However, if you purchase the PS4 game on Blu-ray, you’ll need to have that inserted into your PS5 in order to enjoy the next-gen version. If you want the PS5 version as well as the PS4, then you’ll be able to purchase the Cross-Gen Bundle which includes both – or a PlayStation Store upgrade. But, as the publisher points out, “the game will not include any of the next-generation features, such as higher frame rate, hardware-based ray-tracing, faster load times, and more”.

However, you’ll also be able to play that version of the game on your PS5, courtesy of PS5 backwards compatibility. So, you can buy the game on the PS4 and play it on your PS4 – so far, so good. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is making things a little bit more confusing by the way it’s handling things, so we figured we’d browse through Activision’s alarmingly complex FAQ and break it down to you.

PS4 to PS5 upgrades are, in principle, a relatively straight-forward thing: you buy the game on the PlayStation 4 and you get to download the PlayStation 5 version when it’s available.

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