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Playstation 5 Will be Backwards Compatible With All Previous Versions

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 21 2020, @08:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the too-good-to-be-true dept.

As we draw closer to the PS5's release date in late 2020, it's understandable that the rumor mill is working overtime. But, while some rumors hold a bit more weight than others, there are a few that need be taken with more than just a pinch of salt.

The latest PS5 'leak' posted on 4Chan is one such rumor, supposedly spilling a bunch of information on the PS5 reveal event which is expected to take place in February. The leak, which was reposted on Reddit, claims that the PS5 will be unveiled on February 5 at a PlayStation Meeting event for the media.

According to the leaker, the event will see Sony revealing the console's design and specs, several PS5 exclusives, a renewed focus on PlayStation Now, alongside the console's price and various other features.

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https://www.techradar.com/news/this-latest-ps5-rumor-sound-too-good-to-be-true

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @11:44AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 21 2020, @11:44AM (#946297)

    Agreed. Sony might let you download an original Playstation game from their servers and play it, though -- after you pay for it again, of course.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by chewbacon on Tuesday January 21 2020, @04:44PM (1 child)

    by chewbacon (1032) on Tuesday January 21 2020, @04:44PM (#946388)

    Which would fundamentally defeat the claim of backwards compatibility in my book.

    • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Wednesday January 22 2020, @10:28AM

      by TheRaven (270) on Wednesday January 22 2020, @10:28AM (#946775) Journal

      Depends on who it's for. If you've already got an old console and a load of games, then that's one thing, but part of the appeal is for people who don't own any older PlayStations but liked some of the older games. The Xbox Game Pass, for example, includes a bunch of Xbox 360 games that I enjoy. I don't own a 360, so I don't have any older games, but the fact that I can play (some of?) the older games means that there's an existing catalogue for a new console.

      I doubt that it will work with PS1 disks. They had the spiral the opposite way around to normal CDs as a copy-protection feature, so you'd need an optical drive with a reversible motor, which would put up the costs for a fairly limited use case. A lot of new games basically use the optical disk as a token to authorise you to download the game, so for PS2 and later consoles that approach could work for a lot of things, though supporting every game in an emulator seems challenging.

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