PlayStation has just dropped a huge bomb, announcing backward compatibility on PS5 for over 4,000 PS4 titles. This means any physical or digital PS4 game in your library can be brought forth to the next generation, save files and all. Sony is throwing its celebrations, but in the meantime, gamers cannot stop wondering about the PS3.
The official PlayStation Twitter handle announced the news, linking to the FAQ about carrying the PS4 games and saves onto the PS5. In theory, a win, especially for anyone who might have skipped the PS4 Pro and is considering this as an upgrade. And the comment section? Pure chaos.
Gamers are not politely just asking for PS3 backward compatibility. They want it. From classics like SOCOM and Splinter Cell to cult favorites like Skate 2-3 and Resistance 2, the nostalgia hits too hard. One user even called the lack of PS3 support “laziness,” while someone else joked that the PS5 is “the best PS4 emulator on the market.” Ouch.
It is not just the PS3 that is being called for. PS1 and PS2 too, with some stating Xbox is better for backward compatibility- throwing more salt on the wound. Another one reads: “Xbox makes this look like a joke.” Further competitors join the gripe against streaming, imploring Sony to simply let them download the PS3 games as opposed to pushing them on cloud play.
Then you get weirdness like an answer questioning why their avatars got vanished (Sony, refund pls?), and another complaining about graphical glitches in KOF 2000 on PS5. But the reigning theme is “PS3 WHEN.”
The FAQ states that most PS4 games will work on PS5-old ones that even the very slightest won’t be able. Yet for one community still holding on to treasures from generations past, “most” just won’t cut it anymore. The PS5 hardware is very capable, and there’s emulators like RPCS3 on the side, so what’s the hold-up, then?
Maybe it’s the licensing. Maybe it’s money. Or, according to one user, maybe Sony is holding back until PS6 drops with wall-to-wall backward compatibility as its selling point. In all events, the message is quite clear: Four thousand PS4 games are cool and all, but what gamers really want are their PS3 libraries.
Well, the PS5 is still a marvel to behold for PS4 games, and save-game transferring could not be any easier. Meanwhile, until Sony addresses the big elephant in the room (The Adventures of Alundra, we’re looking at you), the age-old backward compatibility argument will always have a place.
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