Although the PlayStation 5 does not support PlayStation 3 games in terms of native backwards compatibility, you can still play a curated list of PS3 titles via cloud streaming.
If you are getting a blank screen when doing so, then you can check out this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech to see how you can fix this issue.
1. If you are seeing a dark, black or blank screen when starting a stream for a PlayStation 3 game on your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition system, then we recommend that you wait for several minutes to see if something will eventually show up.
It can take a few minutes for your console to connect to the cloud streaming server. Furthermore, it can also take a while for the game to load into the main menu.
Keep in mind that the PS3 game you are streaming is running on a remote PlayStation 3 console. Therefore, it will take more time to boot when compared to playing a PS4 or PS5 game running natively on the PlayStation 5.
2. If you are still getting a blank screen after waiting for several minutes after launching the game, or you are getting a blank screen during the middle of a streaming session, then you can try restarting the game.
In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:
- Start by pressing the PS button on your DualSense in order to launch the quick menu.
- Once you get to the quick menu, select the Now Streaming card.
- In the expanded Now Streaming card menu, you need to select Show/Hide PS3 Menu.
- After opening the XMB menu for the remote PS3 console, you then need to select Saved Data Utility (PS3).
- When asked if you want to quit the game, select Yes.
- In the next screen, press the circle button on your DualSense.
- When asked if you want to return to the game, select Yes.
- The game will then reboot.
3. If you are still seeing a blank screen after rebooting the PS3 game on your PlayStation 5, then you can try restarting the stream by doing the following:
- To start off, press and hold the PS button to bring up the home menu of your PS5 console.
- Once you are inside of the home menu, hover over the PS3 game you are currently playing and the press the Options button on the controller.
- In the small menu that pops up, select the Close Game option.
- After closing the game, re-open it to see if you will run into a blank screen again.
4. There is a possibility that the cloud stream servers for PS3 games could be overloaded at the moment, causing connection and/or loading issues.
In this case, you can try to stream the game at another time when the servers are less busy.