4000+ games backwards compatible Day 1. PSN library carries over to PS5

[DonFerrari]

mZuzek said:

SvennoJ said:

If your tv is smaller than the PS5, you really don't need one. Stick to the Wii, that should look fine on it :p

DonFerrari said:

Do you play on 11" tv?

It's 32'', so, about a third of the PS5's size.

Well there you go, now it only needs to be cheaper and perhaps prettier for your taste, the size was already solved =p

Runa216 said:

DonFerrari said:

Yes I wasn`t expecting that more than 99% of the games would be fine on BC with such a small list of exclusions, and none are games that many people would really mind.

BC is a nice feature, but myself I have kept the older consoles but not power them up, I much rather play a remastered than replaying the same game. So the BC on Series X is really good imho, just need to see how they will play out.

And yes will be good to play for the first time on a superior performance so I think you are going to have a very good first year.

It's not even just about Me! My roommate benefits, too, and it also makes the living room the de-facto place for party games and the like. Rock Band, Overcooked, etc. Lots of opportunities, lots of chances to finally play games in 4K, a whole slew of amazing games in the PS+ collection (it's like GamePass but with games I actually like! Read: PS exclusives). I dunno, all the little things are coming together and I feel Sony is really capitalizing on the momentum with the PS4. I remember back in 2013-2015 I was shocked at how much they were doing right after how terribly they did with the PS3, so I see they learned. with PS5 they're taking everything they learned and ramping it up to 11. 

I mean, the chain of causality is pretty clear, here. I'm not heaping praise because I'm a fangirl, I'm a fangirl because they're doing so much right and capitalizing on the momentum they earned last gen. Seriously, can you think of any ways they could do this better aside from lowering the price (Even then I don't think the price is unreasonable.)

Makes a lot of sense. I defend Sony because I agree with what they do not because it is Sony. I`m pretty open and honest with what I think. Hope you and roomate enjoy a lot of your party gaming.

Runa216 said:

NyanNyanNekoChan said:

Good news that PS5 players will get to play a bunch more games on their device. I've always liked backwards compatibility. It does suck that it only goes back as far as PS4, but that's understandable. I imagine people will feel a bit more comfortable about selling their PS4 following this news too.

I'm sure it's POSSIBLE to emulate further, but PS3 has remarkably complicated architecture so I totally get it. This is why you don't try to do proprietary shit (they definitely learned this with the vita). And by now PS1/2 stuff is just too old. I figure going forward PS4 onward should be included, if console manufacturers are going the way of the PC. 

I guess Sony earns far more with remasters and remakes than they would with putting BC for PS1-3.

LurkerJ said:
All the generation defining games from the HD twins era (lol), how few they may be, were remastered or ported to the PS4 anyway, except for Demon's Souls... oh wait

Exactly what I think. I prefer to play the games with a lot of improvements (remakes preffered and remastered if only option) than play BC.