The PS5 is set to release in less than two weeks, which means that a lot of important information about the PS5 is going to be shared in the run-up to launch. Case in point a recent article from Ubisoft detailing next-gen cross-progression, cross-play, and backward compatibility. To the surprise of many, Ubisoft confirmed that a variety of its games will not be backward compatible on PS5, despite Sony’s recent reassurance that the vast majority of PS4 games will work on PS5.
Ubisoft provides a list of just under 10 games that won’t work in PS5 via backward compatibility, with the biggest game on the list being Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the follow-up to Rogue and Unity and the predecessor to Origins. Other Assassin’s Creed games on the list include the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Trilogy Pack, as well as its individual Chronicles India, China, and Russia games. The rest of the list is made of up smaller releases, including Risk, Star Trek Bridge Crew, Werewolves Within, and Space Junkies.
None of the games Ubisoft lists as incompatible on PS5 are major releases and so it’s unlikely to cause too much of a controversy. Nevertheless, it’s surprising that there are any games that aren’t supported at all, especially from a publisher like Ubisoft. It also prompts the question as to whether other major publishers similarly have lists of games that won’t be backward compatible, but that haven’t been shared yet.
It should be noted that in the same section of the article, Ubisoft states that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S won’t have any similar problems. Ubisoft even goes so far as saying, “all our Xbox One games will be backward compatible.” Hopefully, Ubisoft will be able to patch or fix the remaining PS4 games that aren’t PS5 compatible so that both next-gen platforms will have universal support before too long.
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