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New PS5 patent suggests a retrograde compatibility fix is connected the means

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A new PS5 patent that hints towards backward compatibility has been filed by spark advance system architect Strike out Cerny.

Originally spotty past @shaunmcilroy happening Twitter, the new patent named 'Sweptback Compatibility Through Use Of Mockery Clock And Fine Grain Frequence Control' has been filed on USPTO. Considering the PS5 is already able to support PS4 games, this patent could be intended to provide players to memory access the likes of PS1, PS2, or PS3 games on the current-gen cabinet.

New @cerny patent sure@sounds ilk he's nailed BC for older #PlayStation consoles pic.twitter.com/7n8zyzjcicJanuary 12, 2022

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The letters patent overview itself details how this fix works. To spare you the technical talk in its totality, it au fond explains how "an application planned for the current version of a system" runs at that organisation's standard time frequency, so PS5 games melt at the PS5's frequencies, while PS3 games track down at the PS3's time frequencies. Sony intends insert a "takeoff clock," which would "rejoinder a issue that corresponds to the frequence of the less powerful console," tricking the PS5 into acceptive older games.

There's no way of knowing exactly how long this patent will take to reach players surgery if it will even get used in the least. Thusly, unfortunately, for now, PlayStation fans will have to stick around to owning all five generations of the console to play their favorite games.

Cerny's new patent does line up with other recent claims that Sony may be working on several kind of Xbox Game Pass competitor. In the last 24 hours, IT was reportable that retailers have begun pulling PS Now cards from stores, in an try out to hold them all gone away January 21, 2022. This would also coincide with the claims that a PlayStation Gimpy Run along rival is reportedly ascribable launch this spring.

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