Sony has no plans for backward compatibility on PS4 - console
(hx) 05:32 PM CEST - Jun,19 2015
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If you were eagerly anticipating that Sony would follow in Microsoft's footsteps by adding PS3 emulation to its PlayStation 4, don't get your hopes up. "PS3 is such a unique architecture," Yoshiba said, "and some games made use of SPUs very well. It's going to be super-challenging to do so. I never say never, but we have no plans." Unfortunately, then, it seems that the PS3's complex Cell processor architecture would make emulating its games on the PS4 an engineering nightmare. Sony's PlayStation Now service will allow PS4 owners to play games from its predecessor through game streaming - but while Microsoft's backward compatibility will be free, PlayStation gamers will have to pay for the service. Sony set recent UK beta pricing for renting PS3 games on PlayStation Now as high as ~ $7.90 USD per game for just two days, or ~ $15.80 for a month. |
Updated:10:44 AM CEST Sep,20
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