PlayStation Backwards Compatibility

Discussions center on Sony PlayStation's backwards compatibility issues across generations like PS2, PS3, PS4, and PS5, including criticisms of dropped features, emulation, and comparisons to the parent topic.

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Sample Comments

overcast Oct 6, 2020 View on HN

PS5 is backwards compatible FYI.

throwawayaway Oct 28, 2014 View on HN

the playstation unit that progressively dropped features from the ps3 you paid top dollar for? you are too kind.

madeofpalk Sep 21, 2020 View on HN

Where's Sony/Playstation in this?

coding123 Sep 21, 2020 View on HN

No mention of playstation says a lot...

jacquesm Nov 17, 2015 View on HN

Apparently they used playstations...

cronix Jan 18, 2022 View on HN

I anticipate some curious bugs for playstation versions.

flatiron Oct 26, 2019 View on HN

Sony did the same thing with the ps3

pjettter Dec 21, 2020 View on HN

I wish this was available on PlayStation!

SirHound Jun 7, 2019 View on HN

Probably just buy a PlayStation

pjmlp Sep 16, 2021 View on HN

You missed Playstation as well.