PlayStation 5 will be compatible with "99 percent" of PS4 games according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan, although that may be as far as backwards compatibility goes. In ...

The Sony PlayStation brand is all about providing world-class experiences with cutting-edge technology. It even doubled down in 2024 by releasing the PlayStation 5 Pro. That being said, if you want to ...

A new PlayStation patent suggests the PS5, and possibly the PS4, are finally getting PS3, PS2, and PS1 backward compatibility. Unlike the Xbox Series X — which plays many Xbox 360 and original Xbox ...

Bandai Namco announced a new Tales of keychain collection that features replicas of PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5 game covers and cases.

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A new post on Ubisoft's support page confirms the PlayStation 5's backwards compatibility is exclusive to PS4 game discs. "Backwards compatibility will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, ...

In a new PlayStation Blog announcement, Sony revealed the PlayStation Plus Deluxe tier’s first PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games that will be part of is Classic Games. Both first and third-party games will ...

Renowned Sony engineer Mark Cerny has reportedly filed a patent that would seemingly allow the PS5 to play older games via backward compatibility. Specifically, the patent describes a method to change ...

With the PS5 set to launch on November 12, 2020, and with PS5 pre-order initiative live today, Sony is beginning to usher us into the next generation of gaming. In past generations, the beginning of a ...

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Sony has just announced its new PlayStation Plus subscription tiers, which ...

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has revealed that the PS5 won’t be backwards compatible with PS3, PS2 and PS1 games, after months of uncertainty about whether the console would be capable of such a feat.