The PS5 is backward compatible to a limited extent. While you can play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games on PS5, there are caveats to this. So, if you were hoping it’s as easy as just sliding your disc in, ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

A new PlayStation patent suggests the PS5, and possibly the PS4, are finally getting PS3, PS2, and PS1 backward compatibility. Unlike the Xbox Series X — which plays many Xbox 360 and original Xbox ...

PlayStation fans would be quite delighted to know that Sony has finally figured out a way to implement backward compatibility. While the PlayStation 5 had some interesting features and make some ...

Renowned Sony engineer Mark Cerny has reportedly filed a patent that would seemingly allow the PS5 to play older games via backward compatibility. Specifically, the patent describes a method to change ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment may have found a robust backwards compatibility solution to run all PlayStation classics on its new PlayStation 5 flagship. According to a published patent from last ...

Sony has confirmed that the new model PlayStation 3 for Europe has had its backwards compatibility reduced due to costs. Sony released the final specifications for the Euro PS3 last week, revealing ...

A new tweet from PlayStation has ignited speculation that PS1, PS2, and PS3 backward compatibility is finally happening, presumably via the PS5, but possibly the PS4 as well. The tweet comes from the ...