Sony revealed in a post today that the PS5 will be backward compatible with "the overwhelming majority" of PS4 games; meaning over 4000 titles. Some of these will benefit from the PS5's Game Boost feature which could improve the original game with higher or smoother frame rate. The company also confirmed the compatibility of the PlayStation VR headset and PS VR games which will require, in addition to the headset, a PS camera (sold separately from PS5 console) and a PS camera adaptor (no purchase required).

However, the console maker also mentioned limitations regarding this backward compatibility. For one, the post mentions that some functionalities available on the PS4 might not be available on the PS5. Additionally, Sony writes that some PS4 games "may exhibit errors or unexpected behavior when played on PS5 consoles". The company did not clarify which games will be affected by those issues nor what these issues are specifically.

Moreover, Sony did list 10 games which will only be playable on the PS4 and not on its next-gen console. These games will feature a ‘Playable on: PS4 only’ tag on the PlayStation Store. You can find a list of those PS4-only games below:

• 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

You can find more details regarding transferring digital games from a PS4 console to a PS5 console and installing PS4 games on the upcoming console in the official post linked in the source below.

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[p1ngpong]

Fun fact I got a review code for Robinson: The Journey here and could not complete the review because it made me immediately motion sick. I actually couldn't tolerate VR at all for a couple of years after trying to review that game it affected me that badly.

But yeah I would rather they concentrate on making good games run well rather than strive to make everything BC and have a worse experience.

 

[mightymuffy]

From what I've heard about the errors, one of them is a sports title where the crowd in the stadium moves at double speed.... If the errors are basically no worse than stuff like that, well, who cares.. Shadow Complex is the only disappointment from that list anyway, but I've got that on the team Green side so all is good!

 

[cashboxz01]

are there even 4000 ps4 games in existence? are they all worth playing? is there even enough time in a lifetime to play every title from ps4 games if 4000 are in existence?
No. no. No.


There's probably less than 50 games worth playing for PS4. If you have a job, and spend 3 hours a night on games after work, it'd take you an entire year to get through those 50. but then you wouldn't have time to play ps5 games.

inb4 collector trolls

 

[tofttwaswas]

what fucking errors? my decision to get a ps5 continues to drift further and further away. first they are releasing all their so called exclusives on pc and continue to censorship the shit out of everything and now BC might not even work properly!

I'm out of the loop, what have they censored?

 

[Idaho]

Sony is being too honest for their own good here, their communication towards backward comp has really been mediocre, not saying the final product will be tho, I think it'll be fine, I just wish they could communicate about PS1/PS2 & PS3 as well...

 

[GoldenBullet]

Omg, how is this any worse than Microsoft having to go through games one by one and make an approval list. Console games are not like pc games in that they are meant to just run on drivers. Sony can easily start putting out patches for their backwards compat or even give a way for developers to update their games after they are done going through them.

 

[64bitmodels]

Maybe around the holidays perhaps



Gee, what did you expect, high end consoles with an RTX 3090 and 16 core CPU?

yes, after the disaster that was the ps4 and xbox one i expect 16 core cpus and sli 3090s
while we're at it i want 128 gigs of ram and a 8tb ssd with read and write speeds of3 300gb/s

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not buying a ps5 unless Joe's Diner is working day one so fuck off sony

You hate nintendo you hate microsoft and you hate sony
at this point you might as well be a pc gamer

 

[Cortador]

It's as if some of you for some odd reason, think that EVERY single Xbox, 360, XB1 title is going to be backwards compatible with the Series X. BC wasn't 100% with 360 or XB1 either. So I'm not quite sure what some people are crying over. That list of games is nothing anyway. It's like complaining that Soda Drinker Pro and Professional Farmer 2017 won't play on the Series X.

It is 100% with the first Xbox. Just pop in a disc and it works. As for 360, Microsoft took a careful approach due to it being actual emulation on Xbox one.

I would imagine on the new generation there shouldn’t be much limitation when it comes to emulating all 360 games.

Keep in mind that those 360 games are also having enhancements being applied to them at the rendering level. Look up “Heutchy Method”.

It would be interesting if the PS5 could play PS3 games natively but alas that is not even part of the discussion by Sony.

 

[ut2k4master]

It is 100% with the first Xbox. Just pop in a disc and it works.

not true

 

[Snintendog]

It is 100% with the first Xbox. Just pop in a disc and it works. As for 360, Microsoft took a careful approach due to it being actual emulation on Xbox one.

