“With all of the amazing games in PS4’s catalog, we’ve devoted significant efforts to enable our fans to play their favorites on PS5. We believe that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5.
“We’re expecting backward compatible titles will run at a boosted frequency on PS5 so that they can benefit from higher or more stable frame rates and potentially higher resolutions. We’re currently evaluating games on a title-by-title basis to spot any issues that need adjustment from the original software developers.”
I disagree and here is why:
Backward Compatibility is nice and should have been a given and feature for all PS... Finally Sony understand the value for it, but to be honest, at this point in time, when they have been forcing us us to upgrade at each console release, we pretty much have all of the PS hardware and games for us to play anytime without a PS5.
So the value of upgrading to PS5 is certainly not based on the fact that we can finally play old games...
Games are relatively more affordable, especially on the used market, so again upgrading to PS5 in order to play old games is really No One's priority at this point.
Everyone wants to upgrade to the PS5 for the higher quality and performance as well as new PS5 games, but given the hardship and financial situation for most people due to the virus, the long lasting effects will impact most middle and lower class families... I highly doubt 2020 Christmas game and console purchase can be compared to previous years ..
Not everyone will jump on the next gen console just yet...
I predict even that 2020 Christmas purchases will be the worse in a long time.
Only well to do families can easily afford and get them.
For this reason, and as I have predicted before, the smarter move for Sony would have been to ensure most (not all) PS5 games can be played at a downgraded level by the current gen...
Why do you ask?
Because then Sony and the game houses will be able to still make some profit from middle class and lower class families (like myself) from game purchase.... Eventually middle and lower class families will get onto the next gen 1 year or 2 years later...
If Sony don't allow a forward compatibilty ... It is guaranteed profit loss for this Christmas.
From the technical standpoint, it makes no sense...
But It is from the financial and business standpoint.
Although I could squeeze in to pay $500 for the PS5, especially if GT7 is the release title, as I always have done before.... But now IAM 20 years older and games are NOT my priorities anymore...
I can say with certitudes That I will NOT buy the PS5 because I can do better things with $500.
Now if Sony allows me to play GT7 or whatever it will be called on my PS4, with downgraded performance, I will not hesitate to purchase the title at release for $80...
This is for the bean counters and management to seriously think about the consequences of their future decisions.
I don't care that PS5 has backward Compatibility... It makes no sense to me...
The statement from Sony is some marketing bull.
EDIT: SORRY my rant doesn't really belong on this thread, but I was simply replying to a comment above... The Mods can freely move my comment to the appropriate topic section or duplicate it... Thanks for reading people.
EDIT 2: actually I remember why I am ranting here... Because I want to give a warning to the developer of PC3 (
@IanBell ) to also consider this fact... To allow people to get and purchase PC3 as early as possible if they will release within the next year or so... So that people like myself can buy PC3 without to shell out an additional $500 to play it ... ( That's if I like PC2 after I give it a go this week...)