PS5 Rumored to be Able to Play all PS4 Games Without Any Approval from Sony Needed

PS5 Rumored to be Able to Play all PS4 Games Without Any Approval from Sony Needed

3 years ago
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https://wccftech.com/ps5-ps4-backward-compatibility-all-games-supported-no-whitelisting/

After largely ignoring the feature for a couple generations, Sony is once again pushing backward compatibility heavily for the upcoming PlayStation 5. That said, it isn’t entirely clear how extensive BC will be – Sony has said most of the PS4’s top games will be supported, but hasn’t promised you’ll be able to pop in just any PS4 game into your PS5 and play. Outside of the very top PS4 games, will we have to wait for Sony to test and whitelist titles before we can play them?

Thankfully, it sounds like that that won’t be the case. Popular streamer Lance McDonald, who seems to have some inside connections at Sony, recently posted a clarification about PS5 backwards compatibility. He’s since taken the tweet down “out of respect for the platform holder” (sounds like somebody yelled at him), but the Internet never forgets – here’s what he said…