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PS5's PS4 Backward Compatibility Detailed, Including 10 Games That Will Not Run
posted on by Adriana Hazra
LAN cables or through WiFi. Backward compatible PS4 games included in PS Plus or PS Now will be playable on PS5.
Additionally, games that are only playable on PS4 will be marked with a "PS4 only" label in the PlayStation Store. Sony listed the titles that are compatible with only PS4 on its website:
- DWVR
- Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One
- TT Isle of Man - Ride on the Edge 2
- Just Deal With It!
- Shadow Complex Remastered
- Robinson: The Journey
- We Sing
- Hitman Go: Definitive Edition
- Shadwen
- Joe's Diner
The company also stated that "the ability to transfer game saves between a PS4 version and a PS5 version of the same game is a developer decision, and will vary title by title for cross-generational games."
revealed in an interview with The Washington Post on September 17 that "99 percent" of PlayStation 4 games will be backward compatible with the PS5.
The CEO stated that Sony took into consideration that the PS4 currently has 100 million players, and directed resources toward adding backward compatibility of PS4 games to the PS5. He added that Sony also had to devote resources to developing a high-speed SSD and the new controller DualSense, and as a result the company could not add backward compatibility for the three previous generations of consoles to the PS5.
Sony has stated that backward compatible titles will run at a boosted frequency on PS5, which may result in higher or more stable frame rates and higher resolutions. The company has evaluated and tested hundreds of games to find issues that need adjustment, and it is planning to test thousands more before the console's launch.
The PS5 will launch on November 12 in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. The console will launch in the rest of the world on November 19. The PS5 will retail for US$499.99, and the PS5 Digital Edition (which does not include the disc slot) will retail for US$399.99.
Source: PlayStation Blog (Hideaki Nishino)
