Don't Hold Your Breath for Backwards Compatibility on PS4
"I was very surprised. It must have taken lots of effort for them to realise the backwards compatibility, because the Xbox 360 and Xbox One use very different kinds of architecture," Sony's Shuhei Yoshida said on the matter in an interview with EDGE. "They showed a very short list of titles that work, and doing software emulation means you have to work title by title. So I'm curious to see what kind of games will be included in those 100 games that they say will be compatible by the end of the year," he continued, sounding somewhat sceptical.
Yoshida remained sceptical when asked about the possibility of backwards compatibility on the PS4, however. "I totally understand people asking for it, and if it was easy, we'd have done that," he replied, adding: "But our focus is creating PS4 games and adding new services." Perhaps disappointing news for those of you holding out for some hope. "Remaking games on PS4 makes the games even better – with The Last Of Us, you can play at 60 frames per second, and the same goes for Dark Souls 2. Actually, I just finished Dark Souls 2 again on PS4," Yoshida concluded, belting out a quote that's bound to have people in an uproar about remasters.
Backwards compatibility seems to be a debate that never quite goes away, but where do you stand? Would you make use of your old PS3 games on your PS4, or do you prefer having older titles remastered for your new-gen hardware? Try not to be too controversial in the comments section below.
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BioPosted:
Interesting to hear his feedback on the topic. Crazy to think that they haven't gotten this yet. Bizarre to me.
slapshot101Posted:
DeluxeHazard I thought there was already a service on the PS4 which let you play previous Playstation games?
Yes but it is really broken and pretty bad overall from what I hear, it was more of a streaming service then actually allowing you to put in physical disks like the Xbox One is allowing.
DeluxeHazardPosted:
I thought there was already a service on the PS4 which let you play previous Playstation games?
JastyPosted:
Maj There's pretty much no point in backwards compatibility, may as well just remaster games (MW2 PLEASE)
MW2 you can buy for $10 or you can buy the remaster for $59.99..
pimanxxxPosted:
Maj There's pretty much no point in backwards compatibility, may as well just remaster games (MW2 PLEASE)
AGREED!
it seems pointless for someone to buy a new console to play old games, after getting rid of their old games and console.
MajPosted:
There's pretty much no point in backwards compatibility, may as well just remaster games (MW2 PLEASE)
SassPosted:
TURB0 Only 100 games :/ i thought they would add pretty much all of them. Right they need to stop with the crappy games and get some classics through.
its harder than you think, and thats the main reason sony doesnt have it, it is difficult to emulate an xbox 360 through an xbox one and make it playable.
DismissPosted:
TURB0 Only 100 games :/ i thought they would add pretty much all of them. Right they need to stop with the crappy games and get some classics through.
100 by the end of the year. It's clearly something hard to do so 100 within 7 months is amazing. The fact there will be more as it goes on makes it even better.
STFBLACKFOXPosted:
What do people think the ps now is for its past games same as xbox 1 theres only certain games you can use with xb1 you can just put any game in and it works only the games that they select ps now is the same way give them time and there will be more classics games
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