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Sony has filed a new patent that seems to suggest backward compatibility with the PS5. Read on to find out why this patent might suggest that we might be able to play our PS4, PS3, PS2 and PS1 games on Playstation 5.
The patent had already been filed privately, probably as a placeholder, but updated on October 2, 2018.
The patent entitled "Remastering by Emulation" is filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC, parent company of the Playstation brand.
Here is a summary of the patent:
Each asset, such as a texture requested by existing software, such as legacy computer game software, is associated with a unique identifier. The unique identifier can be rendered by imposing a hash on the asset, and then the asset stored with its identifier in a data structure. An artist reshapes the textures to present them on a resolution display higher than that envisaged in the original software and stores them in the data structure with their identifiers. The original software is then read on the higher resolution display, resource calls (such as texture) being intercepted, identified, and the data structure entered to retrieve the remastered resource having a corresponding identifier. The remastered asset is then inserted on the fly in the presentation of the game.
It looks terribly like backward compatibility, right? It also seems to suggest that Sony is giving up the "remaster" route that they have borrowed from the PS5. The Xbox One is very popular for its massive support of Xbox and Xbox 360 games. Sony is following the same path with the PS5 and will only benefit us, the players.
Recent rumors suggest that Sony is working on a lot of things for the PS5, the PSN, for example, would be upgraded.
The developers have also commented on what they want from the PS5 and the Xbox Scarlett, including more memory and storage.
What do you think of the rumor? Could this patent concern the downward compatibility of the PS5? Let us know in the comments.
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