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The biggest PS5 games are set up to come up to PS4 in Sony U-turn

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A number of big-name PS5 games are gear up to come to PS4 too – with Sony confirming that Spider-Human being: Miles Morales, Horizon Forbidden Due west, and Sackboy: A Large Adventure would all come up to the current-gen console also every bit its adjacent-gen successor.

It's a shocking move from the PlayStation manufacturer, given how much Sony has stressed the important of PS5 exclusives – even if that meant they wouldn't come to PS4. Comments in the past year over exclusivity led many of us to believe that these flagship games wouldn't be coming to current hardware, and it'south a huge relief to hear that won't be the case.

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In a printing release (opens in new tab), Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirmed the games would be coming to PS4:

"We know that the PS4 customs volition transition to PS5 at different times, and we're happy to announce PS4 versions of some of our exclusives. Marvel'south Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy A Big Gamble, and Horizon Forbidden West will also launch on PS4."

Ryan went on to explicate how the PS4 versions will upgrade to their respective PS5 versions of these games:

"While these iii games were designed to take advantage of PS5 and its unique next-gen features like the ultra-high-speed SSD and DualSense controller, PS4 owners will besides exist able to relish these experiences when they launch. The PS4 digital versions of launch games include a free upgrade on both PS5 consoles, while the PS4 disc versions of these games include a free upgrade on the PS5 with Ultra Hard disk drive Blu-Ray disc drive."

Oh, what a night

Sony's PS5 live stream event certainly didn't disappoint, with the much sought-afterwards price and release appointment info finally beingness announced to the world.

The PS4 game announcements didn't come in the live stream itself, simply a follow-up press release, presumably to continue the focus on PS5 software only. But it does feel like a chip of a U-turn from Sony – a concession, peradventure, towards the cantankerous-platform, cross-gen experience pursued so aggressively by Microsoft beyond Xbox Series 10 and Xbox One, or Xbox and PC.

Information technology's a great thing for gamers, certainly, and Sony still has some truthful-blooded PS5 exclusives that still won't be running on PS4 hardware, – Ratchet & Clank: Rift Autonomously, for one.

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Henry is a freelance applied science journalist. Before going freelance, he spent more than iii years at TechRadar reporting on TVs, projectors and smart speakers equally the website's Home Cinema Editor – and has been interviewed live on both BBC Earth News and Channel News Asia, discussing the future of transport and 4K resolution televisions respectively. As a graduate of English Literature and persistent theatre enthusiast, he'll usually be found forcing Shakespeare puns into his technology articles, which he thinks is what the Bard would have wanted. Bylines also include Edge, T3, and Petty White Lies.