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play games published on prior platforms
optimized for superior hardware.For those of us without oodles of cash to spend, though, it can feel mean-spirited
And the issue of backward compatibility has clearly struck a chord with Sony in some way, as we know the PS5 will feature a whole load of
the next-gen console into your home
PS2 remains to this day the world's bestselling console, by any manufacturer
glitches affecting titles such as Final Fantasy Anthology, Monkey Hero, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy (via PlayStation).But the philosophy was
kaput.The PS2 Slim, however, changed things
Ensuring old games work on newer consoles requires work, and that workload was getting bigger the longer developers were pushing out games
released in 2004, had an ever bigger list of titles it struggled to play, including Worms and various NHL games from the PS1, and even some
console.Part of the reason the successive PS3 Slim was smaller and cheaper was the removal of this functionality, which paved the way for
PS Now service enabled subscribers to access a library of several hundred legacy titles without having to own a disc or keep space for them
compatibility itself could be hidden behind a paywall, either packaged within PS Plus or as a standalone purchase.This might be naysaying,
both available and free forever on the PS5.
