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Lance McDonald: "The PlayStation 5 can run all PlayStation 4 games without per-game whitelisting"
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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They basically did tho. They said the vast majority of PS4 games will work on PS5, they just haven't tested them all yet. It was like the first thing they said after BC was confirmed.
I'm sorry for my ignorance but who is Lance McDonald and why should we believe him? Track record?
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Honestly, no. I think their messaging on that day way unneedlessly confusing. I know they are trying to cover their asses like they did with the PSN name change. It's just annoying to see all the misinformation about PS4 BC on PS5.
People like controversy and don't like reading and understanding information.
Never forget, Disgaea 3 US was playable on PSTV but not Disgaea 3 PAL.
The amount of people constantly saying stuff like "only the top 100 games", "they said most games, not all", "we'll have to wait and see Sony's list" has been annoying me so much. I'm delighted it can finally end.
I think that was clear from the moment Cerny talked about the APU architecture at the "PS5 Road to Future" video, where he mentioned how BC was a very strong focus for both Sony and AMD. He said that PS5 has a legacy mode and a boost mode, for which they are testing games [he focused on top100 most played] because higher boost clocks can break some titles.
in what way does it sound "very not Sony"? it's the way all of their previous console generations' BC worked
Oh god yea. So stupid.
As well, never forget the Sly Collection not being able to be played, but Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is fine. Like what the hell.
If true, that's awesome, but will keep my expectations in check until actual confirmation.
I wonder if he mentions this due to the way the current Devkits work? there could still be a difference between devkits and retail if so. From the way Sony talked about it, it sounded more like they were planning to verify games before enabling them (whitelisting them).
I wonder if he mentions this due to the way the current Devkits work? there could still be a difference between devkits and retail if so. From the way Sony talked about it, it sounded more like they were planning to verify games before enabling them (whitelisting them).
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Yes, that's what I think is gonna happen. It will take the PS4 Pro profile, if there is none, it will take the PS4 profile.
And I assume the boosted clocks will help to smoothen frame rate and dynamic resolutions, plus SSD will have faster loading.
They said they already tested hundreds of games in March and will test thousands of them until launch
And in June after the event, Jim Ryan said that testing was fine on thousands of games and they will continue until launch (CNET interview iirc)
Unveiling New Details of PlayStation 5: Hardware Technical Specs [UPDATED]
Watch live for a deep dive into PS5's system architecture and how it will shape the future of games.
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Will this mean I can just download games I've bought on PS4 from the store to my PS5?
That would be nice...
That would be nice...
PS4 BC with PS4 pro and PS5 are completely different for obvious reasons.
I might be wrong but wasn't BC on PS4, Vita and even PS3 (not the og version) different than this? It was limited to the games Sony tested.
Is this something actually up in the air with Sony? They'd be greedy cunts if they pulled that shit
That's cool.
I'm sure some will work better than others but than we can collaborate/report these for fixing.
I wonder anyway how big the actual PS4 library is at this point...
I'm sure some will work better than others but than we can collaborate/report these for fixing.
I wonder anyway how big the actual PS4 library is at this point...
I mean the misinformation isn't coming from Sony. It's coming from people on the internet with cynical interpretations. They've been very clear that PS5 has comprehensive PS4 BC from jump. It's just a lot of concern trolls saying otherwise.
Maybe all PS4 games will work, and the PS5 will treat them as if they were PS4 games, but Sony will actively whitelist games and give them boost patches on their own schedule
PS4 and Vita didn't support physical BC. PS1-3 all worked this way. Vita had digital back compat only, but it worked with every game in the store.
How are they different ? PS4 Pro has a mode to disable the extra CUs to behave like a PS4. PS5 has a PS4/PS4Pro mode to disable extra CUs. The hardware architecture is the same. RNDA has all features of the previous architectures. The clock speed difference for the CPU won't matter. Games aren't written for the bare metal architecture. Everything is abstracted by the OS and APIs.
But this is just a rumour, I think we should be concerned that blah blah blah
Yeah, like that's what I took away from Sony's last statement on this?
I've always just assumed they said "overwhelming majority" instead of all so that they have an out if people try to complain that things like PT dont carry over.
Cerny already said this, it felt like some people just decided they wanted to be confused about it rather than attempt to understand his presentation.