Ubisoft Boss Says PS5 Will Run 'Almost All' PS4 Games

For me, sound like he's talking about PS4/XBO games on PS5/SEX, nothing more.

Nice. It would be cool to see the real source (especially because its ambiguous) but cant find it.

I think it will be ps4 games with the usual caveats that seems to come with these sorts of things from Sony.

How is it new for the industry? Ps2 was backwards compatible, ps3 was originally too.

I'm guessing when they say "almost All" they mean that digital games that have been removed from PSN or XBL can't be downloaded to the new systems

You can read nearly anything into that. If it’s not all ps4 games then the BC thing is a damp squib. So I hope it’s more rather than less. I expected at the very least to be able to play all ps4 games on ps5

or he simply means that one way or another, either through native backwards compatibility or a cloud streaming client, most previous generation games, licensing allowed, will be playable, eg PS3 games via PSnow.

Man I wish Sony would just unveil this shiz so we know what were getting out of these consoles. I don't really care how long we have to wait. Just to cut this speculation out of the air.

@Robinsad I agree, I am not sure what he is talking about when he says "new to the industry" regarding backwards compatibility.

Xbox One is backwards compatible with a lot of Xbox 360 and original Xbox games (not all).

PC's never really lost backwards compatibility.

The Wii probably had one of the largest list of retro title availability thanks to Gamecube backwards compatibility and the Virtual Console hosting way more than Nintendo console titles.

I hope ps5 can play digitall psone games like ps3, I want to replay psone tomb raider 1 that I bought from ps3

@GamingFan4Lyf Actually there's some games that can't be played on new windows 10 pc, and before that, windows 7 pc.

@wiiware There was never an old title I couldn't get working....maybe not playable because the games ran in like impossible speed...but they work.

I know what you mean, though. Still, that list is pretty small.

Will it be able to play Commodore 64 and Atari ST games?

"It will be something new in the industry" Er the PS2 & the PS3 could play all PS1 & PS2(the 60GB PS3 did both) Games(well until SONY took out PS3's PS2 B/C) So it's not something new + I am FED UP of all this B/C talk :-/ It just makes people disappointed when it don't(and it won't sadly) happen. Oh well.

@FullbringIchigo my guess is it means games that require additional peripherals a la Rock Band 4 won't work moving forward. Although I hope this isn't the case personally.

I'd love it if it can only play Knack 1 and 2, and nothing else. And I want Cerny to deliver that news, with a big grin on his face.

@FullbringIchigo and potentially games that require unsupported peripherals? Maybe the PS4 Guitar Hero for instance, since support for that was dropped, can't see it being carried over.

@FullbringIchigo on no, poor Tuvok.

Yeah I don’t see any world where the PS5 would play PS1 games. Would be cool to see more ports of old games for low prices. I love a lot of the remakes, too! I’m hoping for innovation and forward thinking, especially since I’m nervous that the jump from PS4 to PS5 won’t be enough to justify another console. We’ll have to wait and see

I’ve said it before but If PS5 Plays PS1-PS3 discs that will be incredible!!! I’ll even settle for psone and 2 only if they can’t figure out the beast that is PS3! Meanwhile, at least Xbox series X will go back as far as 360 and that in itself is awesome! Maybe I can disconnect some systems and make some room! ☺️

@Robinsad in fact BC even goes back to the Atari 7800 days. He hopefully is referring it being a new thing as possibly going all the way back to psone for example. HOPEFULLY lol

@FullbringIchigo P.T on ps5 confirmed

Better be all four previous generations, then. Because otherwise many a Nintendo console may want to have a word about that "something new in the industry" part.😅

Ahh double speak from ubi. Every game will be backwards compatible apart from AC Unity as it doesn't even work on the ps4.

@nhSnork The old Nintendo games you have too buy them again dont you? That not really compatible i think about. When i think about BC i think put in my disc and play it not buy it again too play it.

@Robinsad
It's new because Sex and PS5 are BC, all the current multiplat catalogue on both new gen consoles and in the same launch window.
( less hassle for them about cross gen dev)

@Flaming_Kaiser you're thinking Virtual Console. But using the pastgen physical media with new hardware is exactly what Nintendo hardware has often offered - Advance worked with GB and Color library, NDS had an Advance slot (up until DSi), all 3DS models support DS cards, original Wiis ran GameCube discs and Wii U runs Wii discs.

And it's not even just Nintendo - PlayStation itself has a history of supporting at least one previous generation's media natively (if, like DS/Wii, up until a certain revision at times). Even Vita can run whatever of the PS1/PSP library can be downloaded to it (we owe the otherwise sadly short-lived PSP Go more than we realize). PS4 ironically ended up as a sort of black sheep in this regard - so unless Sony can indeed unify the entire PS Store library under PS5 roof, it's a bit odd to tout a mere return to former practices now that the common medium and architecture presumably allow them once again.

@nhSnork Then again they release several versions of new 3DS which ended up not being able playing the new 3DS games or needing a extra peripheral. I dont see the PS4 as a black sheep it was the cheaper console and i would love too play my PS3 games.

But of you probably as the mainstream audience do you want to pay a €50/100 more too play PS3 games i would rhink most would say give me the discount.

The PS3 was really powerfull but they saved on the memory because it was already expensive probably and that held it back.

But as a Bluray player it was one of the best around for a quite cheap price at the time. But for me true BC is putting in my old discs and playing. And now with Nintendo you only get BC digital or nothing i guess.

@Orpheus79V @ZeroAbbadon yeah that too and games like Singstar that have had their servers shut down

It's pretty obvious "something new in the industry" regarding backward compatibility would mean the back catalog from ALL previous consoles — PS1 through PS4.

When did Unisoft become the mouthpiece for Sony? They were doing the same with Nintendo in the past.

Did you ever noticed about Unisoft - they always make sure they have games ready for a new console when it is released. Games are so scarce people will buy almost anything and Unisoft will be there to capitalise. I'm starting to see a pattern with them.

@Neolit Which has already been confirmed by both companies. What Yves said almost certainly has to be referencing legacy titles.

Will I be able to transfer my PS4 saves over to my PS5? That's what I want to know about backward compatibility. If not, then it's not that important to me and will be the entire reason to keep my PS4 Pro.

@GamingFan4Lyf “PC's never really lost backwards compatibility.”

PC BC is.... a mess. Software needs constant updates to keep that so, a lot of older software and games just don’t run on today’s systems without configuring weird stuff like virtualized environments. Some storefronts will do that for you, but that’s not a platform feature. Abandonware (maybe due to companies going out of business) tend to rely on fan communities for support making things work.

These are precisely the kind of things consoles try to avoid.