A new post on Ubisoft's support page confirms the PlayStation 5's backwards compatibility is exclusive to PS4 game discs. "Backwards compatibility will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, ...

PS5 will not be backward compatible with PS3, PS2, or PS1 games, according to a new support document on Ubisoft's website. Sony has yet to officially confirm or deny that PS3, PS2, or PS1 games will ...

When the PS5 releases this November, it will play 99% of PS4 games via backward compatibility, but will it play PS3, PS2, or PS1 games? This has been the question Sony has been dodging since it was ...

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 ...

Sony is about to make the jump to a new generation of gaming hardware, and it's not willing to look back, at least not very far. Anyone hoping for backward compatibility beyond the PS4 is set to be ...

In the ongoing lead-up to PlayStation 5’s launch, the question of backwards compatibility has been a looming and cagey question for Sony. PS4 compatibility has been confirmed a few times already, but ...

PlayStation 5's full backward compatibility potential has remained somewhat of a mystery as Sony has not confirmed or denied any potential for support beyond PS4 games, but a recent, and now updated ...

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, ...

You can play some PS1, PS2, and PS3 games on PS4 through PlayStation Store purchases. PlayStation Plus Extra or Deluxe membership offers a catalog of older games to ...

Update: The Ubisoft support page has been edited to remove any mention of PS3, PS2, and PS1, but the internet being the internet, screenshots have captured it for all to see. Don’t take that to mean ...

PlayStation 5 will be compatible with "99 percent" of PS4 games according to Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and President Jim Ryan, although that may be as far as backwards compatibility goes. In ...