Enlarge / Were you hoping to play classic PlayStation discs on the newest PlayStation 5 console later this year? If so, we have bad news. (credit: Aurich Lawson)
On Monday, an Ubisoft FAQ page went live to walk the company's fans through games coming out on a bunch of consoles this holiday season. In doing so, the FAQ seems to have finally confirmed something Sony hadn't yet announced about its PlayStation 5 console: its backward-compatibility limitations.
When digging through Ubisoft's latest American FAQ page series, most of the language hinges on what appears to be a seamless transition for purchased software from Xbox One to Xbox Series X or from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5. (This will apply to previously announced cross-generational software like Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.) One new page, however, emerged from the company's Australian help site with a clarification about PS4 and PS5 multiplayer connectivity, and it added a surprising detail:
PlayStation 4 players will be able to join multiplayer games with PlayStation 5 players.Backwards compatibility will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, but will not be possible for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, or PlayStation games.
A less-welcome generational leap
Sony Interactive Entertainment representatives did not immediately confirm whether Ubisoft's claim is legitimate. Up until this point, we were only aware of PS5 backward compatibility with PS4 software, as Sony Senior VP Hideaki Nishino told fans in March that he "believe[d] that the overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 titles will be playable on PS5." This followed a March presentation about the PS5's architecture which included this interesting image:
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