I wrongly assumed for a long time that everything this gen can play will work on next gen. "They're like PCs now!" they said.
But suddenly the press blog by Playstation themselves and every professional site has reported that PS5 is using a dreadful whitelisting program for PS4. Some are insisting every professional and the blog wording are wrong! But ok. Whitelists always fail to get everything.
"We recently took a look at the top 100 PS4 titles as ranked by play time, and we're expecting almost all of them to be playable at launch on PS5."
There's absolutely no other object of the sentence where they say what is playable at launch. It refers to 100 games and structurally just doesn't apply elsewhere. So please don't pretend you heard "all PS4 games work" or "you can play your whole PS4 library" because you didn't. They didn't say it and it's no better than "They didn't say only PS4 so how does this mean there's no PS3 BC coming?"
Devastating. Now I have to keep PS4.
...But then I thought, have I been too generous with reading Xbox's comments too? I had.
They haven't promised every game. They have said Xbox One games will work, but not every game. "Thousands" but not all. From the blog a few weeks ago:
`Backward Compatibility – At Xbox, we've made a promise to compatibility: you can expect thousands of your favorite games across four generations of gaming, your Xbox One gaming accessories, your Xbox gaming legacy, and industry-leading services like Xbox Game Pass to work with Xbox Series X. Backward compatible games will benefit from the power and performance of Xbox Series X, resulting in steadier framerates, faster load times, improved resolution and visual fidelity. Fans and game creators can feel confident they will be able to play and create the best.
I'd love to read this as promising all Xbox One games work... but that blog post doesn't go quite there. There's legal outs like saying "thousands."
But ok, you read my skepticism and think "he's crazy, it's promising every Xbox One game on day one."
I dug more and found Phil said this last month:
`"I'm trying it. It's in active development, sometimes it reboots. Not all the games today are completely compatible. We're working through our list of approved games on it. You can see what I'm playing; there's tons of games that work," Spencer said.
A pretty clear comment that they have to approve the games.
So I'm begging someone to show me I'm wrong and that Phil said this week EVERY or ALL Xbox One games.
But suddenly the press blog by Playstation themselves and every professional site has reported that PS5 is using a dreadful whitelisting program for PS4. Some are insisting every professional and the blog wording are wrong! But ok. Whitelists always fail to get everything.
"We recently took a look at the top 100 PS4 titles as ranked by play time, and we're expecting almost all of them to be playable at launch on PS5."
There's absolutely no other object of the sentence where they say what is playable at launch. It refers to 100 games and structurally just doesn't apply elsewhere. So please don't pretend you heard "all PS4 games work" or "you can play your whole PS4 library" because you didn't. They didn't say it and it's no better than "They didn't say only PS4 so how does this mean there's no PS3 BC coming?"
Devastating. Now I have to keep PS4.
...But then I thought, have I been too generous with reading Xbox's comments too? I had.
They haven't promised every game. They have said Xbox One games will work, but not every game. "Thousands" but not all. From the blog a few weeks ago:
`Backward Compatibility – At Xbox, we've made a promise to compatibility: you can expect thousands of your favorite games across four generations of gaming, your Xbox One gaming accessories, your Xbox gaming legacy, and industry-leading services like Xbox Game Pass to work with Xbox Series X. Backward compatible games will benefit from the power and performance of Xbox Series X, resulting in steadier framerates, faster load times, improved resolution and visual fidelity. Fans and game creators can feel confident they will be able to play and create the best.
What You Can Expect From the Next Generation of Gaming - Xbox Wire
The future of gaming has never been more inspiring. Creativity in games is flourishing. New services empower you to discover more games—and bring you closer to the games and creators and streamers you love. The cloud creates a massive opportunity to stream console-quality games and play with the...
news.xbox.com
I'd love to read this as promising all Xbox One games work... but that blog post doesn't go quite there. There's legal outs like saying "thousands."
But ok, you read my skepticism and think "he's crazy, it's promising every Xbox One game on day one."
I dug more and found Phil said this last month:
`"I'm trying it. It's in active development, sometimes it reboots. Not all the games today are completely compatible. We're working through our list of approved games on it. You can see what I'm playing; there's tons of games that work," Spencer said.
Xbox Series X: Phil Spencer Discusses How "Tons" Of Games Are Already Backwards Compatible With Console
Phil Spencer has been using an Xbox Series X as his daily console, and says that lots of previous Xbox games are now working with the new system.
www.gamespot.com
A pretty clear comment that they have to approve the games.
So I'm begging someone to show me I'm wrong and that Phil said this week EVERY or ALL Xbox One games.