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Official PlayStation Next-Gen plans (2020, Wired Exclusive Article) [ Ray Tracing, BC, SSD, & more]

Nuclear Muffin

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Oct 29, 2017
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Woah! Can't believe that Sony just announced their PS5 plans so casually!

Told you all that they had nothing to show this year at E3!

Glad to hear that PS5 will be fully backwards compatible with PS4. Guess there's no reason to buy a PS4 now!
 
Carn

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Oct 27, 2017
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So, we got:
- CPU: 7nm Zen 2, 8 cores
- GPU: custom Navi, including raytracing support
- SSD + custom interfacing to massively increase bandwith (Spiderman freetravel demo: 15 seconds to 0.8 seconds)
- PS4 Backwards compatibility (other platforms not confirmed)
- Physical media
- PSVR '1' compatible
- on-chip 3D audio support
 

Allforce

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Oct 25, 2017
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Well that is definitely an info dump I didn't expect on a random Tuesday...

-PSVR compatible
-Backwards Compatible with PS4 (maybe more?)
-SSD
-Death Stranding likely a launch title.
-Physical media lives on!
 
The Last One

The Last One

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Oct 25, 2017
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Oh wow, I would expect an article like this after the Ps5 is announced lol Really insteresting stuff.
 
DanteMenethil

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Very exciting read. Really cool that finally great audio is being taken into account. I/O was also a frankly embarrassing bottleneck (so many youtube comparaison of console vs pc games where console takes minutes to load and pc 5 seconds like Monster Hunter World) and it's great it's being fixed.
 
Butterworth

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Great to see them talk about it finally.

I'm seeing £ signs in my head though lmao

I'm just chuffed that 3D audio is being opened up to everyone, finally.
 
Indy in the Fridge

Indy in the Fridge

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That SSD demonstration is very impressive. I never thought of the SSD as being that big of a potential game changer for consoles but holy shit!

Also, I would easily pay $750-800 for this machine. It seems like a true generational leap.
 
The Last One

The Last One

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FelipeMGM said:
Backward compatible apparently

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This needs a new thread tbh.
 
Akai

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Carn said:
So, we got:
- CPU: 7nm Zen 2, 8 cores
- GPU: custom Navi, including raytracing support
- SSD + custom interfacing to massively increase bandwith (Spiderman freetravel demo: 15 seconds to 0.8 seconds)
- PS4 Backwards compatibility
- PSVR '1' compatible
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+ on chip 3D audio support.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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BC confirmed, guess I'm never actually buying a PS4 and will just grab one of those beasts at launch.
 
Keikaku

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ray tracing is cool but hopefully the GPU doesn't sacrifice perfomance for dedicated cores like RTX.
 
bbq of doom

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Oct 25, 2017
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Ray tracing is the big one. If the consoles are on board we will see more devs and pubs get in on the act and support the transition.
 
Hieroph

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Next-Gen Console = NGC = Next-Gen Platform = NGP = PS5 = PSV = PS Vita

PS Vita means life redeemed confirmed.
 
Theorry

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Oct 27, 2017
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Crazy we are getting ray tracting in the consoles. Curious if its gonna be a option and can turn it off to get better framerate.
 
MilkBeard

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hopefully it's not just disc backwards compatibility, but digital as well. I have a lot of digital games on PS4 that I'd love to carry over to PS5. It would be a big positive for me to get a new PlayStation, instead of just sticking to PC, and being able to let go of my PS4.

Anyway, this is pretty positive overall. The integrated design with an SSD sounds great. Sick of loading times.

VariantX said:
SSD and not shit CPU are pretty much all I really gave a shit about. Those shit Jaguar CPU's really hold all these consoles back.
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Yes. If they put even a moderately decent CPU by today's standards, it will hold up much better in the long term.
 
Gamer17

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Oct 30, 2017
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so cerny finally leaked the info? haha

who would have thought our leak source is cerny

damn seems like a beast
 
YuSuzzune

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Nov 21, 2018
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Nice, if PS5 isn't BC Sony can fuck off, in 2020 there's no reason for a console for not being BC if not pure greediness. Now Sony please do an additional step by including PS1 and PS3 BC.
 
VinFTW

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Oct 25, 2017
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I was already day 1 on PS5, but seeing BC is amazing because I have like 20 or so PS4 games. Hoping its native and provides upgrades.
 
GhostTrick

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Oct 25, 2017
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8k, Ray-tracing, faster than any SSD on PC. I hope they have something to back that up or that article wont age too well.
 
Hanbei

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If it lets me play most games at 60FPS (not all, I'm not naive enough to believe it would be possible), then I will consider getting a PS5. Otherwise, I'll just stick to PC.

Eolz said:
Not a surprise at all for PS4.
The big question is BC for PS1/2/3, given what they did (or rather didn't do) on PS4.
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I bet it will not be backward-compatible with PS1/2/3 games.
 
ViewtifulJC

ViewtifulJC

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Oct 25, 2017
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The amount of concrete info about the PS5 so casually dropped on a Tuesday on a random website is kinda fuckin with me right now
 
ThatMeanScene

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Oct 25, 2017
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I am surprised that this is news Sony has decided to put out there of their own volition and so early. But then when I think about it the move makes sense: They get ahead of Waypoint/Giant Bomb stories and they get to control the message this way.
 
entremet

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Oct 26, 2017
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Pretty smart getting this out right now. You know why?

Because if you're own both XB1 and the PS4, now the whole BC angle may push you to buy more games off PSN. People suspect the next XB will do the same given the investment they have made in BC this generation, but it's not still confirmed. It's a good hunch.

A masterclass in PR. Bravo, Sony.
 
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