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Do anyone think PS5 will have backward compatibility with the Playstation portable games?
- Thread starter Arthands
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I don't expect anything beyond PS4 and don't think anyone else should expect it either. There being zero evidence and all.
Would obviously be amazing to get it though.
Would obviously be amazing to get it though.
Hahaha no PSP is pretty old by this point and what's the point of having backwards compatibility with portables when Sony's only ever had one portable system.
Weird. Why'd you respond with a blank post? Maybe Sony doesn't want me to be aware of the content.
Would love it, especially if I could go and hunt down trophies in some of those games (a lot of which look pretty nice with the resolution bumped up in PPSSPP), but iunno if Sony will bother.
The Vita already has a great PSP emulator right? Or is that hardware-based (actually, don't they even have it for PS4 already - since the SOTN/Rondo of Blood collection is based on the PSP versions of those games)?
The Vita already has a great PSP emulator right? Or is that hardware-based (actually, don't they even have it for PS4 already - since the SOTN/Rondo of Blood collection is based on the PSP versions of those games)?
Before the PS4 they cared plenty.
Has Sony ever cared about backward compatibility though?
All their efforts on that so far has been half assed.
I'm sure the only reason PS4 games are going to be fully backward compatible on PS5 is because modern architecture of PS4 and PS5 made that extremely trivial.
All their efforts on that so far has been half assed.
I'm sure the only reason PS4 games are going to be fully backward compatible on PS5 is because modern architecture of PS4 and PS5 made that extremely trivial.
It could happen. Basically all the titles playable on the Playstation TV should have the OK to be playable (as in, perfectly playable with a Dualshock) on PS5 if Sony wishes to.
But Ill only hold my breath for PS3, so I don't care for the portables as of now.
But Ill only hold my breath for PS3, so I don't care for the portables as of now.
Listen. All I know is it's sad Sony never made a second portable system.
I always thought that the BIG PS5 thing would have been total retrocompatibility with every PS system EVAH... but it isn't going to happen, sadly :(
No but it would be so great. I would even buy an external UMD and Vitacards drive for my PS5. One console to play them all will always be a dream though. But on the other hand I have the originals and can play them there. I buy new consoles for new games.
We will get PS4 BC and that's it.
We will get PS4 BC and that's it.
It would be great but I doubt it. I only expect PS4.
PS3 is a weird architecture. Hard to emulate. Possible but costly and more worth it to release remasters.
PS2 would be possible for Sony but they could probably earn enough money releasing HD versions.
They could easily implement PS1. But I doubt they will. No trace of it on PS4.
PS3 is a weird architecture. Hard to emulate. Possible but costly and more worth it to release remasters.
PS2 would be possible for Sony but they could probably earn enough money releasing HD versions.
They could easily implement PS1. But I doubt they will. No trace of it on PS4.
I think there's a moderately decent chance of this. It's probably best not to expect it, but it'd be a relatively easy feature to add and it'd be a solid boost to their library of backwards compatible games.
They've already gotten PSP compatibility on Vita, PS4 (for a selection of games, but there's no reason to think that it wouldn't work for general emulation) and PS3 (the entire Minis range works on PS3 through PSP emulation).
They've already gotten PSP compatibility on Vita, PS4 (for a selection of games, but there's no reason to think that it wouldn't work for general emulation) and PS3 (the entire Minis range works on PS3 through PSP emulation).
From their time with PS TV they already have a whitelist of Vita games that they know work without those things. Also if the PS5 has buttons on the back then mapping them to the left and right sides of the Vita's rear touchpad covers a fairly high percentage of the use cases of that feature.
They're hardly going to put custom Vita blades in data centres. It makes much more sense to do this through emulation, especially since the games maxed out at 4GB so downloads are bandwidth-efficient compared to streaming.
Apart from PS4, yes, absolutely they have.
A hacked PSTV (with SD2Vita and whitelist patch) is all you need to play all PSOne, PSP and PSVITA games on your TV. Sadly sony has forgotten that once they have great portable consoles and its legacy. Secret of mana remake, persona 4 golden, ultimate ghost and goblins, castlevania chronicles, street fighter alpha 3 max, megaman power up or maverick hunter x, killzone liberation or killzone mercenary were awesome games.
Really if you want to play them on your tv buy a pstv and hack it.
Really if you want to play them on your tv buy a pstv and hack it.
It has even been discovered that PS1 compatibility on PSP was partially hardware-based.
Shit, I'm over here worried we won't even get full PS4 backwards compatibility, and you're talking about PSP and Vita?
The PS TV is a nice little machine, but having PSP/Vita compatibility on PS5 would offer some big advantages, potentially including higher native resolutions for games, save states, faster loading, and better PSone emulation. For Sony and third party publishers it'd have the additional advantage of making those games available to a wider audience and not just the much smaller number of active Vita/PS TV owners.
I would really like it, but it's probably slim. My guess is that we'll see PS4 BC at launch, I mean I believe that is confirmed, and then they'll roll out other BC throughout the lifecycle. Maybe.
Yes, Sony have arguably been the most dedicated to backwards compatibility. Just not this generation.
Bullshit. Every Sony console and portable not called PS4 has had extensive backwards compatibility options.
