Stuck In The Past
As we lurch into the next-generation among all the delightful preorder chaos and rumours and slander, many of us are just doing our best to get through all the current generation games we’ve yet to play. Most of these games you’ll be able to play on new hardware, but a select few are PS4 only.
The PS4 games that you can play on the PS5 number over 4000, which let’s be honest is probably more games than anyone could play in a lifetime! This means those early adopters among you will be able enjoy the vast majority of current generation games, some of them eve boasting a higher frame rate thanks to the PS5s Game Boost! Don’t go throwing out your humble PS4 just yet, however, as Sony admits that some features may not work on the PS5 or you might even experience errors or unexpected behaviour. Time will tell if this means we’ll get some hilarious bugs or just a game-breaking error message.
As for the games that, for some reason or other, cannot be played on PS5 – here’s the list.
- DWVR
- Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One
- TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge 2
- Just Deal With It!
- Shadow Complex Remastered
- Robinson: The Journey
- We Sing
- Hitman Go: Definitive Edition
- Shadwen
- Joe’s Diner
It’s an odd collection of games that you likely wouldn’t see grouped together for any other reason, but while this rogues gallery will not be playable on PS5, you can still find them on the PS Store, marked as ‘Playable on: PS4 only’. For such a diverse range of games, it is likely something specific to their code that makes them non backwards compatible. Xbox Series X/S meanwhile, will be backwards compatible with four generations of gaming!
Sony’s blog post also offered some tantalising clues as to the UI and functionality of the PS5. Describing how to use the DualSense in place of the share button, Sony explains you can screenshot with a long press of the create button, screen record with a double press, and open the create menu with a single press. We still don’t know exactly what the create menu will entail, but it is encouraging to see Sony supporting its users broadcasting their play experience.
Finally, the blog post mentions that when playing PS4 games, after downloading an update, you must “select game library from your games home”. This is probably NOT a reference to Playstation Home, but it does suggest that the PS5 UI will have separate sections for games, and maybe apps like Netflix, or else system settings etc. Sony seem to be keeping the UI close the the vest, either because it isn’t ready yet or (fingers crossed) it is completely mind-blowing!
Are you going to miss any of these games on the PS5? Let us know in the comments!