PlayStation 5 May Feature Cloud-Based Backward Compatibility

[Tsing]

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One of the biggest questions that PlayStation fans have had is whether or not Sony’s next-generation console will support games from the PS1, PS2, and PS3 eras. While the chances of that aren’t looking very good (only backward compatibility of PS4 titles have been mentioned thus far), a new discovery suggests that legacy support could be coming to the PlayStation 5 in one way or another.



As spotted by Twitter user @Renka_schedule (via Inverse), Sony has filed a patent for what appears to be a cloud-based backward-compatibility system for the PS5. “A large number of game titles across PS1/PS2/PS3 and various generations of game consoles can be stored and used via the cloud gaming library,” according to...

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[SeymourGore]

Wasn't this what Playstation Now is(was?)?

Feels like Sony bought Gaikai years ago and never did much with their technology.

 

[Burticus]

So if it's streaming, then a straight up middle finger to Sony. This has been tried so many times.... well let's see how it fails this time.