PS5 may not support this beloved PS4 game — but there's a workaround

PS5 may not support this beloved PS4 game — just there's a workaround

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When yous finally get your hands on the PS5 side by side calendar month, you may be tempted to try and play P.T., 1 of the most terrifying game demos to always be. Unfortunately, the playable teaser for Silent Hills won't be available to redownload on the upcoming console.

That's according to no less a source than Konami. However, that doesn't dominion out the possibility that players could potentially enjoy the brusque-just-sweet teaser on PS5 through other means in the future.

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Konami told GamesRadar that no 1 who still has a copy of P.T. for the PS4 will be able to redownload on PS5, since there's no list available on the PlayStation Store. Following its surprise debut and ultimate reveal every bit a teaser for the at present-cancelled Silent Hills, the P.T. demo was later removed from the PlayStation Store in 2015.

Fortunately, there are other ways of getting the game file transferred over to the PS5 that don't involve official downloads. P.T. fanatics accept been storing their precious game data via Wi-Fi transfer and external storage for some time. The game is an important, difficult-to-obtain gem for many that represents i of the virtually terrifying prospects ever introduced to gaming. So transferring P.T. from external storage to the PS5 over local Wi-Fi should theoretically piece of work. The only issue standing in anyone's style is whether or not the new console will really recognize P.T. as a playable game.

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A clip from P.T. (Image credit: Konami/YouTube)

Konami clarified to IGN that it couldn't "confirm or deny" whether using one of the other transfer methods is actually a viable option. Unremarkably, sending P.T. to another console by manner of a information transfer is all that needs to exist washed to share it with other players. Konami appears to be quite chary about this particular release, however, though it hasn't dismissed this process is impossible.

Given that P.T. is part of a canceled projection (equally far as we know of, anyway) following creator Hideo Kojima's divergence from Konami, information technology'southward likely the developer isn't going to spare whatever expense to ensure this relic of its past and reminder of Kojima's presence is preserved. Withal, Sony has yet to comment on the matter.

Currently, P.T. is nowhere to be found on the official list of PS5 backward compatible games. Konami has consistently gone the extra mile to lock P.T. down and keep information technology out of actor hands. It'southward hardly believable that full support would exist for a new generation of P.T. fans to hungrily devour information technology like the rest of united states of america did six years ago. Still, we tin can't assist but think of Silent Hills with a wish and a twinkle in our eyes.

Brittany Vincent has been roofing video games and tech for over 13 years for publications including Tom's Guide, MTV, Rolling Rock, CNN, Pop Scientific discipline, Playboy, IGN, GamesRadar, Polygon, Kotaku, Maxim, and more. She'south too appeared every bit a panelist at video game conventions like PAX E and PAX West and has coordinated social media for companies like CNET. When she'due south not writing or gaming, she's looking for the next keen visual novel in the vein of Saya no Uta. You lot can follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake.