Playstation and Playstation 2 Games Will Come to Gaikai

Backwards compatibility coming to PS4 over Gaikai streaming.

Posted By | On 12th, Jul. 2013

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Both, the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with any of their predecessors due to a complete change in hardware architecture from PowerPC to x86. However, at the initial Playstation 4 unveiling back in February, Sony suggested that it might have at least a partial solution to the problem in the guise of Gaikai, the game streaming service that it acquired a while ago. While speculation has been rife since then, we haven’t had any official word. That changed earlier today.

In addition to streaming Playstation 3 games (which will serve to provide backwards compatibility with the PS4’s immediate predecessor), it has now been confirmed that Gaikai will also stream Playstation and Playstation 2 games. Gaikai streaming still does not have a date, with Sony confirming only that it will be available on the PS4 sometime ‘after launch.’

As of right now, we have no idea how Gaikai will work- will all titles be available for streaming for free to, maybe, PS+ subscribers? Will Gaikai even be offered on a subscription basis? Or maybe titles that you already own on PSN will be offered on PS4’s Gaikai? Stay tuned for further developments.

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