UPDATE : Ubisoft has hit the   telephone circuit stating that the PlayStation 5 wo n’t be able to recreate PS1 , PS2 , or PS3 games from its FAQ . At this time , there ’s no prescribed word from Ubisoft or Sony about the status of half-witted compatibility on these consoles .

The dreaming of a unifiedPlayStationexperience on the PS5 is seemingly over , as Ubisoft has confirmed that the forthcoming system will only be backward compatible with PS4 game , and not PS3 or PS2 titles . The PS4 had no feebleminded compatibility feature , which was something that the Xbox One had over it .

There have beenrumors spread about PS5 backward compatibilitysince the system was first announced . According to legion leak , patent , and rumors , the PS5 was give way to be compatible with games from every PlayStation system , with the potential exception of the handheld consoles .

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Sony has officially confirm that thePS5 will be compatible with PS4 games , but it seems that ’s as far as it will go . The FAQ section on the officialUbisoftwebsite has a question about upgrading game from PS4 to PS5 . The answer allege that there will be an upgrade process to leave games to modulation from PS4 to PS5 and that PS4 actor will be able to jump in on multiplayer games with PS5 players . The answer also sustain that the PS5 will only be backward compatible with PS4 biz , and there will be no compatibility on PS3 , PS2 , or original PlayStation games .

It ’s disappointing to learn about thelimited half-witted compatibility of the PS5 , especially adopt all of the escape and rumour over the retiring year . The fact that it ’s compatible with PS4 games is certainly an raise from what the PS4 was up to of , but it seems like Sony is ignoring a large part of its old library and pass on it to pile up debris . It ’s possible that more compatibility will be patch in at a late date , but Ubisoft seems certain that it ’s just PS4 games for the sentence being .

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Microsoft is pull in crabby - generational recreate a huge part of theXbox Series X ’s marketing , with the mind that fans wo n’t need to upgrade straight away . Sony is taking the opposite attack , with PS5 games staying undivided to that organisation ( at least for the time being ) . The exact listing of PS4 games that will be compatible with the PS5 at launching have yet to be discover , nor how the system will work . It ’s corking that the PS5 propagation will be spare the " Definitive Editions " of former - gen games , like in the early days of the PS4 ’s life-time , but the absence of backward compatibility with the sr. systems is something that is potential to frustrate fans who were expecting more .

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ThePS5is due to be release during the 2020 holiday time of year .

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informant : Ubisoft

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