PS5 Pro revealed. November 7th 2024. $699

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BraLoD said:

Conina said:

The PS5 drive can already read DVDs.

And I'm pretty sure that there is no hardware incompatibility for reading CDs... Sony just decided to not offer that feature with their software.

I remember some people saying PS4 could not run cds or dvds from PS1 and PS2 because it lacked the laser compatibility or something like that, and after all this years I was never able to see a hacked PS4 playing PS1 or PS2 emulated games directly from discs, so I dunno.

Must be software as the specs say the laser can read CDs



You need the red laser for DVD (blue laser for Blu-ray) which can also read CDs.

With PS5 however Sony might have found a way to use the blue laser to read DVDs. There's no mention of CDs in the Laser section of the PS5 HW specs. Or maybe they just left it out this time.