After the PlayStation 5's price reveal, fans have been wanting to know more about the upcoming next-gen console, and Sony has actually been revealing a bunch of new details; most of which have made players even more excited for its highly anticipated release.
PlayStation Chief Operating Officer Jim Ryan is actually the one who has been revealing new information about the new console, but the latest bit of information may be the most controversial yet, although it is also the one most people expected.
During a recent interview with Famitsu, as translated by the people over at Siliconera, Ryan has confirmed what many feared about the PlayStation 5; it will not be compatible with the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, nor the PlayStation 3.
"We keep in mind the engineering specialized for the PlayStation 5, as we produced the device. In the midst of that, the PlayStation 4 already has 100 million players; we thought they ought to want to play PlayStation 4 titles on the PlayStation 5 as well indeed, so we included compatibility with the PlayStation 4," explained Ryan when asked about backwards compatibility with the first three PlayStation consoles.
Ryan then add: "While implementing that, we also focused our efforts on taking in the high-speed SSD and the new controller DualSense at the same time. So, unfortunately, we couldn't reach the implementation of such compatibilities."
Again, this may be disappointing news, but this is what pretty much everyone already assumed. The great news is that pretty much the entire library of PlayStation 4 titles will be available on PlayStation 5, and that alone is still news worthy of appreciation.
PlayStation 5 will be launching mid-November, and players will already have 99 percent of the PlayStation 4's library available at their disposable on launch day; not to mention the new next-gen titles that will also become available on either launch day, and the weeks/months after the release.
PlayStation 5 is expected to launch on Thursday the 12th of November in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea; worldwide release on Thursday the 19th of November.