It's nice that they're being honest about which games won't be backwards compatible and that they've said that some games may have issues, but Microsoft has literally said that all BC games will not only work on Series X|S, but will work better than on previous consoles. That's a really high bar that I'm pretty confident that they'll hit given the early look we've seen from content creators, and it's one that Sony hasn't reached with the PS5.
Sony is not in the desperate position where they need to show back compatibility games to sell their console as part of their marketing I feel that they are likely focusing on PS5 games primarily. While it is possible they might show a game like ghost or the last of us in PS5 boost mode I wouldn't hold my breath, likely we will see that if they every send press consoles to test for themselves.
Yep I really would like it to be plug and play. I have 3TB drive full of games I do not want to re-download...
There's literally 3/5 of that outline occupied
Is the cause of the bad framepacing in Bloodborne well understood? If not, maybe the potential for better framepacing from better performance shouldn't be dismissed so quickly. For instance, I could see how the bad framepacing could result from doing a poor job of recovering from missed deadlines. Then better performance could lead to fewer or no lost deadlines, with better framepacing as a result.
Stop with this implication that Xbox is in a DESPERATE position where they need to show backwards compatibility games to sell their console as part of their marketing. It's unnecessary and merely adds fuel to console war nonsense.
They gave a similar disclaimer for games running on PS4 Pro boost mode and I have yet to come across a game that doesn't run on boost mode. This is just Sony covering their asses.
They aren't saying it's only few games, but select titles. Neither XSX or PS5 can't brute force any game with capped frame rate or set resolution. It's only possible with games that have unlocked fps and variable resolution, so select titles. It's not selected titles.
I imagine Bloodborne could be fixed if backwards compatibility somehow includes VRR technology . If your TV supports it, then that will take the frame pacing issues away maybe?
We don't know that, but I will be finding out because I pre-ordered the PS4 version thanks to a nice discount. My assumption is that once I update it to the PS5 version, DS4 compatibility will cease. Maybe cross-gen/free-upgrade games will surprise us, though.
I doubt very much that Sony's QA process relies on what discs their staff have in their personal collections.
Presumably this means none of the PlayLink games (like Knowledge Is Power and That's You) are supported either, correct? Since that renders those games unplayable, I'm a bit surprised they weren't just added to the 'not compatible' list.
