PlayStation is creating a video game preservation team

Thanks to LinkedIn it has been discovered that Sony has hired at least one engineerGarrett Fredley, to work on a new team destined to the preservation of video gamesthus seeking to ensure that the oldest titles released for their consoles do not go on to a better life.

“Today is my first day as a Senior Construction Engineer at PlayStation, working as one of their first hires for the newly created Preservation team! Game preservation was my first professional passion, so I’m ecstatic to get back to those roots. Let’s make sure the history of our industry is not forgotten!” he said on his personal Twitter account.

It is well known that, historically, Sony hasn’t done a good job of preserving games. Aside from the fact that the original PS3 models could run many PS1 and PS2 games, backwards compatibility seemed like an afterthought until the PS5, which is compatible with almost the majority of PlayStation 4 games, while the new PlayStation Plus subscription service will bring back many old PlayStation 1/2/3 and PSP titles. Among all these platforms, the company promises give access to 340 old games at a price of $17.99 per month.

While most of those games will be downloadable and playable on the PlaStation 5 via emulation, Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 3 games can only be played via streaming. This information comes months after the company announced the closure of the digital stores of the PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation Vita.

via: VGC