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SvennoJ on 02 June 2020
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Conina said:
SvennoJ said:

It's funny people twist Quality Assurance into a bad thing. The PS5 will play all ps4 games, yet it's always possible something doesn't work quite as intended. it won't be any different with XSX. (Why would you need smart delivery otherwise...)

Most games won't need any patches or fixes. It's basically boost mode on ps4 pro. Most games, no issues, yet some might not work completely as intended in boost mode. Plus it's not just whether it will run, different controller, different resolution (text sizes), blurry (low res) hud elements are all part of QA.

Source that PS5 will play ALL PS4 games, please!

Source that most PS4 games won't need any patches or fixes to run on PS5, please!

These are just assumptions and Sony's current statements are speaking a totally different language... I really hope that they are just miscommunicating, since I want to replace my PS4 with a PS5 as soon as possible (and I don't have infinite HDMI ports + space to keep them both connected).

And no one said that quality assurance is a bad thing.

Guess what: Microsoft does that too: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/05/28/xbox-series-x-next-generation-backward-compatibility/

"With more than 100,000 hours of play testing already completed, thousands of games are already playable on Xbox Series X today, from the biggest blockbusters to cult classics and fan favorites. Many of us in Team Xbox play on the Xbox Series X daily as our primary console and switching between generations is seamless. By the time we launch this holiday, the team will have spent well over 200,000 hours ensuring your game library is ready for you to jump in immediately."

When I read this
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/03/guide_ps5_backwards_compatibility_-_can_you_play_ps4_games_on_playstation_5_which_playstation_4_games_work_on_ps5_and_does_ps5_play_ps1_ps2_or_ps3_games

I do not get the impression the language is totally different and only a few games will work. You can insert the disk, the game will run. Some games could have compatibility issues. That's what I get from that.

MS always throws out big numbers, yet with XBox One BC they only released a handful BC titles a month. This gen should be a lot easier for BC, no big architecture changes. Both should be fine playing this gens games.


Anyway I'm most excited about this (since it will be a while before psvr 2 hits)

Sony has said that PlayStation VR will be fully backwards compatible with the PS5, meaning that you’ll be able to plug your current headset into the next-gen console and experience virtual reality. As the PlayStation 5 is also backwards compatible with PS4 software, this means that you’ll be able to play PSVR games on the PS5 – regardless of whether you own them digitally or physically.

Hopefully boost mode will make RE7 stick to higher res while running (it switches down to lower res on ps4 pro), or maybe even up the render resolution more. Load screens are also annoying in VR, from SSD that should be vastly reduced.