Sony is creating a team to keep the games of past generations available

The department will focus on preserving the IP PlayStation so that the history of the gaming industry is not 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 ????

- Garrett Fredley (@SomeCronzaGuy) April 25, 2022

What else is known

• Gareth Fredley said his new position was senior PlayStation engineer for the "newly formed conservation team."
• PlayStation Studios Quality Control Manager Mike Bishop hired Fredley and said that "daily attention is focused on maintaining IP for business, ensuring that projects are protected for the gaming industry of the future».
• New the conservation team is still at an early stage.
• It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
• The importance of preservation has been relevant for many years amid fears that video games, as a relatively young and predominantly digital form of media, will be lost when old equipment ceases to be maintained.

PlayStation recently announced new levels of PlayStation Plus, the most expensive of which includes access to a game library for PS1, PS2 and PSP.

Source: VGC