Sony Reveals List of PS4 Games That Won’t be Playable on PS5

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PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan previously noted that the PS5 would be able to play “99 percent” of the PS4’s library, which got Sony fans wondering which games wouldn’t be backward compatible. A support document published today has confirmed what those titles are.



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These games will only be playable on the PS4. It isn’t clear why the PS5 can’t play these or whether they’ll be supported after...

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[Brian_B]

That's a pretty short and specific list

 

[Armenius]

That's a pretty short and specific list

True, but I'd like to know which games have issues now after reading that and what the exact issues are.

 

[Grimlakin]

Maybe its' the issue from the old line drawn Xwing game back in the day.. before many of you were born (mid 80's). It was out for the 286 and such. Then I remember trying it on a 486 sx and even with turbo off it was TOO FAST TO PLAY. Perhaps it's a the new system is too fast and the game doesn't have throttles in it.

 

[Armenius]

Maybe its' the issue from the old line drawn Xwing game back in the day.. before many of you were born (mid 80's). It was out for the 286 and such. Then I remember trying it on a 486 sx and even with turbo off it was TOO FAST TO PLAY. Perhaps it's a the new system is too fast and the game doesn't have throttles in it.

Games back then were made to update their loops at a fixed rate determined by the CPU clock speed. Games are no longer made that way and have not for a long time. Physics threads will still often be updated at a fixed rate separate from the rendering thread, though, since it's more predictable. Unfortunately some lazy developers still tie things like input to the framerate and even physics in some cases. It's easier to cap the framerate than it is the CPU clock speed, though.