Above: Playing discs from the PS1 and PS2 on your PS4 ... isn't really a crazy thought. Editor's Note from Jason Wilson: Since rumors suggested Sony might bring PS1 and PS2 emulation to the PS4, some ...

Backward compatibility in video game consoles goes back to the 1980s, but it didn't really catch on back then. Yes, Sega's Master System hit stores in 1985 and played games from the company's first ...

Sony wants its next-gen PlayStation 5 to play thousands of PS4 games when it releases this holiday. The PS5's custom SoC, OS, and software architecture environment was built from the ground up with ...

We live in an age where pretty much any game you want is right at your fingertips, so long as you have an internet connection. That wasn’t always the case. If you wanted to try out games in the 1990s ...

Sony's ultra-powerful next-gen PlayStation 5 could one-up Xbox backward compatibility and support five generations worth of PlayStation games. PS4's lack of backward compatibility was always a sore ...

Memory cards were essential for PS1 players, with no internal storage, leading to some unique game-saving challenges. Utilizing PS1 discs in CD players was possible, showcasing a unique advantage of ...

Remember those PlayStation demo discs that were included with the magazines? Remember how you would play those demos ad-nauseum instead of buying and playing the full games they were advertising? Wish ...

Sony’s original PlayStation wasn’t just a game console but a full-blown cultural reset. While it would go on to spar with Microsoft’s Xbox in later generations, the PS1’s earliest battles were against ...