PS5 ‘to support backwards compatibility, 8K graphics and won’t be digital-only’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Sony’s next major console will allow gamers to play old PS4 games and will not be digital-only&comma; a senior member of the company’s development team has revealed in an interview&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The long-awaited PS4 follow-up&comma; unofficially called the PS5&comma; will not be released in 2019&comma; lead system architect Mark Cerny told Wired magazine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Cerny&comma; who also worked on development of the PS4&comma; said users can expect &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dramatically different” 3D audio on the next-gen console&comma; as well as support for 8K graphics with the help of ray-tracing technology&comma; a complex lighting technique&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite popular belief to the contrary&comma; the video game designer said the new console will still have a disc drive and is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;based in part on the PS4’s architecture”&comma; making backwards compatibility possible&comma; a feature requested by many gamers who want to play their old titles on the newest hardware&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;B1031399-C5F6-4EE8-9419-5B0EDBF5E01A&period;jpeg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130408" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;B1031399-C5F6-4EE8-9419-5B0EDBF5E01A&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"392" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The console has been in development for more than four years&comma; 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