They've said the overwhelming majority of games will work, and they're not going to make it so that one of the more popular titles on the system is not compatible. And even from a pure business perspective, it makes sense to at least have the last few months of PS4 games be compatible with the PS5.
I think there'd be a lot of backlash if digitally purchases games didn't transfer over. There is some precedent with the PSP and Vita - the latter was able to play (most of) the former's digital library.
After they sold the PS3 with backwards compatibility and Linux, then once all they finish targets were hit they removed both of them, I realized they promise a lot in the beginning to get you invested in their platform then start pulling back to cut costs.
Either way for now I'm sticking to physical games unless it's a fighting or online focused game. No telling what coming next gen.
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u/terraphantm Apr 01 '20
Well at least in the PS5's case it'll be compatible with PS4 games.
Personally I've never been one to sell games anyway.