Sony last night revealed the specs of their latest Playstation 5 console, and for the most part, they’re very impressive. The event happened yesterday during an hour-long presentation with Sony’s Mike Cerny. To be honest with you, it was more aimed at developers as it wasn’t as flashy as something you might expect from a reveal event, but still, it’s caused quite a bit of excitement online.
So what have we got in the next-gen console? Sony announces the console will have 8 Zen 2 cores, 16 GB RAM memory and an 825GB SSD drive. The GPU will be using custom RDNA 2 architecture promising real-time ray tracing capabilities. There is room for expansible NVMe SSD storage but it’s got to meet the needs of the PS5 to work. So hold your horses on that before rushing out to buy one, as 825GB for games that are now promising 8K fidelity and ray tracing is tiny. There should be at least double this as standard. Do I smell an opportunity for a Pro model later down the line?
However, the PS5 has confirmed it’ll have 10.28 TFLOPS of graphical power, while the Xbox Series X will have over 12. That’ll definitely cause rows between Sony and Microsoft fanboys for sure. Which side are you on? But, as stated during the event, it’s not all about power. Sony’s secret weapon is their SSD, which promises a huge decrease in loading times, putting you onto your games quicker than ever and things like fast travel will happen in “the blink of an eye”. I’ll believe that when I see it with my own eyes, but that’s pretty exciting.
One thing that’s confusing gamers though has to do with the PS5’s backwards compatibility. During the event, it was stated that Sony is looking at the top 100 most popular games from the PS4 and testing those. Does this mean we’ll only see 100 games from the PS4 on the PS5? Probably not. To keep up with Xbox, they’ve got to offer much more than that, as Xbox has promised their entire gaming library.
It’s still early days for sure, and the console isn’t due until Xmas 2020 so Sony has some time to test more old games on their console. But we’d like to know which camp you’re in. Have you heard enough about both consoles to stick with Xbox? Or has Sony caught your fancy? Let us know in the comments below!
