It's no surprise that the next generation of consoles is upon us. But when exactly, we can't say for sure. For Sony, its PlayStation 5 is not going to be retailed this year. Speaking to Wired, Sony's Mark Cerny, the lead system architect for the PS4, provided some juicy details regarding the company's much awaited console, but also noted that their "next-gen console won’t be landing in stores anytime in 2019".

Release date aside, Cerny provided more details regarding the specs of the device. As expected, the latter will boast a better CPU and GPU. More specifically, the home console will pack a CPU based on the third generation of AMD’s Ryzen line with eight cores of the company’s new 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture, and for its GPU, a custom variant of Radeon’s Navi family, with ray tracing support will be embedded.

Cerny notes that the ray tracing technology will have more use than just improving on the visual aspect on this 8K-compatible device. “If you wanted to run tests to see if the player can hear certain audio sources or if the enemies can hear the players’ footsteps, ray tracing is useful for that,” he says. “It's all the same thing as taking a ray through the environment.”

More than just focusing on the visuals, Sony is also laying emphasis on the audio, stating that the AMD chip also packs a custom unit for 3D audio. “As a gamer,” Cerny says, “it's been a little bit of a frustration that audio did not change too much between PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. With the next console the dream is to show how dramatically different the audio experience can be when we apply significant amounts of hardware horsepower to it.”

Of note, the PlayStation 5 will also come with a solid state drive (SSD) which will drastically improve in-game load times. During the interview, Wired had a glimpse of this when Cerny compared fast travel in 2018's Spider-Man between a PS4 Pro and a PS5 dev-kit: it took 15 seconds on the PS4 Pro while it a mere 0.8 seconds on the PS5.

Wait, that's all cool but Spider-Man is getting a re-release on the PS5?! Not quite. According to the interview, this next-gen PlayStation will be partly based on the PS4’s architecture, and will also be backward-compatible with PS4 games. Also compatible with the PS5 will be the current PSVR headset. Moreover, the next generation of PlayStation-branded console will still support physical media instead of being a download-only device.

So what do you think of the next PlayStation so far? Which features do you wish it to support and do you think Sony will implement them?

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[DANTENDO]

Who isn't a Sony Hater?

Biggest selling video game brand since ps1 days so billions I'd say

 

[D34DL1N3R]

An awful lot of crap being spewed in this topic. I'm not even going to read past the first few pages as I had already seen enough. Uncharted is no good. Blah blah blah. No good games. Blah blah blah. Censorship blah blah blah. No PS1, PS2, PS3 bc. Blah Blah Blah. PC master race. Blah blah blah.

If you don't like Sony consoles or their exclusive titles, move right along.

 

[DANTENDO]

An awful lot of crap being spewed in this topic. I'm not even going to read past the first few pages as I had already seen enough. Uncharted is no good. Blah blah blah. No good games. Blah blah blah. Censorship blah blah blah. No PS1, PS2, PS3 bc. Blah Blah Blah. PC master race. Blah blah blah.

If you don't like Sony consoles or their exclusive titles, move right along.

Yep so many negative people out ther who can't appreciate what Sony has bought to the gaming industry

 

[pedro702]

Biggest selling video game brand since ps1 days so billions I'd say

technically the wii sold more than ps3/xbox360 so the wii did win that generation, and nintendo won all portable generations aswhell against psp and psvita, sony won with ps1,ps2 and ps4 only .

 

[console]

That's great news for PS5!

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The next-gen PlayStation is partially based on PS4 architecture, which means that it is backwards compatible. Cerny also revealed that it is not an all-digital device, and will accept physical discs.

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Yay!!! It said PS5 will able to play PS4 physical discs and digital games. But I not fans of digital. I'm still old school gamer that I love physical discs more than digital.

I will going to buy PS5 when go on sale plus price cut around in year 2022 - 2026 on around Black Friday in November or Christmas in December.

PS5 still have custom Linux operating system. Not Windows operating system. Linux is best ever for gaming to replace Windows in the future.

I'm glad to skip PS4 Pro and will get PS5 instead.


For PS5, I would have to buy 4K HDTV (with HDR support) for that.

 

[Hyborix3]

Whiny people that can’t get what they want. Instead, they’ll just complain about not liking their exclusives and their new ways of dealing with censorship. Move along and just play on PC. Not gonna acknowledge the Sony bootlickers either for not staying on topic either.

Anyways, the price is the biggest factor. Cerny stated a lot of positives with the obvious that should be in there(Backwards compatibility) 4K HDR 60fps on my actual TV and not my computer rig would be awesome for my friends and I to experience.

 

[Bladexdsl]

-Honey!

-What?

-Where is my bootrom exploit?

-Whaaat?

-WHERE IS MY BOOTROM EXPLOIT!?

-Whhhhy do you need it?

 

[FAST6191]

I can name over 50 but can't be arsed to type them all go start with dying light-or just admit it if Yr a sony hater

Every company has disappointed me this generation. Paid multiplayer, minimal single player, co-op but a distant memory, microtransactions and DLC the norm to often even get the game vaguely going on, boring/bland/safe design in what little remains, generally anti consumer...

