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 ...

One of the biggest long-standing issues with PS Plus Premium may finally be on its way to being solved. At the moment, the PS3 library on Sony’s subscription service is available only via cloud ...

Chad joined the DualShockers staff in mid 2009 and since then has put much of his time into covering RPGs, with a focus on the Japanese side of the genre, from the obscure to the mainstream. He's a ...

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.

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 ...

"We have been building devices with a focus on PS5-specific engineering. Among them, PS4 already has 100 million players, so I thought that I would like to play PS4 titles on PS5 as well, so we ...

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 ...

A recently filed patent could indicate additional unannounced details about Sony’s PS5 backwards compatibility strategy and keeping its 25-year library of games alive. One of the longest-running ...

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