New PS5 preservation team could make retro Sony games easier to play

techradar.com:

A new engineer at PlayStation has confirmed the existence of a ‘Games Preservation’ team within Sony, meaning we could see more classic games on PS5. 

Having started as a senior build engineer this month, Garrett Fredley revealed that he’s one of this new team’s initial hires via social media. Fredley made the announcement on Twitter, which was spotted by user Smitch on Resetera. 

Fredley calls games preservation “my first career passion” and said that he’s “ecstatic” to go back. Elaborating on LinkedIn, Fredley explained, “it was my first foray into the world of Software Engineering / Dev Ops, and into a world that so many are unaware of.” He ends this by thanking PlayStation Studios’ global QA manager, Mike Bishop, exclaiming “Let's go and ensure our industry's history isn't forgotten!”

Today is my first day as a Senior Build Engineer at @PlayStation, working as one of their initial hires for the newly created Preservation team!Game Preservation was my first career passion, so I'm ecstatic that I get to go back to those roots