This is a bit of an obvious point, but Media Molecule's Dreams will of course be backwards compatible on PlayStation 5. It's very good news, as the make-anything create 'em up thrives on community engagement, so it only makes sense to have the game be accessible on the new hardware.
The news comes from Media Molecule itself, but the studio makes a couple of interesting points about how PS5 will affect the game. Firstly, if you're playing on the new console, creations made on PS4 may get performance boosts thanks to the increase in power. As some creations could get a bit choppy, this is a nice benefit.
However, there's another layer to this. If you create something on PS5 and share it with the community, PS4 players might experience "performance differences" when playing these. In other words, if you go nuts making something in Dreams on PS5, there's a possibility it could run at a low frame rate on PS4.
Media Molecule says it's looking at ways to communicate this within the game. We imagine that an update will make it so creations made on PS5 will be marked as such, so that PS4 players can steer clear of any issues.
Will you be carrying on creating in Dreams on PS5? Use your imagination in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Just bought this last week, I believe this would a massive hit as a ps plus game for ps5
This game I've avoided playing on ps4 quite a lot because it would have the console absolutely screaming constantly, far louder than anything else I've played. But I've been keeping an eye on the reddit page, and have saved quite a few games to my Play Later list. Looking forward to jumping back in and seeing what people have done with it!
This would have been perfect for PS Plus Collection (or future Plus monthly addition). The whole marketing campaign could have been built around that, giving gamers tools to create elaborate scenarios/content themselves..
Backwards compatibility means I'll be playing this for many year. Currently standing at 117 hours played of Dreams. Again that's played as I can't create sh**
For a game that I paid £25 for I consider that great value for money. Also, it's a perfect place to start gaming for my 5 year old daughter. Lots of fun little mini games.
Maybe those realistic demos will load better on ps5!
What MM achieved with Dreams is staggering. The music creation suite is a full price game in its own right. Praise the lord Dreams is coming to PS5.
@UltimateOtaku91 considering how much was spent to make it, I don't mind having paid for it. It's a gem.
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It would definitely infuse alot more creations!
I think it's a bit frustrating that I've seen creators on Reddit griping about small space for creations hoping "maybe ps5 will have higher limits."
I just think it goes against good game design. If it's a decent idea you should learn to make it work instead of relying on the hardware. Many older games are great because the devs had to work around restrictions, now I fear bunches of ps5 owners will start making heavily forested areas just because they can. 😑
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