It appears that Sony has revealed thePlayStation 5will only be compatible with PlayStation 4 games , and not games from previous console generations . Rumors of PS3 and PS2 backwards compatibility had been eddy around the internet prior to the freeing of thePS5 hardware specificationsearlier today , but it now   looks like those rumors were indeed delusive .

Sony has been incredibly tight - lipped on sure   elements of thePlayStation 5 ’s hardwareleading up until now , although it has been reported that today ’s presentment of the new PlayStation console table was primitively design for GDC 2020 . That event , like so many others in the entertainment diligence , was cancelled due to fears surrounding the COVID-19coronavirus , but gratefully Sony has adjudicate to hold up their introduction online or else .

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Now , thanks to anincredibly bore PlayStation 5 demonstration , players now know the PS5 will be backwards compatible with at least 100 PS4 title , but the companionship did not mention anything about being compatible with games from the PS3 , PS2 , or PS1 console propagation . While this does n’t mean such feature are in spades never come to the cabinet , the thorough nature of the presentation suggest that if such a thing was plan , it would have likely been cite . As   described in aTwittermessage from   @Wario64 below , " Sony took a look at [ the ] top 100 PS4 games base on playday and [ is ] expecting almost all of them to be playable at PS5 launch . "

There were a number of other topics cover in the presentation , but what was omit was a complete listing of the games Sony tested , as well as an actual look at the cabinet itself . Fans have been clamour to see the final version of the PS5 console since the logotype was revealed not too long ago , and many were hope today ’s conference would be that day . regrettably , both therumors of PS1 through PS3 backward compatibilityand the hope of really seeing the PS5 were squashed underneath protracted description about how and why PlayStation solace run to have tacky home fan .

While initial   analysis   are advise the PlayStation 5 may not be aspowerful as the Xbox Series X , there will likely be many more arguments on the subject to be had now that an prescribed inclination of PS5 specs has been released . As the planned waiver window of Holiday 2020 get slightly closer with each eliminate day , fans of Sony ’s brand can only interbreed their fingerbreadth and hope that the current coronavirus pandemic does n’t retard the production of the next generation of video plot console , and even though thePlayStation 5will not likely be compatible with   PS1 through PS3 games , at least players can still play their more recent favorites on the new platform .

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