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 ...

Every time our favorite console manufacturers release their latest tech, the question of backwards compatibility is always brought up. Considering the number of excellent exclusives and memorable ...

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 ...

The PS5's backwards compatibility is a lot less expansive than we thought. Console architect Mark Cerny confirms the PS5 can only play PS4 games, and old PS1, PS2, and PS3 generation titles won't be ...

You can play most original Xbox games on an Xbox 360. You can play Nintendo Wii games on a Wii U console. But you can't play PS3 games on a PS4. Not directly, anyway. Putting a PS3 game disc into a ...

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 ...

Unless something changes, an issue lurking in older PlayStations' internal timing systems threatens to eventually make every PS4 game and all downloaded PS3 games unplayable on current hardware. The ...

Players who purchased a physical copy of one of the best PS4 games from 2017 can now claim a free PS5 upgrade.

The PS4 and PS4 Pro by comparison use a lot of the off the shelf PC parts, whereas the PS3 did not, hence why PS3 games simply will not work on PS4. There is however, a workaround of sorts, just like ...