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Aura7541 on 26 February 2018
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Lawlight said:
Pemalite said: 

Very interesting. Could be PS4 or PS5 related though.
Is Sony looking into Backwards compatibility thanks to Microsoft's successes in this area? Wait and find out more at 5.

I don’t think It has anything to do with MS’s success (wasn’t it found that BC was barely used by XboxOne owners?). PS4 couldn’t have it because of the architecture change but the PS5 is expected to have BC.

BC is used by XB1 owners. It may not be used to the point that it's a 'system seller', but for a lot of people it's a nice feature.

One way for Sony to get around the architectural issues with emulating PS3 games on newer hardware is to give the most popular PS3 games the remaster treatment. For publishers, it's a safe, but profitable investment. Since the PS5 is likely to be BC with PS4 games, it also means that it will be BC with PS3 games remastered for the PS4.