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PS5 could be backwards compatible with PS4, PS3, PS2 and original PlayStation

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Sony could court the Sony hardcore fan with a full suite of backwards compatibility options.
If like us your gaming pile of shame stretches back not only through the current console generation, but back to the mid 90s too, the PS5 could perhaps be the next machine for you.
According to a newly-uncovered patent, the PlayStation 5 may be capable not only of playing souped-up next-generation titles, but also of emulating the PlayStation 4, PS3, PS2 and original PlayStation, aka the PSX.
The patent, numbered 2019-503013, was filed by the PS4’s lead architect Mark Cerny, and describes a process that would allow the next-gen CPU to “interpret” the CPU of previous machines.

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