I would imagine on the new generation there shouldn’t be much limitation when it comes to emulating all 360 games.

Keep in mind that those 360 games are also having enhancements being applied to them at the rendering level. Look up “Heutchy Method”.

It would be interesting if the PS5 could play PS3 games natively but alas that is not even part of the discussion by Sony.

I am still stuck on the fact that the PS5 cant play the ps4 games made in its OWN architecture this isnt even a major Hardware Revision change IE from x86(specialized) on XBOX og to Power PC on the 360 to Modern x86-64x Xboxone/SeriesX.

Honestly the fact that the ps4 to ps5 have ANY incompatibilities both being x86-64x machines that are running what is assumed an updated sony OS raises Red flags akin to OSX Version compatibility Woes.

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No, im not the type of person to bitch like a little girl over a feature no one else provides.

If you have anything to add, show me your switch playing your n64 cartidges, cube discs.

Ohh wait......

Exactly, so stfu you moaning tard.

Ok dont mind me grabbing this Paperclip

 

[tabzer]

I'm out of the loop, what have they censored?

AFAIK, Persona 7 Royal had a localization edit due to SJW culture and the wanted to avoid the appearance of being homophobic. (Mother 3 isn't being localized for the same reason maybe. Maybe the US is just becoming too gay, or oversensitive, idk.) Pinball FX2 had some things removed/edited on their classics, Omega Labyrinth Life had the character interaction, where you can play with their boobies, removed. I think only one of these examples are due to Sony, though. I'm not sure.

Sony is being too honest for their own good here, their communication towards backward comp has really been mediocre, not saying the final product will be tho, I think it'll be fine, I just wish they could communicate about PS1/PS2 & PS3 as well...

They said no BC for PS1, 2, and 3. That's all there is to be said. What do you, or can you expect?

 

[smf]

Honestly the fact that the ps4 to ps5 have ANY incompatibilities both being x86-64x machines that are running what is assumed an updated sony OS raises Red flags akin to OSX Version compatibility Woes.

No it doesn't. What they are saying is that some PS4 games have bugs that only show up when running on a faster system. This happens for all types of software on all machines, most companies just aren't so honest about it.

Sony patented a system for detecting these kinds of bugs, but they can't force the developers to fix them.

 

[Moon164]

I wonder why, specifically, these random games won't work.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

getting xbox 360 flashbacks

 

[fvig2001]

I'm out of the loop, what have they censored?

Around a year ago, Sony decided to start requiring censorship on games in a global level mostly sexual content, so some of the more lewd games end up being released censored in the PS4 and uncensored in the Switch version.

https://www.businessinsider.com/son...ensorship-in-response-to-sonys-new-policies-2

 

[Taleweaver]

(note : haven't read entire thread)
What I'm wondering : how do they come up with this list? Did they send out ps5's to all their developers with a 'test yer ps4 games plz' request or did they play we sing and hitman go at their quarters?


Still... No intention of getting one right now. Just curious, that's all

 

[Bladexdsl]

at this point you might as well be a pc gamer

you finally figured it out huh took you long enough!

consoles have continued to disappoint me for years but PC ALWAYS delivers!

 

[ut2k4master]

(note : haven't read entire thread)
What I'm wondering : how do they come up with this list? Did they send out ps5's to all their developers with a 'test yer ps4 games plz' request or did they play we sing and hitman go at their quarters?


Still... No intention of getting one right now. Just curious, that's all

no, they tested them all internally

 

[Bowl0l]

Lesson here is buy multi-plats on PC. The PC community welcomes anyone, anytime and we have Steam as our gaming library savior.

 

[pedro702]

It is 100% with the first Xbox. Just pop in a disc and it works. As for 360, Microsoft took a careful approach due to it being actual emulation on Xbox one.

I would imagine on the new generation there shouldn’t be much limitation when it comes to emulating all 360 games.

Keep in mind that those 360 games are also having enhancements being applied to them at the rendering level. Look up “Heutchy Method”.

It would be interesting if the PS5 could play PS3 games natively but alas that is not even part of the discussion by Sony.

lol what planet are you living? original xbox backwards compatibility is everything but 100% on xbox360 it was only like 43 % of the games and even those were full of glitches, from slowdowns to graphical glitches and original xbox on xbox1 is even worse since there is only 41 games out of over 1000 that the original xbox had, how is that 100%?