According to a Sony patent that's recently been resubmitted, your PS4 games may end up running better than ever on PS5 through backwards compatibility. We already know that load times could be significantly decreased thanks to the next-gen console's processing prowess -- as evidenced by the Marvel's Spider-Man demo -- but it sounds like the machine may also be able to boost overall performance.
This feature already exists to some extent in the form of boost mode on PS4 Pro, but the results are pretty negligible for the most part. This republished patent reads: "To further optimize [performance of older games], one can adjust the execution of the new hardware to see if the application can be run faster on the new hardware without causing it to fail." At first glance, this seems like it could be a more in-depth, and perhaps more effective method of enhancing PS4 titles.
Seeing how Sony promotes PS5 backwards compatibility is certainly going to be interesting. The Xbox One has done a lot right with its own form of backwards compatibility this generation, so all eyes will be on the PS5 and its way of handling last-gen games.
What are you hoping to see from backwards compatibility on PS5? Get ready to replay all of your favourite PS4 games in the comments section below.
[source gamesradar.com]
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This is pretty cool , but just not sure how many times I'll be going back to play old PS4 games when I have my PS5 .
I am hoping this means improved framerates for all the titles, and maybe a resolution bump.
Hopefully a framerate upgrade to most games!
Microsoft managed to make X360 titles run at better framerates on XB1 years ahead of PS5, so I can't see why Sony shouldn't be able to pull that off either.
Other than that, I hope it applies to every PS4 game available out there (or at the very least, all of the PS exclusives), instead of doing it the MS-way with every game needing a patch for backwards compatibility. That would be amazing!
@oatmealwarrior92 I don't really get this, I play great games no matter where they are. I haven't gotten round to god of war yet, just because the ps5 is out doesn't mean I wouldn't play it. The fact that it may play even better though is a massive bonus
You don't get that I'm going to be focused on playing PS5 games when PS5 comes out ? 🤔
Keep giving out news like this and it's yet another reason to move to PS5 straight away!
@oatmealwarrior92 one word: backlog
That's pretty cool, if true, and will make the PS5 even more attractive to early adopters.
@Robinsad I don't really get people like that. I'm in the middle of PS2's Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga right now, and, honestly, it's a great experience. I play new and old games interchangeably. Good games are good games.
Is there a possibility that these ps4 upgrades (framerates, 4k, etc) in ps5 could be included with ps plus?
@badbob001 @oatmealwarrior92 I don't neccessarily think there'll be such a big division, I see ps5 as a step towards phone style upgrades. Hopefully an end to 'HD Remasters'. Death Stranding for example, is currently a PS4 game, as with Last of Us 2 etc, however, releasing so late in the consoles life cycle, I suspect that PS5 versions will be already included. Similar to how mobile, and upgrading a PC would work to unlock various graphic options etc.
That's exactly what I was hoping for and it makes sense as so many games have dynamic resolutions and those such as Resident Evil 2 target 60fps but don't quite hit it. Bring it on
Will I get to keep my library? If that's so, I'm day one buyer, if not, my backlog is way too big to buy another console so fast.
Besides graphical updates, performance, backwards compatibility and the biggest hard drive they can fit in the thing...what else can we want? Is there anything else they can improve?
@oatmealwarrior92 When it's early days with the PS5 and there aren't many games you'd find yourself wanting to play previous gen games. Happens every time with every new gen.
Well that's good news, so the PS5 should be able to make DayZ run at more than single digit framerates, eh?
BLOODBORNE!
60FPS!
Great news. Wasn't really too big on backwards comp heading into this gen but now with hundreds of digital games in my library it's much more important to me now. Glad there will be a bump no matter how small!
@oatmealwarrior92 @Robinsad
I get it, because I've never really made use of backwards compatibility even when it's been present.
When I got my PS2, I kept my PS1 games for about a month, but I just wasn't playing them... they'd been great, but the PS2 games were so much better.
When I got my PS3, I only played the PS2 Tomb Raider with b/c... all my other PS2 games were sold in the first week or so, again because the PS3 games were so much better.
When I got my PS4, I wasn't bothered about the lack of b/c because I simply kept my PS3. That said, the PS3 hasn't seen much use.
So up until this point, it's never been an issue for me personally, because I've rarely gone back to the older games. But with each generation, there are diminishing returns, and the improvements get less and less. So at this point, in what is a U-turn for me, I actually do see myself keeping some of my PS4 games to play on PS5, regardless of whether it 'improves' them or not.
@Paranoimia except ps1 jrpgs remain head and shoulders above most jrpgs that were released after them. if anything, the genre has taken a few steps backwards. the ps1 era was the golden age for jrpg's after all. it totally depends on what genres you are into, but i still find countless reasons to go back to older console generations as each has its own strengths.
