Web page source code at
https://checkout.playstation.com/error# contains interesting new PS5 info
It seems this is info will be presented on the Web-based PlayStation Store through prompts/error messages.
-Backwards Compatibility:
- "playing PS4 games on PS5, some functionalities available on PS4 may not be available. See www.playstation.com/ps5-backwards-compatibility for more details." (dead link, currently)
- "This PS4 game isn't supported with your PS5's current system software. We're continuing to make more PS4 games playable on PS5. Update your PS5, and then try playing the game"
- "This PS4 game isn't supported with your PS5's current system software. We're continuing to make more PS4 games playable on PS5. Update your PS5, and then try playing the game."
- "PS5 boost mode enabled"
So, not all PS4 games will be supported, and indeed, as suggested a
few months back, you'll need to update the system OS to access newly compatible PS4 games.
We already knew boost mode was coming, but interesting to see Sony is sticking with that naming convention.
-Forced vibration/adaptive triggers:
- "msgid_ps5_controller_trigger_effect": "Trigger effect required"
- "msgid_ps5_controller_vibration": "Vibration function required"
Seems that developers are allowed to force haptic feedback/trigger control. Potential accessibility issue?
-Console sharing
- "If the "Console Sharing and Offline Play" setting is enabled for your PS5, players aged 18+ who aren’t PS Now subscribers will be able to play PS Now games from the game’s shortcut icon (displayed on the PS5 home screen) as well as in the PS Now app."
Ignoring the specific PS Now bit, this suggests that PS5 will bring forward PS4's "Primary" account model in some form, where a PSN account can be designated "primary" and other users can access it's purchases and subscription content from the same console.
EDIT: Looks like "primary" is being renamed to "Main" PS5, as the Demon's Souls product page states: "You can download and play this content on the main PS5 console associated with your account (through the “Console Sharing and Offline Play” setting) and on any other PS5 consoles when you login with your same account." (
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/demons-souls/#sku)
Quelle