Backward compatibility of the Playstation 5 | What is the PS + subscription?

Like many others, I plan to buy a PlayStation 5. That would be the first Sony console for me too. In other words, I'm not very familiar with the features of the PlayStation. I'm constantly gathering information and actively reading newsletters, but I can't argue with a long-time gamer and owner of a PlayStation.

Only recently the PS Plus of the PS5 was presented and which games will be included. As I understand it, the best games the PS4 has to offer are coming and this collection is being expanded every month. For this you have to pay a certain sum per month and then you have an unlimited selection of top titles from recent years. If necessary, you can buy these titles and then own them - that's what I call it -. As I understood it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Before the announcement, Sony said that the PS5 would be backwards compatible with the PS4 and that these games could be played on the next-gen without any problems.

But does that mean that you only get access to the PS4 titles that are integrated in this subscription with a subscription to the PS Plus? So can't you just insert the disc of a PS4 game into the drive of the PS5 and start playing? How exactly is the backward compatibility of the PS5 structured? Where are the limits?

And one more general question apart from the above: will you buy the digital edition of the PS5 or the one with a drive? Justification would be very nice.

As for PS +, it is a subscription that you need to play online. You don't need it to play games offline.

Every month there are 2-3 games for PS + owners and these can only be played with an active PS + subscription. These games that were shown are like a starter bundle, so to speak, to offer a package of good games for people like you who are new, so that you have something to play. Some of the games in it were previously available for free on PS +. All games that come with PS + membership are your property as long as you are a member. If your subscription expires, the games will still be yours, but will not be able to play them until you renew your subscription.

You can still buy games in the store or in the store and play with them, with or without PS +. You only need it for online gaming. All the games you have on the PS4 can also be played on the PS5. This is what we mean by backward compatibility. As far as I understand, you can also plug the PS4 CDs into the PS5 and play

The selection is not unlimited, but 2-3 games every month and the bundle that was presented in the video.

I buy the disc version because I like to hold the games in my hand and the 100 euro difference is not much. You have the console again for 7 years and then the 100 euro don't make it up.

Hope could explain it reasonably well. It just got a little confused.

99% of PS4 games will be backwards compatible. Jim Ryan announced this in an interview with the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/09/16/ps5-retail-units/

PlayStation Plus is the subscription service that allows you to play online and gives you access to a certain selection of "free" games. This selection is expanded to include additional games every month. Some of these games leave the offer again after a certain time. You can download and use all of these games digitally at any time, as long as you have an active subscription. PS Plus costs 8.99 euro per month (or 59.99 euro for 12 months, which corresponds to a monthly fee of around 5 euro).

The PS Plus Collection is something else. This is (apparently) permanent (games do not leave the offer again) and offers owners of an active PS Plus subscription on the PS5 access to a total of 18 games, which offers a solid selection of very successful / popular PS4 titles.

The following 18 titles are part of this offer. Extremely attractive to someone who doesn't own any of these players, in my opinion.

Batman: Arkham Knight
Battlefield 1
Bloodborne
Days Gone
Detroit: Become Human
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy 15
God of War
Infamous Second Son
Monster Hunter: World
Mortal Kombat X
Persona 5
Ratchet & Clank
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us Remastered
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Until Dawn

I personally prefer the digital version. Since I have already bought everything digitally with the current generation, do not buy any used games and do not use any Blurays, a drive offers me absolutely no use.

However, if you also buy used games, or at least physical versions in order to resell them, this is of course a good option. Dealers also have different promotions (buy 3, pay 2, etc.). Or in general, games can then also be reduced.

With the digital version you are tied to the store, although of course there are also offers here, or you have cheaper prices at various key sellers.

You mean the Xbox Gamepass

(As I understand it, the best games the PS4 has / had to offer are coming and this collection is being expanded every month. For this you have to pay a certain sum per month and then you have an unlimited selection of top titles from the last few years If necessary you can buy these titles and are then in your own property)

a subscription service like Netflix