

It is therefore reasonable to assume games like Killzone: Shadow Fall and inFAMOUS: Second Son (two Sony exclusives announced during the PS4 event) will also not require an always-on connection.

This week had some other PS5 news, such as Sony’s video tearing down the PS5 and showing us its individual components and Bugsnax going gold in time to become a launch title. Now, we can't make any promises in regards to specific games, but the PS4 itself won't need to be online to play games. Other PS4 functionalities will not be supported on PS5 either, such as its tournaments and Second Screen app features. However, PS5’s Create button on the DualSense controller will allow players to take screenshots and videos. PlayStation 4 utilized the “Share” functionality menu on the DualShock 4 controller, but it is unavailable on PlayStation 5 even while playing PS4 games. Additionally, some PS4-unique functionalities present in some games may not be available on PS5. Sony also noted that playing some PlayStation 4 games on PlayStation 5 may result in errors or unexpected behavior. Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One.However, there are a few PS4 games that will only be playable on that console. There are over 4,000 PlayStation 4 games, and the large majority of them will be playable on Sony’s next-generation console. Sony released a detailed support page regarding backward compatibility of playing PlayStation 4 games on PlayStation 5.
