There is still a lot confusion regarding the support Sony will give to PlayStation 5 in terms of backward compatibility with PlayStation 4 titles. Among the various rumors that have circulated on the net was that of a user who claimed that the optical media of compatible PlayStation 4 titles would not be accepted by the new blu-ray player integrated into the new console.
To clarify everything we thought the official Ask PlayStation JP account which confirmed that the titles indicated as backward compatible will be playable on PlayStation 5 regardless of the support owned by the player. Consequently it will be possible to transport our PlayStation 4 titles on the new Sony console both by reading the optical media and by downloading the digital title.
PS5の互換動作に対応したPS4のゲームであれば、ディスク版でもデジタル版でもPS5でそのままプレイ可能です。PS4のゲームをディスクでプレイする場合は、ディスクドライブ搭載モデルをお選び下さい。以上PS5の互換性に関する窓口対応について不足がございましたので補足してお詫び申し上げます。 pic.twitter.com/Ha0JZGHtf4
- Ask PlayStation JP (@AskPS_JP) September 23, 2020
The confirmation comes after the rumors of the past few days regarding the fact that 99% of PlayStation 4 titles will be playable on PlayStation 5 through backward compatibility, at the same time the predictable impossibility of playing the PS3, PS2 and PSX titles on the new flagship of the house was indicated Sony.
We remember that PlayStation 5 will be available starting November 19th, at a price of 499 € for the version inclusive of the blu ray player and 399 € for the "all-digital" version.
