Following the official reveal of the PS5 and new accessories back in June, many gamers have wondered what PS4 accessories will work with the new console. Today, Sony has revealed a brief FAQ covering such questions.
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There still appears to be some confusing about the PS5’s backwards compatibility, and recent changes to the PS5 website aren’t helping. Following Mark Cerny’s presentation on the technical aspects of the PS5, Sony clarified that most games PS4 will be playable on the PS5.
Read MoreLast Week, PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny gave a presentation on the PS5’s technical specs, including backwards compatibility with the PS4. Cerny mentioned that most of the PS4’s top 100 games would be playable on the PS5 from launch. Sony has now offered a clarification on what it means for the other 4000+ PS4 games.
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An interview with Sony lead architect Mark Cerny has revealed some of the technical specification of the next-generation PlayStation console. Although the name of the console has not been revealed, we’ll refer to it as the PS5 for now.
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I find it strange that Sony has gone through the trouble of letting the PS4 detect PS3 discs inserted into the system, instead of just showing a generic “Unsupported disc” error message. I did a small experiment to see how the PS4 would handle PS3, PS2 and PSOne discs and what I found was a little surprising, as the video below shows.
A Sony official at San Diego Comic-Con has told Polygon that the PS4 will support older PS3 headsets, even though the console will come bundled with it’s own mono headset. PS3 headsets like the official PS3 Wireless Headset and the Pulse Headset will work with the new console as an alternative. It’s expected that other third-party headsets will also work with the PS4.
According to website TheSixthAxis, reports are staring to come in suggesting SCEE have started updating older PSP titles on the PlayStation Store so they work on the PlayStation Vita. Games you have already downloaded onto the PSP or PS3 may not appear on the PS Vita’s Content Manager Application until the game has been patched.
Sony has confirmed that its upcoming next generation portable (or NGP) will offer full backwards compatibility support with all the PSP games available in the PlayStation Network library. Scott Rohde, SCEA’s VP of Product Development, revealed the news at Sony’s Press Event earlier today.
Despite what rumors are suggesting, backwards compatibility will not be returning to the PS3 suggests John Koller, Director of Hardware at SCEA. “It’s not coming back, so let me put that on the table,” said Koller when asked about backwards compatibility. He also added that despite what people may think, backwards compatibility isn’t really that big of a draw for the PS3. “It’s not as big as a purchase intent driver as you may be hearing,” he claimed. Currently, only the early PS3 models are able to play PS2 games. The 60GB launch models have hardware emulation to play PS2 games – this hardware was removed in newer models.
Depending on your PlayStation 3 model, you will either have some compatibility or no compatibility. The earlier US and Japanese PS3 models have specific hardware for backwards compatibility which is no longer present in European and earlier PS3 models. The PS3 Slim only supports PSOne titles.
You can see which games are compatible with your console by checking the US Compatibility list and European compatibility list.
