The PlayStation 3 released worlwide in November of 2006, bringing with it a new generation of consoles, and some neat new features for players; such as a blu-ray player, wireless controllers, and even backward compatibility with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games.
Three years after the console's release, Sony decided to do away with the backwards compatibility feature, to the point now only some PlayStation games would work on the console, but none of the titles released for the PlayStation 2; ever since, players have been wanting to see the feature being brought back.
Unfortunately, it seems like the PlayStation 5 will not be the console that gives players the long-requested backwards compatibility feature, as recent information has revealed some potentially disappointing news for PlayStation fans.
Interestingly enough, this information was inadvertently revealed by Ubisoft on their Support website, where it is stated that the next-gen console will not be backwards compatible with the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, nor the PlayStation 3; more specifically, it only lists the PlayStation 4 as being backward compatible.
On the plus side, Ubisoft Support's website also reveals that PlayStation 4 players will be able to join multiplyer games with PlayStation 5 players; full backwards comptibility not being a feature is still very disappointing, though.
Now, this information is unofficially being revealed by Ubisoft, so maybe Sony still has something to say in regards to this particular topic. With that said, it is unlikely that this will be the case, at least not when it comes to physical media; if that were the case, an all-digital PlayStation 5(no disc reader) would not even be offered as an option by Sony.
This may be disappointing news to some of you, but the good news is that Sony still seems to be going all out with the PlayStation 5, and all points to their next-gen console possibily becoming the go-to platform for quite a bunch of players thanks to its exclusives. Let's just hope that Sony reconsiders at one point and finally decides to offer full backwards compatibility in the near future.