A member of Cradle Games, developers of Hellpoint, explains the difficulties that Sony may have to make this desired function possible.
Marc-André Jutras, technical director of Cradle Games, responsible for the still-developing RPG soulslike Hellpoint, explained in a recent meeting with Gaming Bolt the reason why Sony may be having difficulties making backward compatibility of games from the first generations possible. from PlayStation on PS5; that is, PS3, PS2 and PS1.
Does not understand so many difficulties, but understands that there are other factors
"As a player, it's hard to understand what the big problem is in all of this," he begins by saying. Unlike the Microsoft console, Xbox Series X, which will have more than 700 backwards compatible titles since its release this Christmas, Sony's domestic solution will only be – which has been confirmed until today – backward compatible with the 100 most played titles on PS4 ; although they hope that there will be more than 4,000 titles from the past compatible with PS5 over time.
The four generations of PlayStation
But he explains: “As a developer, though, I can see that there are some legal issues that may be somewhat fuzzy, especially if the goal in all of this is to have all those old games sold in some stores. Some companies no longer exist, and licenses for those games may not be easy to find. I also understand that older games may have some kind of DRM hardware that can prevent new consoles from reading those discs, "he says. "To be honest, I wish that backward compatibility was not something new, but a budgetary feature, covering all titles," he concludes.
"How is it possible that PS5 is not compatible with PS4, 3, 2, and 1? If I can find an emulator for all of them out there, and the new consoles are as powerful as a good gaming PC, then there is no reason why not all those games can be run, even without glitches, ”he continues, without really understanding what is owed. "I wish they could find a way to find it and just cover it all, even if it is not perfect," he says sincerely.
All in all, Hellpoint has recently delayed its launch on consoles and PCs in light of the coronavirus crisis.
PlayStation 5 will launch worldwide in late 2020; You can learn everything we know about the console in this report, as well as in this other about its command, the DualSense.
