Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb has revealed that he’s also heard that Sony is quietly working on PS3 backwards compatibility for the PS5, following yesterday’s reports from XboxEra’s Nick Baker that the feature is in the pipeline.Speaking during the latest Game Mess Mornings podcast, Grubb commented he expected the feature to be announced earlier this year, which obviously didn’t come to pass.It’s something that I’ve heard has been in the works for quite some time. I thought it was going to get revealed earlier this year when I first heard about it. That clearly didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean it will never happen—maybe it does.Related Content – Upcoming PS5 Games 2024: The Best PS5 Games Coming Soon PS3 backwards compatibility would be a major addition for the PS5, as currently the console is unable to emulate software from that system. As such, while some games are available on the PS Plus Premium lineup, they can only be streamed to your console, not downloaded.Originally launched in 2006, early models of the PS3 were fully backwards compatible with previous PlayStation hardware, able to play PS2 and PSOne discs out of the box. By contrast, PS5 is only able to play PS4 game discs, although digital PS2, PS1, and PSP titles can be purchased on PS Plus.[Source – Jeff Grubb on Game Mess Mornings]
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