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Official PlayStation Next-Gen plans (2020, Wired Exclusive Article) [ Ray Tracing, BC, SSD, & more]
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All of this is pretty expected, but the SSD comments are interesting. I have a 970 Evo Plus SSD that gets 3,700mbps.... dunno how they expect to beat that... or why. I'm dubious.
It is surprising, specially if you consider Nintendo launches their consoles without disclosing the specs and they people go nuts trying to figure out what's inside exactly.
This is a really random time to drop something like this, right? Sounds like everything is good so far (PS4 BC is great to hear), but boy is this going to be pricey, especially here in Australia. Since I skipped the 4 Pro, BC is definitely making me consider jumping in at launch though.
It's surprising that they are talking so candidly about next gen right now... Did Google get this ball rolling? Seems premature. I'm thinking Spring 2020 now.
Ray-tracing and all is good but I hope for some games to be revealed for it. Content is the king, right?
Remember 2013 when the PS4 launched? Sony also published in that year for the PS3 (lazy Wikipedia copy-paste):
- PlayStation Network
- Everybody's Golf 6 (Retail version in Japan only)
- Rain (Retail version in Japan only)
no, i just assumed better hardware = better performance like the 360 to XB1 BC
Seems a very casual way to dump so much significant information on the PS5 that I nearly don't believe it.
No point to this if the system supports external hard drives honestly.
SSD only, if you need a gigantic amount of slower storage for your library attach an external HDD or SSD as a backup.
That load time improvements is fucking bonkers
My expectations for next gen have been kinda destroyed
My expectations for next gen have been kinda destroyed
It's to hype people up without saying much. It's the classic vidcon comic:
Colour me interested. Backwards compatibility definitely catches my eye, as I'm growing a little weary of PS4 but have been hanging onto it for the last two big games I want (The Last of Us Part II and Death Stranding). I may just sell up now and play those games when PS5 rolls around.
I'm also happy that PSVR will be supported going forward. I just hope they have new controllers for it.
I'm also happy that PSVR will be supported going forward. I just hope they have new controllers for it.
All those already had release dates before the PS4 was announced/revealed IRC
There was this recent Cryengine tech demo that was doing raytracing on an AMD Vega. Really the only demo so far that's been shown using any sort of AMD as far as I know.
Wait seriously? Sony would let him blow the doors off this thing before they even announce it?
If they have good enough raytracing support, it's very good that raytracing will be prolific in games soon enough.
Hopefully they have the power left over to have raytraced audio be widespread too.
Sony seems to be doing all the things they absolutely needed to do for PS5 to not be an utter failure. Without raytracing there would be insignificant visual differentiation between PS5 and PS4 games.
Also the PSVR1 support is expected but good to confirm. I wonder what the PSVR2 tracking system will be like, because they can't rely on visible spectrum and cameras again. I'm thinking internal camera tracking ala Quest.
Very doubtful they manage to outperform even a midrange PC SSD. After all the article also states that raytracing is limited to $10,000 workstations (no mention of RTX or anything else). It's a paid advertising article and it packs some lies...
Hopefully they have the power left over to have raytraced audio be widespread too.
Sony seems to be doing all the things they absolutely needed to do for PS5 to not be an utter failure. Without raytracing there would be insignificant visual differentiation between PS5 and PS4 games.
Also the PSVR1 support is expected but good to confirm. I wonder what the PSVR2 tracking system will be like, because they can't rely on visible spectrum and cameras again. I'm thinking internal camera tracking ala Quest.
Very doubtful they manage to outperform even a midrange PC SSD. After all the article also states that raytracing is limited to $10,000 workstations (no mention of RTX or anything else). It's a paid advertising article and it packs some lies...
Ah, yes. You're right about that.
What a weird reveal it's this. On a Tuesday morning of all days and talking about this info like it's nothing. Makes me wonder what kind of reveal we will have for the PS5.
Cool on BC.
Raytracing stuff, yeah right now that's just buzzwords. Particularly the stuff they're talking about sound design; good games have been doing that for a better while, even Overwatch stood out in this regard. I'm not letting myself get excited about that, the same way 8GB GDDR5 was being bragged about.
Raytracing stuff, yeah right now that's just buzzwords. Particularly the stuff they're talking about sound design; good games have been doing that for a better while, even Overwatch stood out in this regard. I'm not letting myself get excited about that, the same way 8GB GDDR5 was being bragged about.