99% of PS4 Games Can Be Played on PS5, Says PlayStation Boss

He also said, and this is worth stressing:

"We believe in firm generational gaps".

And his marketing team also said they'd give plenty of pre-order notice.

So Jim Ryan saying 99% of PS4 games will work probably means about 10%.

I'll probably only bother with TLOU Remastered for PS4 games on PS5.

At least we get an answer. I'm starting to remember why I switched to Nintendo. They're as scummy as anyone else, but at least they're somewhat forward about things.

I read that as 99% of PS5 games will be playable on PS4.

And after today that doesn't seem too far off. 😂

Pre-orders are live Now all over the US - Target, Gamestop - so they kind of messed that up a bit as well.

We got another Phill on our hands. I won't trust his words again

@GilbertXI Eh, Switching 😉 to Nintendo isn't a great idea. Just have a PlayStation/Xbox and have a Switch as a secondary system.

@AJDarkstar - i'm going to keep mine for now. if i can bring resogun, SSHD , everybodys golf and snowrunner over to ps5, i'll shut it down. if i can't, i'll be keeping it for those games.

@HotGoomba Zelda, Mario, smash, Pokemon, Xenoblade...if there was one console I'd choose, it would be a Nintendo, then probably PC/PlayStation, and then Xbox. What I don't like is the price hike, $70 is okay I guess, but making games for 80 euros is insane, even if it doesn't affect me. Are they trying to make people go to gamepass?

So i can replay Portal Knights, The Sims 4, Dragon Quest Builders 2 again on PS5 ?

@GilbertXI at this point, yes.

@Anti-Matter Likely. I can see Builders and the Sims running, but Portal Knights might to.

@Anti-Matter without a definitive list, you couldnt know for sure but at face value, 99 percent means you should be fairly confident that you will be fine with the games you mention.

Still interested in why the 1% wouldn't work. I assume it's handling PS4 games natively (as opposed to emulation), so everything should run... I guess they're saying some won't be playable due to certain accessory limitations... but it has USB ports so mics, portals etc should be fine?

I wish they'd just let us know how it all works. The way MS have demonstrated stuff just gives people confidence. Not just in backwards compatibility, but that crossgen won't hold things back. Take an original Xbox game and see how differently it runs on an original Xbox, compared to an Xbox One, and then a Series X. That's all using the original game with no tweaks. Bodes well for developers being able to scale up or down when they know in advance.

If 99% work then publish a list of the 1% that will not. Does not really sound like a real figure to me. Its like saying almost all games will work. But if its true it means that they have tested all games

Would be great to clear up if they run them like a pro or base unit

@R1spam
This. I skipped the PS4 pro so keen to know if I can replay some PS4 games at the higher visuals of the PS4 pro on the PS5.

So...I’ll be able to play dead games like Battleborn and Evolve again? Oh, that’s probably the 1% he’s talkin’ about. D’oh!

@Anti-Matter Let's hope those load times of Sims running on PS5 are reduced dramatically.

@Eldritch
And also Dragon Quest Builders 2.
Loading time on both PS4 and Switch version was very long.

If that's really the case, I'll get a ps5 early and give my PS4 Pro to my brother. Time is money and those loading time are wasting my money, so I'll save by spending (I make no sense)

Mark Cerney- "About 100 of the most played games will be ready for backward compatibility at launch."

Jim Carrey CEO- "I got all the games, say you love me!"

If this is what they say it is then I’ll pre order. That was my main concern.

Of course he neglected to mention it will run in a virtual streamed environment vs direct installs.

@GilbertXI I'm sure in 2021 we'll already have the chance to buy PS5 games for € 40 thanks to their huge and frequent sales, while Switch games will still be € 60 in 2025.

@andreoni79 yes, that's why im not super mad at the raised prices. And Nintendo was never big on CGI trailers anyways, so I know exactly what I'm buying. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. Got my popcorn.

@Menchi Same.

My guess the one percent of games that won't be played are those that were removed and can no longer be found (Speakeasy, Solbrein, Wander, Afro Samurai 2, etc.), and possibly online only games that got their servers shut down (Don't even think, Genesis, Paragon, Tomorrow Children, etc.)