The PS5's backwards compatibility is a lot less expansive than we thought. Console architect Mark Cerny confirms the PS5 can only play PS4 games, and old PS1, PS2, and PS3 generation titles won't be ...

Sony wants its next-gen PlayStation 5 to play thousands of PS4 games when it releases this holiday. The PS5's custom SoC, OS, and software architecture environment was built from the ground up with ...

An official Japanese PlayStation account has confirmed that PS5 models with a disc drive will be able to support backwards compatible PS4 game discs. [Thanks, Game*Spark!] Sony Interactive ...

Sony is about to make the jump to a new generation of gaming hardware, and it's not willing to look back, at least not very far. Anyone hoping for backward compatibility beyond the PS4 is set to be ...

Players who purchased a physical copy of one of the best PS4 games from 2017 can now claim a free PS5 upgrade. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice received a native PS5 port in August, but the free upgrade ...

The PS5 will be able to play nearly every PS4 game that’s available through backwards compatibility. Sony also promises that some games will actually be able to take advantage of the extra power on ...

Wednesday’s deluge of PlayStation 5 news mostly revolved around brand-new content launching alongside the console on November 12. Lost in the fray was a key detail that confirmed an August leak about ...