gman666 wrote:
Do not get your hopes up for playing PS3 games out of the gate. Xbox could be a different story.
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Xbox may still hold some advantage over PlayStation in this area because the PS5 probably won’t be able to run PlayStation 3 games (outside of streaming via PlayStation Now), while the Xbox Series X will benefit from the work that was done to make 360 games run on the Xbox One. But what matters most is the Xbox One and PS4’s libraries, which both include no shortage of remasters and ports from the previous generation anyway.
https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-and-xbox-series-x-are-both-backward-compatible-and-thats-a-big-dealThanks!
Greg
I think there is another argument. With the ease with which folks can emulate older system a copyright argument can be made if folks can not play it, then there is no claim to copyright. The abandonware argument. I have not seen it hit the courts yet but I have strong suspicions someone or a group will propose the argument further encouraging all console makers to ensure backwards compatibility across the board for all consoles past and present.
Plus looking at the retro arcade market, console makers are starting to realize that they can make serious bank by re-releasing older titles for the enthusists wishing to relive younger parts of their lives.
There are tons of rumors about full backwards compability with the PS5 and with the processor patent.
https://screenrant.com/ps5-backwards-co ... s1-rumors/https://www.newsweek.com/ps5-backwards- ... -4-1341335The argument and discussion can go either way but doing hardware emulation on the hardware/processor level seriously amps the ability to emulate and in theory on that though you could arguably run say NES and SNES games, or with custom usb adapters run any manner of old cartridge based systems like with the retron 5.
Now the server architecture for ps4 and ps3 is going to be the real kickers as they have shut down all the ps3 game servers if memory serves. What does that speak for the ps4 servers? Wil it by a hybrid deal as system model won't matter which simplifies the support model?
Online functionality aside there are tons of retro single player and local cooperative titles that many will look forward to enjoying in the future regardless of console used.
Let time see what we really get!