Playstation 5: Thread 02

[Family Fry]

I think people forget Sony have a fully working PS2 software emulator that works on PS4, it’s what powered the PS2 games on PS4.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-hands-on-with-ps4-playstation2-emulation

[fishbowlhead]

The entire back catalogue will be on PSN eventually. Will take time but theres too much history there now for Sony to not monetise going forward.

[Neon Ignition]

For Sony it'll be a simple case that in the past they included backwards compatibility mostly via including hardware for the task outside of PSN releases. They'd need to do a lot of bespoke emulator work to get every system supported and for the games that are most in demand PSNow likely covers the need. I don't doubt that Sony looks at PSN sales, PSNow subs and play lists and see's that they'd be undertaking a huge task for about 12 players benefit. With PS4 they have a store full of content that will probably also be used to fluff out PS+ in the coming two years so the benefits are much clearer for them. Overall I think if both MS's and Sony's new consoles had zero B/C it'd make bugger all difference to sales, the compatibility that exists currently does so for alternate motives like padding out Game Pass etc.

It's a shame how shakey Sony have been though about PS4 support. Will they focus on their flagship games getting a boost? Broader major games? Will it be calculated such as Spider-Man not getting boosts so as not to undermine the Remaster?

I'm broadly expecting framerate consistency, 4K resolution upscale and faster loading. I think 60fps will be few and far between etc

[wakka]

That's right, you don't forget this guy

Hey, Disco Stu doesn’t advertise.

[Neon Ignition]

But you can't trust him in a preorder queue though

[gambit6613]

Jesus Christ, i didnt release this PS5 was this large lol

https://twitter.com/keisawada/status/1307499128033693699?s=20

I knew the footprint was large but wow.

[Asura]

Jesus Christ, i didnt release this PS5 was this large lol

https://twitter.com/keisawada/status/1307499128033693699?s=20

I knew the footprint was large but wow.

oh wow, I hadn't appreciated that either.

[Brad]

Full generational back compatibility confirmed, by having all previous PlayStation generations included inside the ps5 shell

[gambit6613]

If this is indeed exact to scale and i think it is, its nearly as big as my PC tower, not as wide but not far off. I guess it should ensure it has decent cooling, which is reassuring.

[Neon Ignition]

Mine'll be lied down, not massively wider than my PS3

[gambit6613]

Biggest problem with it, there is absolutely no way of hiding it from my wife, even worse being white.

[fishbowlhead]

Full generational back compatibility confirmed, by having all previous PlayStation generations included inside the ps5 shell

Plus a PC plus a fridge freezer.

[teddymeow]

Full generational back compatibility confirmed, by having all previous PlayStation generations included inside the ps5 shell

I think it's big enough to include every console ever!!

[Cassius_Smoke]

It'll also weigh almost 5kg so dropping it on your toe will be a hospital visit.

[fishbowlhead]

I can see the reviews now,

“Didn’t come with steel toe cap boots, awful product”.