020 by Shagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I imagine it'll be emulation similar to what the Xbox One did with the 360 and Xbox originals. That's a small list though, and nothing I'd be too sad to miss. Wish they supported PS3, PS2 and PS1 as well. Or even PS3 at the least. But oh well, still will be able to play most PS4 titles, so that's a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawk Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Thanks for the update Shagger. I'm glad I don't have/play any of those games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 10/1/2020 at 2:21 PM, ARx182 said: I think it's amazing that they are making PS4 games compatible with the PS5. There are quite a lot of games on my PS4 that I would like to continue playing on the PS5; also saves me money buying all those games again. If they didn't make it so, it's definitely going to very challenging getting great games to play on PS5 which by the way PS4 has got a monster collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 It makes PS5 very much a tremendous console video game since you can still rewind and sy older console games like PS4, 3, 2 through download option or simply inserting the CD ROM plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Playstation 4 being the last and closest console to PS5, should afford it the possibility of having its games playable on the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Sony simply did something amazing here, by building PS5 to be compatible to play other lower consoles games and also maintaining it's engine games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Justin11 said: Sony simply did something amazing here, by building PS5 to be compatible to play other lower consoles games and also maintaining it's engine games. Well, they still have some games that are strictly Playstation 5 exclusive games. The aim is to help sell the console quickly with limiting playing such games only on PS5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
