{"id":50936,"date":"2013-02-22T10:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T08:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=50936"},"modified":"2013-02-22T11:16:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T09:16:43","slug":"ps4-wont-work-with-ps3-game-discs-psn-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/50936-ps4-wont-work-with-ps3-game-discs-psn-titles","title":{"rendered":"PS4 won\u2019t work with PS3 game discs, PSN titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The recently revealed Playstation 4 will not be compatible with retail and digitally downloaded PS3 games.<\/p>\n

The news comes from President of Sony\u2019s Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, who during a roundtable discussion with journalists, explained the complications of backwards compatibility.<\/p>\n

Yoshida explained that retail game discs, along with the downloadable titles, such as Journey and the Unfinished Swan, will not work on the PS4 due to its complex architecture.<\/p>\n

He did say that there is the possibility of emulation, as seen on the PS3 store with certain PS2 games, although \u201cwe\u2019re not talking about our emulation plans as yet,\u201d said Yoshida.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two ways [to play legacy content]: emulation or cloud services [from Gaikai]. But native support [of digital games from PS3], no, sorry. It doesn\u2019t work,\u201d concluded Yoshida.<\/p>\n

Source: IGN\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n

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PlayStation 4 unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS4 will not block used games<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Driveclub announced for PS4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knack, new character-driven physics action-platformer for PS4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Destiny confirmed for PlayStation 4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Killzone Shadow Fall revealed for PS4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch Dogs heads to PS4, new gameplay video<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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