What are the odds that the PS5 will have full or near-full PS1 backwards compatibility? I want to play those PS1 games I bought from PSN.

[kamineko]

If they supported PS3 PSX purchases, I'd be there for PS5 day one. I have quite a catalog of games built up over the years.

If they shut down PSN on PS3 and offer no forward support... I'll be looking into backing up those games through other means.



Not all games on PS4 require trophy support.

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How many & when? It was required for all ps2 rereleases iirc

 

[Mr.Deadshot]

They will add trophies and sell you the ancient games for 15-20€. That's how things work nowadays. Fucking Episode 1: Podracer is coming to PS4 :'-D

 

[PyroPaperPlanes]

How many & when? It was required for all ps2 releases iirc

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I'll need to check my PS4 - I'm pretty sure I have some PS2 purchases that don't have trophy support. e.g. Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (though I need to double check).

 

[Imran]

With FFVII coming out and all... I kinda struggle to see it. If they wanna market remakes from the PS1 going forward, allowing you to play the original would be like competing against themselves.

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....you can play FFVII on a PS4 right now

 

[rokkerkory]

0-5%

 

[McScroggz]

Unfortunately until Sony tells us they want to embrace "full" backwards compatibility (I'll give them somewhat of a pass for PS3), I'm not going to get my hopes up for PS1/PS2. Hopefully I'm wrong. Now, a reasonable alternative would be those games are added to PSNow to beef up the value proposition, but unless it's a large percentage of those libraries I think such a move would end up angering people. But who knows?

 

[Hieroph]

Poll needs more options. Pretty sure it's something Sony is thinking about, but also pretty sure it won't be available at launch at least.

 

[Arkeband]

The SVC collection playable on Xbox One?

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Those have bad input lag, I'm told. The PS3 port of TJ&E doesn't have any AFAIK and it has extra challenge modes and stuff.

 

[Jegriva]

Those have bad input lag, I'm told. The PS3 port of TJ&E doesn't have any AFAIK and it has extra challenge modes and stuff.

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I never noticed, but I have never played them on the original hardware.

It had online co-op and a fantastic selection of video settings (I still think the SVC collections have the most beatiful CRT mode I've seen in 1080p).

 

[Falchion]

It absolutely should be included but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Iron Eddie]

Why would they if they didn't on PS4? I'm just hoping for a flawless PS4 BC support.

 

[Pyro]

Unfortunately the dream is most likely dead. Hopefully we can get them through PS Now eventually.

 

[J-Skee]

It's the smart thing to do, but I don't see it happening.

 

[holoqh]

....you can play FFVII on a PS4 right now

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yeah, I already developped the point I was trying to make in earlier posts cause my dumb a** wasn't clear enough. I meant not making it available on ps5, assuming a certain strategy from sony and publishers etc...
I'm aware that the short and easy answer is "they'll do it if they think it can bring in enough money, and enough is an arbitrary amount".

 

[Tttssd1972]

I would love if this was an option on PS5. I have a PS2 with 4 PS1 games I would love to get rid of, but until I have another option I'll need to hold on to em.