The next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is available to download, and brings a bunch of new features.
If you’ve been playing the PS4 version of Cyberpunk 2077 on your PS5, it’s time to make the jump to next-gen.
You can play most PlayStation 4 games on the PlayStation 5 thanks to the next-gen Sony console’s excellent backward compatibility feature. But some publishers go a step further with the next-gen console, by allowing you to upgrade PS4 games to the PS5 versions for free. This lets you play with 4K dynamic resolution at 60 frames per second and delivers shorter loading times, making for smoother gaming experience with less waiting around.
The most recent major game to get the upgrade treatment is Cyberpunk 2077, which stirred up controversy when it was released in 2020 due to major performance issues. Developer CD Projekt Red released Patch 1.5 on Feb. 15, adding a bunch of new features, and brought the game to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Unfortunately, your save won’t transfer from PS4 to PS5, so you’ll have to start afresh (Xbox saves will transfer).
The PS5 has been going in and out of stock at retailers since it launched in 2020. The digital-only model costs $400, and the one with a disc drive is $500.
Your game upgrades won’t happen automatically or through a typical game update, so it’s easy to accidentally keep playing the PS4 version of a game on your new PS5. You have to go to the game page on the PlayStation Network and choose to upgrade to the PS5 version. That’ll download the extra data needed for the next-gen features.
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You can also upgrade to PS5 versions if you have a physical PS4 game, as long as you bought the PS5 with a disc drive. You’ll always need to use the PS4 disc to play the PS5 version; upgrading doesn’t get you a free digital copy of the game. You’ll still download the PS5 update from the PSN, but you won’t need a PS5-specific disc — your PS4 one will become an authenticator.
If you opted for the digital-only PS5 and have a disc, you’re out of luck. There are a few more limitations and caveats:
Sony initially said upcoming exclusive Horizon Forbidden West wouldn’t let you upgrade from the PS4 to the PS5 version for free unless you bought the more expensive Digital Deluxe, Collector’s or Regalla Edition. It later reversed course, saying anyone who bought the PS4 version would be entitled to a free PS5 upgrade.
However, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan also confirmed that upgrading future first-party games will come at a price.
«Moving forward, PlayStation first-party exclusive cross-gen titles (newly releasing on PS4 & PS5)-both digital and physical*-will offer a $10 digital upgrade option from PS4 to PS5,» he wrote a blog post. «This will apply to the next God of War and Gran Turismo 7, and any other exclusive cross-gen PS4 & PS5 title published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.»
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is one of the games you can upgrade.
Some upgrades will require you to pay or buy a specific (more expensive) version of the game:
This list will be updated as more upgrades become available or are announced.
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