Mike Ybarra was VP of Xbox, he's now working at Blizzard (we could guess Blizzard is in possession of devkits).
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Mike Ybarra: PS5 could have better I/O than anything the PC has ever seen
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Mike Ybarra was VP of Xbox, he's now working at Blizzard (we could guess Blizzard is in possession of devkits).
Wooo
Edit: yeah I/O aka input / output.
How the entire system handles data.
The custom SSD solution including its controller and the software stack on top of that which Mark Cerny mentioned in the Wired article.
And probably how it works with RAM. The RAM that we don't know about yet.
Edit: yeah I/O aka input / output.
How the entire system handles data.
The custom SSD solution including its controller and the software stack on top of that which Mark Cerny mentioned in the Wired article.
And probably how it works with RAM. The RAM that we don't know about yet.
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Surely breaking a NDA there!?
Or referring to the Spider-Man demo etc?
OP: Can we have the actual link to see the full context please?
Or referring to the Spider-Man demo etc?
OP: Can we have the actual link to see the full context please?
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Also not directly related to the thread but interesting nonetheless
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Input/Output. How data is written and read in the system (he's basically talking about the SSD).
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I don't have it, read it on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/edvmin/when_mike_ybarra_moves_from_microsoft_to/
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Them? He's working at Blizzard and is an ex Xbox, he has no incentive at all to say that about PS5.
apparently the xbox will have a nvme drive running at 2GB/s which is quite slow even for PCIE 3.0
We know the XBOX Series X uses NVME so it could be possible that they are doing something custom
Presumably he's referring to the custom SSD set up that the PS5 will or may have?
Marketing for whom?
Marketing for whom?
The guy who used to be Xbox VP (Blizzard now) is marketing the PS5 for some reason
makes sense
I honestly really missed this aspect of consoles, where they surpass PCs for a small moment before getting obliterated again.
Ugh so where did Yikes Mbarra post this exactly? We need to find the source!
Prob on a Youtube livestream, maybe dealer gaming or another piece of shit.
Going back 20/30 years, consoles alway made a jump past PC in terms of performance (not actual power, but a better output on specs), and after a couple a year PC exceeded them again. The fact the console existed, quickly pushed PC to go even higher. I feel like the PS4/One was the first gen that jump was not noticeable, and probably non-existent. So, it is not crazy to suggest we will go back to the same leapfrog over the next 2-3 years. And everyone will be better cause of it.
Why is it hard to believe?
PCI-E 4.0 NVME drives go all the way up to 5GB/s thats bytes, not bits. It's not a stretch to believe they have reduced overheads by packing games or storing them in a way that is optimal for read speeds.
but how? i don't understand how it could be so much better than high end PC drives. why would a leap that far forward be used for a propriety console drive?
Im going out on a limb and will say this means the PS5 will be upgradeable with very expensive custom Sony parts. Remember the fun everyone had with those PSVITA memory cards? Get ready for "upgrade your ram if you want this game to run at 60fps" "this game is only playable in *upgraded processor pro*".
Which would still beat having to buy an entire new console like we did last time, but would still SUCK, because the audience keeps getting fragmented.
Which would still beat having to buy an entire new console like we did last time, but would still SUCK, because the audience keeps getting fragmented.
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And I mean, Mark Cerny said it when he announced the PS5. He said the SSD was more performant that what achievable on PC nowadays, I doubt he would just lie when it's so easy to verify.
It won't be mind boggling, just developers that will use them in efficient ways to optimize games. I can imagine for the average consumers that hasn't touched a high-end PC it will be pretty significant.
The statement was made prior to the release of PCI Gen 4 hardware, so it could easily have been true at the time but not by the time of PS5's launch.
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