The PS5 is backward compatible to a limited extent. While you can play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games on PS5, there are caveats to this. So, if you were hoping it’s as easy as just sliding your disc in, ...

Nick Baker has claimed on the latest XboxEra podcast via an anonymous source that Sony is working on ‘select’ PS3 backwards compatibility, allowing them to be played natively on the PS5. “Sony is ...

Rumor has it that the next-gen PlayStation handheld will be backwards compatible with the PS5 right out of the box. A known AMD insider has claimed that the portable console features shader binary ...

Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb has revealed that he’s also heard that Sony is quietly working on PS3 backwards compatibility for the PS5, following yesterday’s reports from XboxEra’s Nick Baker that the ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A new PlayStation report has good news about PS3 backward compatibility on PS5. The exotic ...

TL;DR: The PlayStation 5, launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, has only sixteen true exclusive titles compared to over 500 on the PlayStation 2, reflecting a market shift toward multiplatform ...

We've known for a while that Sony's PS5 backward compatibility policy wasn't going to match Microsoft's, but the company hasn't disclosed many details to-date. Recently posted (and now removed) ...

One of the primary reasons for the lack of PS3 backward support on the PS5 is the complex nature of emulating the PS3’s unique Cell processor architecture. Unlike the more standard x86 architecture ...

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. A PlayStation 5 firmware update appears to have corrected a notorious backward compatibility bug in the ...