A little lesson from PlayStation for the users of PS5 and PS4 listed some playback features that had the two consoles. This included movies, videos, and music from Blu-ray disks, DVDs, or USB drives. It was an Ask PlayStation stolen moment that extolled the feature all alone, while the people laughed in synergy and nostalgia, frustration, and calls for more.
Yes, your PlayStation does indeed play physical media such as Blu-ray and DVD, along with USB content. Sony even linked a support page that showed you how to do it, but the gamers had thoughts.
To begin with, the classics. Several players stated that though the PS5 and PS4 rarely do anymore, CD-making has been the domain of the PS3-type for ages. One user, @Aiming_Down, asked, “But not my Disturbed CD albums,” whereas @ThaIncredibleC lamented that local stores do not even sell CDs anymore. The struggle is very real for physical media collectors.
Then there are backward compatibility demands. Several comments asked Sony to develop further support for older PlayStation titles. @leprekhan369 stated plainly, “The greatest advantage over ALL other consoles would be to allow us to play PS1, PS2 and PS3 physical games on our PS5.” Another user, @Blast_RPG, wanted full backward compatibility for PSP and Vita titles as well. There is obviously the huge will to play those old games on new hardware.
Some technical issues came along in the mix. @shape35856 stated Terminator 2 Remastered would not actually play on his base PS5, and @ThaIncredibleC had complaints about DVD playback on their PS3. Then there was the weird noise coming from the DualSense Edge controller that @Taily2020 found baffling-until it was discovered it wasn’t just them.
Stream streaming was brought up as well. @StarKingKirito_ asked when Discord streaming would come to PlayStation, and @JKTFO1 basically declared that CDs are done because of streaming services. @shape35856, on the other hand, was not quite ready to let go, saying, “Streaming and Online 🤮 I’m old.”
As expected, there were memes. @OmegaSaiyanX wondered aloud, “What about my VHS collection??!!” Whereas, @ANTIQUELEGEND threw shade at PlayStation’s media playback by likening it to Xbox’s CD support. Oh, those poor console wars never seem to calm down.
So what’s really the takeaway? PlayStation consoles can play movies and music; whatever happens in the middle is what the players want: CD support, full backward compatibility, or less buggy playback. And honestly? Some of them just miss going into a store and buying a CD for a few bucks.
I mean, your PS5 or PS4 is very much willing to take in those Blu-rays you have stacked somewhere in the room or that USB loaded with hours of music. If that thought gave you a flashback to dragging out some dusty CDs or memes of PS2 discs… you should probably keep your PS3 plugged in for some more time.
