PS4 BC on the PS5 to work on “overwhelming majority” of the library, games to benefit from improved frame rates and resolutions

[modiz]

A quick update on backward compatibility – 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. We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.

We're expecting backward 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.

In his presentation, Mark Cerny provided a snapshot into the Top 100 most-played PS4 titles, demonstrating how well our backward compatibility efforts are going. We have already tested hundreds of titles and are preparing to test thousands more as we move toward launch. We will provide updates on backward compatibility, along with much more PS5 news, in the months ahead. Stay tuned!

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[Spectromixer]

there we go

A quick update on backward compatibility – 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. We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.

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[Deleted member 21709]

So.... this is hopeful. I want to play Bloodborne at a higher resolution and without frame pacing..

 

[kennyamr]

"will" -at launch or -eventually
Either way most will be playable so all is good in the world.

 

[Astandahl]

Nice.

 

[ArmGunar]

Good news

 

[salromano]

Told ya fools.

Edit: jk the messaging was confusing across the board

 

[LegendX48]

improved frame rate? As in simply locked 30 or the whole shebang as in 60fps?

 

[Expy]

GG... I never read it as "only 100" no idea how that even blew up to become a thing. It was clear by what Cerny said.

 

[Sense]

So the 100 number was just about running in boost mode then that is good news

 

[tazmin]

If Microsoft wasn't there to push Sony, we wouldn't get clarification on this at all

 

[Deleted member 8196]

Finally.

That's good then

 

[Skittles]

But Arthands said 100 titles was a best case scenario...

 

[zombiejames]

Oh look, that thing Cerny said was actually that thing Cerny said.

Imagine that.

 

[Xando]

Bloodborne now running at 23 instead of 20 fps?

 

[Toumari]

I figured this was the case. Nice to see this confirmed.

 

[Chille]

Best to never promise 100% bc because there can always be issues with emulation

 

[MillionIII]

Lol@ people who thought it was 100 games...

 

[Deleted member 4482]

So they're just tinkering with small adjustments for boost mode, but in general BC is there for PS4 on PS5.

 

[Kida]

Good news.

It shouldn't have taken them two whole days to post this.

 

[vestan]

nice

 

[LifeLine]

It was obvious that Cerny said they've tested the top 100 and most of them work without any changes/patches. And people took it to mean only the top 100 are being worked on. That's just the beginning of their testing

 

[Rats]

This aligns with how I interpreted Cerny's remarks, but I see how there was a lot of room for confusion. Glad to have confirmation of it.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Great news!

 

[Knight613]

Figured as much with the context in which he mentioned 100 games.

 

[Fizie]

Great. Now lets talk about PS3/2/1 BC.

 

[Gravity Insanity]

Bloodborne at 60fps?

 

[Datajoy]

Xbox wins this skirmish decisively

 

[Spiegel]

Happy to be wrong here but this should have been clarified much earlier.

 

[Kraq]

We're expecting backward 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

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Wonderful. 60fps Bloodborne could be on the table.

 

[DanceToTheRadio]

Bloodborne 60fps? I'll buy a PS5 just for that.

 

[poklane]

Good to finally get some clarification, now the only thing I want is a list of games and a list of games which will get an actually enhanced upgrade beyond just the advantages from the boosted frequency.

 

[Omnicore]

Seems like that 100 titles was regarding being tested with boost mode.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.

We're expecting backward 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.

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Just as i thought. Most if not all games will be playable on a PS5 but boost mode is the one getting tested. Makes sense.
Great to be confirmed!

 

[Alienhated]

Waiting for the recepits.

But still, thank fucking god.

 

[Pat002]

People actually believed it wasn't like this?
Cerny literally spoke English in that presentation. I guess he must be a liar then.

 

[scottbeowulf]

This is good to hear.

 

[zombiejames]

Good news.

It shouldn't have taken them two whole days to post this.

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Or people could have just listened to what Cerny said the first time instead of just picking out the last sentence.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

See Sony, that wasn't so hard was it?

 

[bsigg]

Devils advocate:

Playable, when?

 

[GTVision]

Bloodborne now running at 23 instead of 20 fps?

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It runs at 30 already, aside from frame-pacing issues which is a different problem.

 

[DeathyG]

Glad they clarified.

Just gotta nail the price now.

 

[Skittles]

Oh look, that thing Cerny said was actually that thing Cerny said.

Imagine that.

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Imagine people trusting a blog writer more than the head engineer for the next console

 

[Killthee]

Good news.

It shouldn't have taken them two whole days to post this.

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Their PR has really gone downhill the last few years.

 

[litebrite]

Glad they finally cleared it up any confusion and gave a definitive statement.

 

[What-ok]

So.... this is hopeful. I want to play Bloodborne at a higher resolution and without frame pacing..

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First thought.

 

[EssBeeVee]

Or people could have just listened to what Cerny said the first time instead of just picking out the last sentence.

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everyone patapon'ed it.

 

[ZeroCDR]

Crisis averted? Whew..

 

[Print_Dog]

Glad this was cleared up. Leaving all those PS4 games behind would have been a weird mistake.

 

[Ashhong]

Seems like that 100 titles was regarding being tested with boost mode.

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No, the update mentions that backwards compatible games will benefit from the boost. The 100 was just the games they've tested so far it seems, but they expect most to work