PlayStation 4 Will Not Move Towards Backward Compatibility
One of the big announcements to come out of this year’s E3 was the announcement from Microsoft that the Xbox One would feature backward compatibility. This backwards compatibility will support the play of older Xbox 360 titles on the Xbox One console. Speaking to Polygon, Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida commented on the news. In short, it seems that Sony has no plans to incorporate backwards compatibility for the PlayStation 4.
Yoshida stated, “The technology involved must be very challenging.” He added, “I don’t think we will change our approach. The PlayStation 4 doesn’t have backward compatibility.” In addition, Yoshida did not rule out the idea completely for the future, but it explained it would be hard, saying, “Backward compatibility is hard. I won’t say we’ll never do it, but it’s not an easy thing to do. If it was easy we would have done that.”
So those owners who are hoping PlayStation 4 could add this feature in a later update should probably not start holding their breath anytime soon. Currently, PlayStation 4 owners can play PlayStation 3 games using the PlayStation Now streaming service. Backward compatibility is currently available for Xbox Preview members. It will be available to all Xbox One holders later this holiday season. The list of games that are backward compatible will also be expanded later on.