Keep Ps4 after buying Ps5?

[Steven_RW]

Hi

Can anyone see a good reason to retain your Ps4 if you buy a Ps5 and the backwards compatibility really works well?

I have quite a reasonable Ps4 physical game library and will buy the Ps5 with the optical drive, so I am starting to see no reason you would ever fire up the Ps4 again and it becomes redundant as the Ps5 plays Ps4 games at least as good as the Ps4 did.

Cheers
SRW

[DocJock]

I use an old Xbox as a media streamer in my garage. Much better than the apps on a smart TV.

[DanL]

I’ve never used an older generation console after getting a new one - why would you? That said I don’t really replay games, so I may be atypical!

I’ve also never bought a new console that close to launch date that there aren’t many games available for it, which might also be a factor...

I’ve got my old PS3 in a cupboard somewhere. I assume the PS1 and PS2 must be landfill by now - I’ve no idea where they are if not!

[Stevil]

Sold my Pro last week as all my games are compatible and any graphical quirks with them are likely to be patched out in future. Can't see any reason to keep hold of it this time out. Bonus is that it keeps the Wife happy as I've not got yet another console in the house (our loft is full of all my old ones running from the Master System through current-gen with pretty much everything else in between).

[Jasandjules]

There is an option on the PS4 which appears to link to the PS5. Seems that it may be feasible to put the PS4 in the bedroom and play PS5 games on it.......

Otherwise I suspect my son will get it...... (subject to approval from the boss).

[DanL]

Jasandjules said:

There is an option on the PS4 which appears to link to the PS5. Seems that it may be feasible to put the PS4 in the bedroom and play PS5 games on it.......

Otherwise I suspect my son will get it...... (subject to approval from the boss).

Is there? Interesting... Remote play is already possible on my phone and iPad, but it’s a bit hit and miss. Having the old console in another room could provide some useful options though...

[parabolica]

I've been pondering this as I'll likely upgrade to the PS5 when the new Horizon Zero Dawn game comes out next year; I see no reason to retain it if you are going for the PS5 with the optical drive - in fact it'll lower the cost of the new unit if you trade it in - that's my plan anyways.

I guess if you were to keep it it would serve as a decent second games machine and blu-ray player elsewhere in the house, if you need that kind of thing (I don't personally).

[hyphen]

The value of the ps4 will only go down. So sell it, as if you do want it again in the future, will be cheaper.

[Jasandjules]

DanL said:

Is there? Interesting... Remote play is already possible on my phone and iPad, but it’s a bit hit and miss. Having the old console in another room could provide some useful options though...

https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/09/ps5-remote-play-app-will-let-you-play-ps5-games-on-ps4-13562546/

[Steven_RW]

Has anyone heard of ANY downside of playing all Ps4 games on a Ps5?

I've not but if there was any issues or some games that didn't work, I'd get the Ps4 Pro just so I can play my library with confidence.

So far I have just heard that the Ps5 plays the games at least as good as the Ps4 Pro and in many case much better and smoother due to extra processing and gfx power.

I don't have a need to remote play as all console and pc gaming action all happen in one dedicated room.

Cheers.

RW

[Zoon]

I've still got my PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 so why not.

[Steven_RW]

Zoon said:

I've still got my PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 so why not.

I am in a similar spot. Most of them I can come up with some justification to keep them but if the PS5 just plays every PS4 game but better than the PS4 can, then it really is redundant.

RW

[5harp3y]

get rid, no need to keep it

[Steven_RW]

5harp3y said:

get rid, no need to keep it

https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/ps5-backwards-compatibility-can-you-play-ps4-games-on-playstation-5

I just read the above article and it highlights that 99% of Ps4 games will load on PS5 (the list that won't is very small) but there is a larger list of titles that may expect to have some issues. Which in my case, MAY be the reason for keeping a PS4.

While the vast majority of PS4 games will work on PS5 without any errors, Sony has marked some games on the PlayStation Store with the following warning: "When playing on PS5, this game may exhibit errors or unexpected behaviour and some features available on PS4 may be absent." It's important to note that any PS4 games carrying this message will load and be playable on the PS5, but they may exhibit errors like minor graphical glitches or bugs. The full list of all PS4 games that may exhibit errors on PS5 is as follows:

A Summer with the Shiba Inu
Active Soccer 2 DX
American Ninja Warrior: Challenge
Anomaly 2
APB Reloaded
Ape Escape 2
Arcade Land
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Trilogy Pack
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assetto Corsa
Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition
Atrapa La Bandera
Batman: Return to Arkham - Arkham City
Battlezone
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Chicken Police
Clan N
Close to the Sun
Crossout
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
Daylight
Dead Island Retro Revenge
Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Fortune
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Fortune Free-to-Play Version
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet
Deliver Us The Moon
Dino Frontier
Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King
Doki-Doki Universe
DOOM VFR
Dungeon Rushers
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 Empires Free Alliances Version
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition
Entwined
EVE: Valkyrie – Warzone
Everybody's Golf
Feral Fury
Filthy Lucre
Flinthook
Frisky Business
Game of Thrones
Gensokyo Defenders
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
GRIP
Hardware: Rivals
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition
Kickbeat Special Edition
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Left Alive
Let's Sing 10
Let's Sing 2018
Lightfield
LittleBigPlanet 3
Mafia III The Complete Edition
Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Manhunt
Metal Slug Anthology
MLB 14 The Show
MLB 15 The Show
MLB The Show 16
MLB The Show 17
MLB The Show 18
MLB The Show 19
MOTHERGUNSHIP
NBA 2K19
NBA 2K20
Need for Speed
NHL 19
Nobunaga's Ambition Souzou
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence
OKAGE: Shadow King
Onigiri
Operation Warcade
Paddle Vs. Paddle
Pinball Arcade
PixARK
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate
Prey
Primal
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 LITE
Project CARS
Project CARS GOTY Edition
Pure Hold'em
Pure Hold'em - World Poker Championship
Pure Pool
Realm Royale
RIGS Mechanized Combat League
RISK
Roundabout
Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul
Sea of Solitude
Season Match 2 HD
Season Match 3 Curse of the Witch Crow
Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal
Senran Kagura Estival Versus
Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash
Shuttle Commander
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
SMITE
Space Junkies
Star Ocean Second Evolution
Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time
STAR STRIKE ULTRA
STAR STRIKE ULTRA VR
Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Super Kids Racing
Super Stardust Ultra
Super Stardust Ultra VR
Survive Said The Prophet VR Experience
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
Tennis World Tour
The Golf Club 2019
The King of Fighters 2000
The Surge
The Tomorrow Children
The Walking Dead: Season 1
The Warriors
Tooth and Tail
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
Valhalla Hills
Velocity 2X
Werewolves Within
WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games