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Best Buy customers often prefer the following products when searching for backwards compatible games.

For the most part, video games are a forward-looking business. Every year sees the release of new titles that look better than the last—and run on the latest consoles. But there's always been an element of nostalgia in gaming, and some players would rather play old favorites than wait for a remastered version to come out. Thankfully, a number of video game developers have created ways to make their older titles playable on newer consoles.

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  1. MLB The Show 22 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 3006403
    Publisher: Sony PlayStation
    SKU: 6497851
    ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
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    "My grandsons love this game! This is one of the few games they play!...This is also compatible with the PS5 and runs seamlessly....Awesome game!...Great game!"

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    Every pitch. Every hit. Every win. Make your mark and Own The Show in the ultimate MLB experience. Whether you’re an aspiring rookie or veteran of the diamond, there are now more ways than ever to create and build your legacy. So step up to the plate and take your place amongst Baseball’s legends. This is more than just a game – this is The Show. This edition includes: MLB The Show 22 (PS4) and 5K Stubs.
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    "My grandsons love this game! This is one of the few games they play!...This is also compatible with the PS5 and runs seamlessly....Awesome game!...Great game!"

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    Every pitch. Every hit. Every win. Make your mark and Own The Show in the ultimate MLB experience. Whether you’re an aspiring rookie or veteran of the diamond, there are now more ways than ever to create and build your legacy. So step up to the plate and take your place amongst Baseball’s legends. This is more than just a game – this is The Show. This edition includes: MLB The Show 22 (PS4) and 5K Stubs.
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    Your price for this item is $19.99
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  2. FIFA 21 Standard Edition - Xbox One, Xbox Series X - Front_Zoom

    Model: 37989
    Publisher: Electronic Arts
    SKU: 6415378
    ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
    Top comment

    "Christmas came early for the boys with this gift. More or so, the backward compatibility to the Xbox one and the newest console is one reason we bought this game....Compatible with Xbox X Series"

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    Showcase your soccer abilities in FIFA 21 Standard Edition for PlayStation 4. Street soccer or matches in big stadiums let you choose where to play the world's game. Featuring powerful gameplay technology, FIFA 21 Standard Edition lets you feel the pulse of the action, while the career mode offers you a chance to rise to stardom.
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    "Christmas came early for the boys with this gift. More or so, the backward compatibility to the Xbox one and the newest console is one reason we bought this game....Compatible with Xbox X Series"

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    Showcase your soccer abilities in FIFA 21 Standard Edition for PlayStation 4. Street soccer or matches in big stadiums let you choose where to play the world's game. Featuring powerful gameplay technology, FIFA 21 Standard Edition lets you feel the pulse of the action, while the career mode offers you a chance to rise to stardom.
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    Your price for this item is $6.49
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  3. God of War - PlayStation Hits Standard Edition - PlayStation 4 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 3001886
    Publisher: Sony
    SKU: 5358600
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "Quite possibly the best ps4 game. Also is ps4 backwards compatible with better frame rate on ps5. ...Loved it so much that I had to rebuy it when ps5 said they are backwards compatible"

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    It is a new beginning for Kratos. Living as a man, outside the shadow of the gods, he seeks solitude in the unfamiliar lands of Norse mythology. With new purpose and his son Atreus at his side, Kratos must fight for survival as powerful forces threaten to disrupt the new life he has created...
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    "Quite possibly the best ps4 game. Also is ps4 backwards compatible with better frame rate on ps5. ...Loved it so much that I had to rebuy it when ps5 said they are backwards compatible"

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    It is a new beginning for Kratos. Living as a man, outside the shadow of the gods, he seeks solitude in the unfamiliar lands of Norse mythology. With new purpose and his son Atreus at his side, Kratos must fight for survival as powerful forces threaten to disrupt the new life he has created...
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    Your price for this item is $19.99
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  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Alt_View_Zoom_11

    Model: 88490
    Publisher: Activision Publishing
    SKU: 6413914
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "Includes PS4™ version of game Plays via backward compatibility on PS5™ when it launches...A step backwards IMO...I'm hooked on Modern Warfare so I had high hopes for this game. Campaign isn't terrible but the multiplayer was a huge step backwards from MW."

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    Black Ops Cold War will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War's volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
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    "Includes PS4™ version of game Plays via backward compatibility on PS5™ when it launches...A step backwards IMO...I'm hooked on Modern Warfare so I had high hopes for this game. Campaign isn't terrible but the multiplayer was a huge step backwards from MW."

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    Black Ops Cold War will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War's volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
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    Your price for this item is $58.99
    The previous price was $59.99
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  5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition - Xbox One - Front_Zoom

    Model: 1000620181
    Publisher: CD Projekt Red
    SKU: 5560500
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "Sad that the first two games are not on PS4. Second game is on X360 backward compatibility. ...Not compatible...Gotta start all over since they didn't make the versions compatible."

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    Experience action and adventure on an epic scale with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Xbox One. This game includes two expansion packs, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, for hours and hours of added game play. The Witcher 3 is packed with open-world RPG action to get your blood pumping.
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    "Sad that the first two games are not on PS4. Second game is on X360 backward compatibility. ...Not compatible...Gotta start all over since they didn't make the versions compatible."

