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May 30, 2020 12 min

WTF Is PlayStation’s Back-Compat Plan? - Inside Gaming Daily

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There’s great news for PS4 owners and Sony fans today! Developer documentation released on PlayStation's internal Partner website indicates that new PS4 games made after July 13th are required to be PS5 compatible. It’s good to hear backward compatibility will be more than an afterthought next-gen but how will the PS5 and Series X back-compat libraries compare? Check out our streaming schedule at http://twitter.com/InsideGaming Listen to our podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/IGPodcast Or buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/mc_lotta http://twitter.com/briangaar http://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 SOURCES [Eurogamer] New PS4 games must also run on PlayStation 5 from July, Sony tells devs https://bit.ly/2XbXrzO [Xbox] Xbox Series X: The Most Powerful and Compatible Next-Gen Console with Thousands of Games at Launch https://bit.ly/3cdyS9R [Games Radar] PS5 backwards compatibility will let you play "supported PS4 games with system update" https://bit.ly/2XfhhKE [Playstation Blog] Unveiling New Details of PlayStation 5: Hardware Technical Specs [UPDATED] https://bit.ly/2zzCaqV [Playstation Blog] You’re Invited: A Look at the Future of Gaming on PlayStation 5 https://bit.ly/3clmy7K [Games Industry dot biz] Sony's Jim Ryan: “It's time to give fans something that can only be enjoyed on PlayStation 5” https://bit.ly/2AfUzJ7

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