Unlike the PlayStation 3 generation, which benefited from a certain subset of consoles being totally backwards compatible with PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 1 games, plus a plethora of "HD Collections," bringing the likes of Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell and Ratchet & Clank forward, the PlayStation 5 is not only not backwards compatible with any of those consoles, but it's also pretty weak in the classics department.
Sure you can play the entire Jak and Daxter trilogy, along with Sly Cooper escapades, as well as a few odds and ends like the original Lego Star Wars or classic Tekken games, but so many of the best titles from throughout PlayStation's storied history are simply non-existent.
The last compilation launched back in the PS3 era.
The addition of the PlayStation Classics catalog via PlayStation Plus had given fans some hope to see those games brought forward, and while there's been some standouts, it's still severely lacking. It turns out that money might be the reason separating players from these beloved titles.
As first spotted by Push Square, Implicit Conversions CEO Bill Litshauer, in an interview with YouTuber Mystic, shared that so much of what becomes available, beyond the technical limitations,...