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    Experience action and adventure on an epic scale with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Xbox One. This game includes two expansion packs, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, for hours and hours of added game play. The Witcher 3 is packed with open-world RPG action to get your blood pumping.
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    Your price for this item is $32.99
    The previous price was $39.99
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  6. Yakuza: Like a Dragon - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Front_Zoom

    Model: YK-63267-5/YK-63257-6
    Publisher: SEGA
    SKU: 6413107
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "I mainly got this for the eventual PS5 upgrade, but it looks and plays pretty well on the console, even as backward compatible. It’s a silly game and premise at times, but once I got used to the fight system, it is a good time....Ok game...Ok games the game have a great story and lot to do. "

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    Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking footman of a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, faces an 18-year prison sentence after incurring blame for a crime he didn't commit. Never losing faith, he loyally serves his time and returns to the society to discover that no one was waiting for him on the outside, and his clan has been destroyed by the man he respected most. Confused and alone, he embarks on a mission to discover the truth behind his family's betrayal and take his life back, becoming an unlikely hero for the city's outcasts on his journey.
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    "I mainly got this for the eventual PS5 upgrade, but it looks and plays pretty well on the console, even as backward compatible. It’s a silly game and premise at times, but once I got used to the fight system, it is a good time....Ok game...Ok games the game have a great story and lot to do. "

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    Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking footman of a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, faces an 18-year prison sentence after incurring blame for a crime he didn't commit. Never losing faith, he loyally serves his time and returns to the society to discover that no one was waiting for him on the outside, and his clan has been destroyed by the man he respected most. Confused and alone, he embarks on a mission to discover the truth behind his family's betrayal and take his life back, becoming an unlikely hero for the city's outcasts on his journey.
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    Your price for this item is $16.99
    The previous price was $19.99
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  7. Red Dead Redemption 2 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 47890
    Publisher: Rockstar Games
    SKU: 5352400
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "This game is amazing! Rockstar Games are consistent with making masterpiece games....Storytelling at its best. Played it on ps5. Compatible with ps5."

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    Winner of over 175 Game of the Year Awards and recipient of over 250 perfect scores, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of honor and loyalty at the dawn of the modern age. America, 1899. Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. Now featuring additional Story Mode content and a fully-featured Photo Mode, Red Dead Redemption 2 also includes free access to the shared living world of Red Dead Online, where players take on an array of roles to carve their own unique path on the frontier as they track wanted criminals as a Bounty Hunter, create a business as a Trader, unearth exotic treasures as a Collector or run an underground distillery as a Moonshiner and much more. This item cannot be returned or refunded, please visit to learn more.
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    "This game is amazing! Rockstar Games are consistent with making masterpiece games....Storytelling at its best. Played it on ps5. Compatible with ps5."

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    Winner of over 175 Game of the Year Awards and recipient of over 250 perfect scores, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of honor and loyalty at the dawn of the modern age. America, 1899. Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. Now featuring additional Story Mode content and a fully-featured Photo Mode, Red Dead Redemption 2 also includes free access to the shared living world of Red Dead Online, where players take on an array of roles to carve their own unique path on the frontier as they track wanted criminals as a Bounty Hunter, create a business as a Trader, unearth exotic treasures as a Collector or run an underground distillery as a Moonshiner and much more. This item cannot be returned or refunded, please visit to learn more.
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    Your price for this item is $19.99
    The previous price was $59.99
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  8. Cyberpunk 2077 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 1000746373
    Publisher: WB Games
    SKU: 6255151
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "Good game...Dwcent game currently on ps5 in backwards compatibility mode. ...Still has some bugs overall good game. Backwards compatibility is huge."

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    Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant that is the key to immortality. You can customize your character's cyberware, skill set, and playstyle, and explore a vast city where the choices you make shape the story and world around you.
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    "Good game...Dwcent game currently on ps5 in backwards compatibility mode. ...Still has some bugs overall good game. Backwards compatibility is huge."

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    Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant that is the key to immortality. You can customize your character's cyberware, skill set, and playstyle, and explore a vast city where the choices you make shape the story and world around you.
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    Your price for this item is $23.99
    The previous price was $29.99
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  9. MLB The Show 20 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 3003698
    Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
    SKU: 6379677
    ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
    Top comment

    "Fun game...Kids love this game and has great gameplay. Compatible with PS5 and was great price for Christmas...Great game. Backwards compatible with ps5 so can use on both consoles"

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    MLB® The Show™ 20 is what baseball dreams are made of. New ways to play, greater customization, and more exciting new paths to rake in rewards. Write your own baseball legacy in an expansive RPG experience, or build and manage the team of your dreams to face intense online competition.* The Show 20 is your ticket to play America's pastime your way.
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    "Fun game...Kids love this game and has great gameplay. Compatible with PS5 and was great price for Christmas...Great game. Backwards compatible with ps5 so can use on both consoles"

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    MLB® The Show™ 20 is what baseball dreams are made of. New ways to play, greater customization, and more exciting new paths to rake in rewards. Write your own baseball legacy in an expansive RPG experience, or build and manage the team of your dreams to face intense online competition.* The Show 20 is your ticket to play America's pastime your way.
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  10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 - Front_Zoom

    Model: 1000620182
    Publisher: CD Projekt Red
    SKU: 5560400
    ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)
    Top comment

    "Great game...Excellent PS4 game; looking forward to playing on PS5 since it says it should be compatible....Sad that the first two games are not on PS4. Second game is on X360 backward compatibility. "

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    Follow Geralt of Rivia's story through additional adventures in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with access to both expansion packs in one neat little purchase. Download exclusive content including quests, armor and hairstyle sets. Embark on the final journey as Geralt discovers each of the three possible endings to the series in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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    "Great game...Excellent PS4 game; looking forward to playing on PS5 since it says it should be compatible....Sad that the first two games are not on PS4. Second game is on X360 backward compatibility. "

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    Follow Geralt of Rivia's story through additional adventures in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with access to both expansion packs in one neat little purchase. Download exclusive content including quests, armor and hairstyle sets. Embark on the final journey as Geralt discovers each of the three possible endings to the series in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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    Your price for this item is $31.99
    The previous price was $39.99
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