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Should Sony support PS,PS2, and PS3 games on PS5?

the-pi-guy

the-pi-guy

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Oct 29, 2017
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How important would PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 backwards compatibility on PlayStation 5 be for you?


And is it something Sony should do? (As in would it benefit them enough if they were to implement it?)

I think it would be a big deal to be able to play all those games especially if they could be boosted resolution + frame rate wise. But there's a fair amount of evidence that it's more work than it's worth for console makers.

I think it's fairly realistic to think we might see classic downloadable titles, similar to PS2 on PS4 titles. But physical support seems unlikely. Is that something Sony should support?


I tried searching for similar recent threads, but came up empty.
 
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Betty

Betty

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Oct 25, 2017
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Honestly it would be nice, but ultimately not worth the investment.

But I'd love to have every PS1-2-3 game available on PSN to buy.
 
darkside

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Oct 26, 2017
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There is literally no reason any consumer should say no.

Is it something Sony should do though is a completely different question. I don't think BC is all that beneficial and I do think theres an argument it actually hurts sales. PS4 and Switch didn't have it and it didn't hurt sales at all, because when you buy a new system you're forced to buy new games.
 
lasthope106

lasthope106

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Oct 25, 2017
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It is for me. I find it unacceptable they can't get even PS1 and PS2 games working. PS3 I understand if they can't get it, but the other two are a clear missing feature for people like me. I already don't plant to get a PS5 at launch, and if they don't have a good solution for BC I might postpone my purchase even further.
 
Lant_War

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Jul 14, 2018
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No, they shouldn't. Please make me buy all these games again because I'm such a sucker for spending money.
 
Agent X

Agent X

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Oct 27, 2017
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Absolutely.

I'd love to see comprehensive backward compatibility, with support for the physical discs as well as previously purchased digital downloads.
 
-Le Monde-

-Le Monde-

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Dec 8, 2017
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Absolutely. The first thing they should do is remove the ps2 trophy requirement, and make all digital ps1, and ps2 tittles compatible on day 1.
 
Trago

Trago

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yes, I don't want to keep buying games over and over.

I have PS1 classics that were purchased on PS3 that are stuck there. Would be lovely if they worked on PS5.
 
dom

dom

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yes, but don't go expecting everything works for PS2 and PS3 games.
 
TheBaldwin

TheBaldwin

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Feb 25, 2018
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Yes, but they wont

they'd rather the individual companies invest in remakes, or do the remakes themselves
 
Lothars

Lothars

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Oct 25, 2017
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I hope they do, I want backwards compatibility to work on as many systems as possible
 
Apathy

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Oct 25, 2017
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If they can do it, then yes, but if they can't then I'm not going to pretend to care. I mean it's a nice feature but I'm buying a ps5 to play ps5 games
 
SolidChamp

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People seem to think that Sony should be able include some magical, low-cost disc laser that'll read 4 generations worth of discs while not ballooning the price of the PS5.

That's nice.
 
Mobius 1

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Oct 27, 2017
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Should they? Yes.
Will then? No

And I don't blame them, the return on investment wouldn't be there. It would be a nice gesture to the fan base but not likely to be a core feature that makes or breaks the platform.
 
darkside

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SolidChamp said:
People seem to think that Sony should be able include some magical, low-cost disc laser that'll read 4 generations worth of discs while not ballooning the price of the PS5.

That's nice.
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They can just not support discs then? I think it'd be reasonable if it supported PS1/PS2 downloads and didn't support discs.
 
mute

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Oct 25, 2017
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They should but they wont.
darkside said:
They can just not support discs then? I think it'd be reasonable if it supported PS1/PS2 downloads and didn't support discs.
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This is better than nothing but not really much of an improvement. Supporting discs to get around licensing issues is important.
 
MrS

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Oct 25, 2017
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For me? No. The resources required to make this happen could potentially be better spent elsewhere. Also, I have no desire to play or replay games from those eras ever again.
 
Delusibeta

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Oct 26, 2017
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Should? Yes, since multiple generations of backwards compatibility is one of the biggest selling points for both the Xbox One and the Series X.

Will they? Probably not, it's a non-trivial technical challenge (especially PS3) and I suspect Sony will be satisfied with just PS4 support.
 
A. D. Skinner

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Nov 13, 2017
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It's certainly make me want more, if the games were fairly priced. Never had PS1 and not many games on 2 so it's be nice to be able to consider them.
 
Stike

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Oct 27, 2017
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Yes, yes and yes.

At least disc-based. Come on, Sony, you got the tools, you got the emulators you just NEED TO DO IIIIIIIIIIT
 

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Honestly, if they announced PS1/PS2 back compat at the reveal, I will be hyped as shit for it. As it stands, il get a PS5 when there are some exclusives worth having, as really I just see it as more of the same games just looking better. Unless having the SSD as a baseline allows for some new ideas for games.
 
SolidChamp

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domthybomb said:
Most UHD Blu-ray players have all the lasers already.
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My point was that I have to give hardware engineers credit for being the ones who are paid to figure this shit out. If it was as simple as cramming a PS1-4 into a PS5 while keeping costs down, I'm sure they would have done that by now. We would have seen it in PS4.

There's a seriously difficult logistical and economical reason why they haven't been consistent about it with each and every generation.

Software emulation seems to be a fickle beast, from what I've seen.
 
HardRojo

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How is this a yes/no question for consumers? Of course we all are going to say that yes, they should. It would be really nice if they did.
 
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