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Now would be the time to market the PS5 to everyone. Show us games. A State of Play. Anything while everyone is at home.
Everyone wants a bombshell of full Retro Compatibility with PS1 PS2 and PS3. 1 and 2 and extremely easy to emulate. 3 could come in waves like Game pass on X or better yet full compatibility. Any announcements about compatibility is great news.
Microsoft is charging people for it so there must be a huge demand for it.
@CommandingTiger
This is LIE! Microsoft allows you to play OG Xbox, XBOX 360 and Xbox one games FOR FREE on Xbox Series X, if you already bought those games in the past or just put the disc in.
On XBOX multi generational Backwards
Compatibility Is absolutely FREE.
Oh and SONY ALREADY confirmed:
– NO PS1-Backwards-Compatibility
– NO PS2-Backwards-Compatibility
– NO PS3-Backwards-Compatibility
For PS5!
They have a product for that, it’s called:
PSnow!
It’s NOT going to happen. Deal with it.
@Turkishflavor
You continuously spread misinformation or outright lies on this blog. Are you an idiot, a troll, or (as is most likely the case) some hybrid of the two?
@TurkishFlavor Completely wrong. Xbox One does NOT allow you play ANY backwards compatible title “as long as you own the disc”. The Xbox b/c program is curated, just like the program on PlayStation. There are only about 30 original Xbox games available on Xbox One, for example. You can put the disc in for any game not on that list and it simply won’t work. There are far more 360 games available, of course, but that is still only a fraction of the actual library from the 360.
Now, what is true is that Microsoft have a more comprehensive b/c program than Sony do. That is inarguable, but stop spreading the lie that you can play all old Xbox games. That’s never been the case and nor will it be the case with the Series X.
As for PS3 b/c, that is never going to happen because of the Cell processor. PlayStation fans need to come to grips with that. The only option there is to include a cell in the PS5, but they won’t because it would make the console $600. Aside from that though, Sony can and should do a much better job with PS1 and PS2 b/c. Those games that actually CAN emulate and are stubbornly choosing not to.
@BadFlounder, Respectfully you were completely wrong.
First, TurkishFlavor didn’t say ANY game. He clearly meant that if a title was BC for Xbox, then the BC version for it is free provided you already bought it digitally or own the disc.
Second, the PS3 Cell has been successfully emulated for a long time. Google it. Now last week Sony updated the PS3 OS. Even though they don’t updated the UI (unlike how MS still keeps the Xbox 360 sorta up to date), they update the PS3 OS regularly to prevent pirated games. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. The problem is that while Sony cares greatly about those very few people doing bad things, they have shown no willingness to support the millions that invested in PS3 digital and physical titles. That’s a big slap in the consumer’s face from Sony. PS5 could easily emulate the PS3 cell. While MS’s BC library for 360 and OG is nowhere near complete, it’s still hundred and hundreds of 360 titles available. Also, XSX guarantees to play anything Xbox 1 did. Sony has waffled on exactly how backwards compatible the PS5 will be with just PS4. In other words, it most likely won’t be 100% BC at launch. It will probably never be 100% BC.
@TurkishFlavor
Xbox is doing it through virtual machines and emulation. It is not exactly the same as Backwards Compatibility. Do you really want to pay the extra price to have the guts of all the previous machines to have true Backwards Compatibilty for everything? Everybody remember when the PS3 was $600 at launch? Part of the reason is because it had a PS2 inside of it. Besides, seriously, Backwards Compatibility can be neat, but are you really chomping at the bit to spend all that money on a PS5, at launch, just so you can play The Last Of Us 2 when you can play it on a PS4 already?
what a shill really, what about netflix and all streaming platforms are they gonna do the same? they take the most internet bandwight: streaming movies = internet downloads. There’s always a shill at the top of the comments, fk you Sony.