If all the backwards-compatibility rules and silly Cell processors across PlayStation consoles have your head spinning, you’re not alone. Different hardware generations, different disc formats, and ...

Sony wants its next-gen PlayStation 5 to play thousands of PS4 games when it releases this holiday. The PS5's custom SoC, OS, and software architecture environment was built from the ground up with ...

My single biggest problem with the PS3? The loss of backwards compatibility. It’s a gaping hole in the system’s feature set. Then again, it may also be one that’s on the way back. Some background: ...

Sony has been revealing more details about the PlayStation 5 and its games, looking towards the future. However, someone recently unearthed a patent that suggests the company is also interested in its ...

The PS5's backwards compatibility support only extends to the PS4 era, and the next-gen console won't play legacy PS1, PS2, or PS3 games. Sony's Jim Ryan re-iterated the news in a recent interview ...

Anyone who's been around long enough to own multiple consoles will always be looking for a way to take advantage of their bulging library of games via backwards compatibility. Here at Digital Spy ...

At E3 2010, Sony announced the second PS3 compilation of PS2 games, The Sly Collection. Though we at Game Rant had hoped that the Team Ico Collection would be the second such compilation issued, we're ...

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 that, having the ability to play classic games, even if you never actually would, adds another reason for prospective buyers with old PlayStation game collections to pick up something like the PS4.

PlayStation 3's launch was rough due to its high price and a weak lineup of games. After the PS3 release, gems like Rogue ...

The Sony PlayStation brand is all about providing world-class experiences with cutting-edge technology. It even doubled down in 2024 by releasing the PlayStation 5 Pro. That being said, if you want to ...