@Ralizah I thank God that i got a Resident Evil 0/1/2 remake i rather see that happen being able too play the old versions, Rachet and Clank, Shadow of the Colossus, MediEvil. Now please give me Koudelka, Legend of Legaia, Dino Crisis, Parasite Eve 2. And the best RPG ever Legend of Dragoon.
I'm more interested in PS4 game saves and trophy progress carrying over to PS5. Haven't seen anything on this yet and is the main reason I'm hanging onto my PS3 as opposed to jumping aboard PS Now.
@Porco True, but I'm only speaking for myself from the point of understanding where @oatmealwarrior92 is coming from.
@Paranoimia it possibly depends on the kind of games you play and how replayable they are. The Witcher 3 is always going to be a great game, I've just started up a Ng+ on it and will hopefully carry that over to the ps5. The silent hill games weren't the best remaster but I still play them from PS3. And my kids regularly play the Disney PS3 games. I busted out The Thing on PS2 not long back, and before the RE:make came out I was playing the PS1 version of resident evil on my Vita.
@Robinsad Absolutely. To be honest, I've been gaming a long time, and personally there have been very, very few games which I've ever wanted to go back and play over and over.
@Paranoimia Well some games are timeless. Bought San Andreas 4 times. 3 on PS2, the 1st got misplaced/stolen by friend of a friend, 2nd got scratched, 3rd had to be sold together with the PS2 and other games to buy a PS3. Now the 4th, is on my PS4 HD. 😊
@oatmealwarrior92 I want to play xcom 2,! But the loading on the ps4 🅸🆂 soooo bad (´Д`),.. So I will wait for ps5! And play it. 😁 ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)🤙
@TheArt Hated San Andreas, personally. Played a few hours and never went back to it. Actually made me feel physically sick on PS2 with the motion blur (has the 'honour' of being the only game to ever have that effect on me, including VR titles), didn't take to the characters, and hated the eating/drinking nonsense.
For me, Vice City was the pinnacle of GTA and I haven't truly enjoyed any of the series since; I probably won't bother with the next at all unless it does something spectacular. Even so, as much as I loved Vice City, I've had no desire at all to play it again; if they were to do a full remaster, maybe, but the original... nope.
With all the buzz around the PS5 backward compatibility and the current state of the PS Plus, there is a big chance that there will be zero PS5 games added to PS plus in its first year or so… They will just feed us bigger – but old – PS4 titles and praise that it will all run faster and better than before. Seems more than possible when you really think about it -.-
There isn't going to be many big PS5 games for the first year so I can't wait to be able to play Red Dead without load times or The Division 2 on the PS5
@Paranoimia Sorry you couldn't enjoy a classic game like San Andreas. And if all the features present in GTAV which other Devs are struggling to replicate aren't enough for you and still waiting for something spectacular as you said, you'd be waiting a very long time friend.
@Ridwaano Xcom2 is awesome even with the load times. But I can understand, they are pretty long.
@EddieGreenheart The frame pacing is the games biggest issue not the 30fps.
I am like 8 or 9 big games behind in my Gaming er erm Gaming time So it's cool that I don't have to finish all of them on my PS4 and can play them on my PS5 Now SONY shock EVERYONE and say the PS5 can play PS1 and PS2 and PS3 disc games to (Yep, I am still dreaming of that day that will never come unfortunately)
@BearsEatBeets well when the loading times takes 8 min.. Then it's a anyoing!.. So yes I will wait for that speed
Oh man stuff like this makes me regret being a nintendrone for so many years. Sony has been on fire. Like PS4 ill get PS5 day one.
@TheArt Nothing wrong with GTA V technically, or its 'features'... I just found the story pretty boring and the characters pretty 'meh'. Features and technical achievements alone don't necessarily make for a great game. I had it on PS3, finished the story and never touched it again... traded it in. As for the online side... just not interested.
I'm not 'waiting' for better games than GTA V; there are, in my personal opinion, already better games in terms of story and characters. But if it's your thing, great.
Be cool if I can transfer my MGSV save file to PS5. Wouldn't want to start from scratch.
@Ridwaano Blimey! I normally wait about a minute for missions to load and the same getting back to base. I can see why you gave up.
@BearsEatBeets I played only xcom 2 not the expansion. When did you last time play?
@Ridwaano it’s been a good few months now. I last played when the expansions were on sale and I got the war of the chosen and played that. I got the base game at launch and played that then. Just remembered that the initial load was longer than I stated, that could potentially be a few minutes I never really timed it. Once playing though it was what I mentioned.
@BearsEatBeets well I bought war of chosen on the last sale. Have not played it yet. But I am really busy right now!
But for sure I will play it in the future.
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