After Microsoft announced to great fanfare that its new consoles will be able to play the games of its previous four generations, many users were wondering to what extent Sony would be able to follow those steps with its expected PlayStation 5. Well, it seems that we already have an answer.
PS4 and little else
In an interview conducted by the magazine Famitsu, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has spoken about all things backwards compatibility coming to PlayStation 5, confirming some of the worst news we could hope for. When asked if there will be compatibility with PS1, PS2 and PS3 titles, the manager responded like this:
We take into account specialized engineering for PS5, at the time we produce the device. In the midst of all that, the PS4 already has 100 million players; And we thought you should want to play PS4 titles on the PS5 too, so we included PS4 compatibility. While implementing that, we also focused our efforts on incorporating the high-speed SSD and the new DualSense controller at the same time. So, unfortunately, we couldn't achieve the implementation of such compatibilities.
Nothing more to say. The CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment has not been especially direct, but he has clearly confirmed that beyond PS4, the new ps5 You won't be able to run games from previous generations because you didn't spend time on it. It is just what Ubisoft already inadvertently announced on its official website (information that they ended up removing), so we can confirm that all those with large game collections will have to keep their consoles plugged in to continue playing with them.
So now what?
Everything related to the backward compatibility of consoles is something very relative. Some users may be extremely upset with the decision, but others may be satisfied knowing that PS5 will be compatible with 99% of PS4 games. And it is that being able to enjoy games with extremely fast loads and lighting effects with ray tracing, it will be rare the day that someone decides to play Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on PlayStation 2 again.
Minipoint for Microsoft
Of course, it is indisputable that in this aspect Microsoft has scored a spectacular goal, since Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S They will allow you to run games from all previous generations without any problem, thanks in part to the spectacular backward compatible platform that they have been cooking since the launch of Xbox One.
It seems perfect to me that they make the excuse of not having had time, but now they have no excuse for not getting to work on it and that they add it in one of the updates.