Sony PlayStation CEO confirms PlayStation 5 will have cross-generational play, default SSD storage

Sony’s CEO Jim Ryan told CNET that the PlayStation 5 will launch with cross-generational play. That means players will be able to play a game on the PlayStation 4 or switch to the same saved game on the PlayStation 5 and switch back as well.

“Whether it’s backward compatibility or the possibility of cross-generational play, we’ll be able to transition that community to next-gen,” Ryan told CNET’s Ian Sherr. “It won’t be a binary choice about whether you have to be either on PlayStation 4 or next-gen to continue your friendship.”