regarding the PlayStation 5, how can a game “take full advantage of a new console” if it is also developed to run on the previous one.

Question

If the gameplay can be the same on the PlayStation 4 doesn’t that mean that there are advancements in the PlayStation 5 that are just not being used? Shouldn’t a PlayStation 5 game that uses all of the new features of the PS5 be impossible to run on a PlayStation 4?

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Answer 1

>Shouldn’t a PlayStation 5 game that uses all of the new features of the PS5 be impossible to run on a PlayStation 4?

Not at all. It’ll just have worse graphics on the PS4. It’s no different from the fact that I can play DOOM on my PC with a super powerful graphics card, or on my Switch. The game takes full advantage of the PC hardware, and is just scaled back in terms of graphics on the Switch.