There is a new rumor going around about the Ps5 and that it will be backwards compatible. This has been a hope for gamers since it was a thing on the PS2 & PS3. And it is a thing on the Xbox One. Yet it didn’t happen for PS4.
Here is the thing though. It is a simple BC rumor as according to the rumor these past game will be getting remastered through the system.
“Each asset such as a texture called for by legacy software such as a legacy computer game software has a unique identifier associated with it. The unique identifier can be rendered by imposing a hash on the asset, and then the asset stored with its identifier in a data structure. An artist remasters the textures for presentation on a higher resolution display than envisioned in the original software, and stores them back in the data structure with their identifiers. The original software is then played on the higher resolution display, with asset (such as texture) calls being intercepted, identified, and the data structure entered to retrieve the remastered asset having a matching identifier. The remastered asset is then inserted on the fly into the game presentation. ”
Now if this is true it raises the question how far back. While the PS4 has some great games on it so do does it PS3-PS1. And with this remastering/ back compatible it would take out the request of remastering old games. But raises an issue with those who have the digital copy jut so they can play it again. But those are my thoughts. What do you think of this latest rumor? Let me know.
Article:https://gearnuke.com/sony-planning-backward-compatibility-for-ps5-rumor/
Forum:https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sony-planning-backward-compatibility-for-ps5-rumour.1466601/
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