Can't say I have done dying light myself but someone I usually line up fairly well with games for did not find it compelling. Which is pretty much how I would describe the PS4bone library in general, and have done for a while now https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-games-you-will-keep-for-your-ps4-and-xbox-one.499105/

As for hating Sony they are on my don't buy unless absolutely necessary list, and have been for some years now, but if they were the ones with games then I would probably find me a second hand machine somewhere.

 

[SuperDan]

How Much ... Im Going to buy one anyways ... but how much will it cost?

 

[DANTENDO]

Every company has disappointed me this generation. Paid multiplayer, minimal single player, co-op but a distant memory, microtransactions and DLC the norm to often even get the game vaguely going on, boring/bland/safe design in what little remains, generally anti consumer...

Can't say I have done dying light myself but someone I usually line up fairly well with games for did not find it compelling. Which is pretty much how I would describe the PS4bone library in general, and have done for a while now https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-games-you-will-keep-for-your-ps4-and-xbox-one.499105/

As for hating Sony they are on my don't buy unless absolutely necessary list, and have been for some years now, but if they were the ones with games then I would probably find me a second hand machine somewhere.

You seem a very intelligent guy but I think you overthink to much about games - play the games for fun not looking for bugs patches paid dlc microtransactions etc - games hav never been better and thts a fact as I'm sure on everyone's Christmas list for 2020 wil be a ps5

 

[GerbilSoft]

That's great news for PS5!
The next-gen PlayStation is partially based on PS4 architecture, which means that it is backwards compatible. Cerny also revealed that it is not an all-digital device, and will accept physical discs.

Can't wait to play those analog games I've been hearing so much about.

PS5 still have custom Linux operating system.

No it doesn't.

 

[codezer0]

Wonder how many replacement ps5's one is expected to go through for that generation? 6? 10? 20?

All depends on how long their warranty is.

 

[pedro702]

Wonder how many replacement ps5's one is expected to go through for that generation? 6? 10? 20?

All depends on how long their warranty is.

i never replaced any ps console i still have my fat ps2, my phat ps360gb(had to fix that one becuase it was getting warm and loud but for 30$ and its fixed until today) and ps4 500gb.

 

[Plstic]

looks like ill be buying a ps5. glad i held out buying a pro.

 

[codezer0]

i never replaced any ps console i still have my fat ps2, my phat ps360gb(had to fix that one becuase it was getting warm and loud but for 30$ and its fixed until today) and ps4 500gb.

I personally went through 4 ps1 consoles. All because disc read errors and the older ones especially damaging both the data and label side of the discs.
Wemt through first two ps2 consoles for the samw reason. Had enough and bought #3 as a premodchipped system. It too was having frequent disc read errors but the seller was willing to take it back for repair. And then it shattered on the last day of testing. Seller ate the cost to replace the consoleb transfer the chip, and re-cap the console. That is still the only thing I'd call "reliable" with a Sony badge ever since they entered the games business.
On my 6th ps3, as the first five were all full bc models that all died spectacularly. Oh, did i mention tbat they banned my last bc console and account jist months before my last bc model went tits up?
Went through about as many psp models, between 2000, 3000 and psp go models.

Little wonder i didn't give Sony any of my business for the ps4 generation.

 

[pedro702]

I personally went through 4 ps1 consoles. All because disc read errors and the older ones especially damaging both the data and label side of the discs.
Wemt through first two ps2 consoles for the samw reason. Had enough and bought #3 as a premodchipped system. It too was having frequent disc read errors but the seller was willing to take it back for repair. And then it shattered on the last day of testing. Seller ate the cost to replace the consoleb transfer the chip, and re-cap the console. That is still the only thing I'd call "reliable" with a Sony badge ever since they entered the games business.
On my 6th ps3, as the first five were all full bc models that all died spectacularly. Oh, did i mention tbat they banned my last bc console and account jist months before my last bc model went tits up?
Went through about as many psp models, between 2000, 3000 and psp go models.

Little wonder i didn't give Sony any of my business for the ps4 generation.

not sure what to tell you my ps3 has hundred and hundreds of hours and i only use discs no digital games and never any any issue with my launch ps3 besides fixing that heating issue and such.

 

[codezer0]

not sure what to tell you my ps3 has hundred and hundreds of hours and i only use discs no digital games and never any any issue with my launch ps3 besides fixing that heating issue and such.

You don't need to apologize to me or anything. But knowing how much money i wasted on replacing and trying to fic their consoles in futility, gives me a strong urge to punch ken and kaz's teeth in.

 

[DeslotlCL]

For all the people still complaining about actual and future censorship on the ps4/ps5

Ya are all a bunch of pedos.

 

[AdenTheThird]

Next up from Sony:
The Sony Witch, or S-Witch for short. It's a portable and home console! Because after twenty years of falling into Nintendo's shadow, we've finally decided to take the lead!

 

[ChaosEternal]

For all the people still complaining about actual and future censorship on the ps4/ps5

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Ya are all a bunch of pedos.

Ok? It's still censorship.