Sony has issued an update to clarify its stance on backwards compatibility for the PlayStation 5, saying the upcoming console will support an “overwhelming majority” of the 4,000-plus existing PS4 titles.
In an updated blog post about the upcoming console’s architecture, it clarified that most PS4 games should work on it. “With all of the amazing games in PS4’s catalog, we’ve devoted significant efforts to enable our fans to play their favorites on PS5,” it wrote. “We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.”
The company says it expects “backwards compatible titles will run at a boosted frequency on PS5 so that they can benefit from higher or more stable frame rates and potentially higher resolutions. We’re currently evaluating games on a title-by-title basis to spot any issues that need adjustment from the original software developers.”
It has tested hundreds of games to date and plans to do so with thousands more before the PS5 launches. While it didn’t offer more details on which PS4 games will work at the outset, it said it will offer more details on backwards compatibility and the PS5 in general in the coming months.
This should hopefully clear up some confusion as to the extent of Sony’s backwards compatibility commitment. Some fans were concerned the PS5 would not have the same level of last-gen compatibility as Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Series X. Considering the heated competition between the two devices fans of both are already vigorously debating which is going to be the better purchase.
