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[sonomamashine]

I remember when CPU & GPU where the main subject of interest, don't get me wrong SSD is important in gaming, but is it worth the noise creating so many threads talking about how PS5 SSD gonna change gaming when Xbox Series X has also an SSD ?
This thread is more like to show some people that fanboyism do blind your judgement.

One console is more powerful than the other, so what ?
let's all agree that Both consoles are powerful enough to enjoy next gen games.
STOP IT !

 

[SmokSmog]

But ps5 has 5.5GB SSD and Xbox SX has only laptop 5400RPM HDD

 

[ManaByte]

Most people with a PC have known had beneficial a SSD is for a long time. But until recently SSD prices and sizes have limited it to being just your OS drive.

Also until Star Citizen, games weren't being made with SSDs in mind.

 

[Handy Fake]

I never had much interest in guacamole until I tried it.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

If Cerny had unveiled a 13tf machine we all know the narrative on the forum would be completely different. The goalposts have shifted.

thats fine, whatever

The PS5 is going be a very cool console and I’m excited to unbox it Day One. I wish it was a little more powerful but I’ll live.

Pretending like the XsX SSD is slow is just silly though. It’s still ultra-fast storage. They both are a huge generational leap in storage bandwidth

 

[icebomb]

It surprises me. I was expecting 10 threads per day on how good TPAAs are and now it's all about SSD.

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[Entroyp]

It’s getting out of hand. And I’m a fan of what Sony is doing with the SSD.

 

[Goliathy]

I remember when CPU & GPU where the main subject of interest, don't get me wrong SSD is important in gaming, but is it worth the noise creating so many threads talking about how PS5 SSD gonna change gaming when Xbox Series X has also an SSD ?
This thread is more like to show some people that fanboyism do blind your judgement.

One console is more powerful than the other, so what ?
let's all agree that Both consoles are powerful enough to enjoy next gen games.
STOP IT !

No.

 

[Hendrick's]

It's all they have left since Xbox is better in every other way.

 

[Enjay]

OP you should've been around for the bit wars.

 

[Swaganizonda]

Because it's a game changer and can enable game design out of reach for Xbox.

Xbox - most powerful by 18%
PS5 - faster data processing by 125%

Let those percentages sink in.

 

[Fulcizombie]

Expected, I wrote in early February that after the specs of both consoles were revealed , people(=Sony fans, Sony youtubers e.t.c) will only be discussing about a freakin ssd.

 

[SlimySnake]

Leave it to Sony to design a console so bad, its fans have to pick a storage spec to gloat about how powerful their console is.

Wait till people realize this is a $499 console, not a $399 or $449 everyone is expecting because the specs are worse in every department.

 

[Dr.brain64]

In Cerny, I believe.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Welcome to 2010 console gamers. SSD's are awesome. I could never go back to traditional storage.

 

[Nerd Strangler]

To the victor go the spoils. Im glad Sony is marketing their superior ssd... what I dont like is that that they cheaped out on the APU and are marketing fake boost clocks.

 

[CatLady]

The SSD is the only thing the Sony fans have to hang on to.

But yeah, they have gone WAY over the top with all the delusional threads proclaiming devs are going to now develop around the PS5 SSD (because XsX doesn't have one??) and it is now more important than the GPU & CPU in game develoment

 

[DynamiteCop!]

I remember when CPU & GPU where the main subject of interest, don't get me wrong SSD is important in gaming, but is it worth the noise creating so many threads talking about how PS5 SSD gonna change gaming when Xbox Series X has also an SSD ?
This thread is more like to show some people that fanboyism do blind your judgement.

One console is more powerful than the other, so what ?
let's all agree that Both consoles are powerful enough to enjoy next gen games.
STOP IT !

It was all about the GPU, CPU and RAM until a certain group realized they no longer had that to argue with, enter the goalpost shift.

 

[Skyr]

I guarantee you if the PS5 would have more Tflops no one here would talk about the bandwith difference of both consoles ssd's.

 

[The_Mike]

I remember when CPU & GPU where the main subject of interest, don't get me wrong SSD is important in gaming, but is it worth the noise creating so many threads talking about how PS5 SSD gonna change gaming when Xbox Series X has also an SSD ?
This thread is more like to show some people that fanboyism do blind your judgement.

One console is more powerful than the other, so what ?
let's all agree that Both consoles are powerful enough to enjoy next gen games.
STOP IT !

Sony decides what's important. They say the buzz word, and the cult follows

 

[Kazekage1981]

Because it's a game changer and can enable game design out of reach for Xbox.

Xbox - most powerful by 18%
PS5 - faster data processing by 125%

Let those percentages sink in.

I know Sonic the hedgehog can only be made on PS5 because of its SSD blast processing. Gotta go fast!

 

[Rat Rage]

Nobody gives a shit about SSD's except the shills.

 

[njean777]

Have been using Ssd's for years, this isn't anything new. Glad though that console only gamers finally get to see what PC players have been enjoying for years.

 

[GHG]

This is perfect.

I find the whole thing quite amusing because I've had an SSD in my PC for about the last 6 years (I've now got 3 SSD's in there).

I'm genuinely excited to see developers start taking advantage of them beyond faster loading times.

 

[DynamiteCop!]

Nobody gives a shit about SSD's except the shills.

Well others care about them sure because it's a huge quality of life improvement, but the other stuff is totally shill nonsense.

 

[magnumpy]

but.. what about price? I assumed the more expensive console would have the hardware advantage, so which is more expensive? for example we all know the nintendo switch is like $20 or something so that can immediately be discounted out of hand

 

[Vasto]

Its the only thing the PS5 has over the XsX so of course they are going to act like SSDs are the best thing since sliced bread. More important than GPU, CPU and Memory.

 

[Swaganizonda]

I know Sonic the hedgehog can only be made on PS5 because of its SSD blast processing. Gotta go fast!

Won't be surprised if a Sonic gets made exclusively for PS5 actually. It's a perfect game to go all-out and not be held back by last-gen SSD speeds like in XSX.

Your sarcasm might just turn reality

Its the only thing the PS5 has over the XsX so of course they are going to act like SSDs are the best thing since sliced bread. More important than GPU, CPU and Memory.

Unified speed RAM setup singing along with the SSD silicon is also superior.

10GB faster and 6 GB slower is just a mess.

 

[geordiemp]

I guarantee you if the PS5 would have more Tflops no one here would talk about the bandwith difference of both consoles ssd's.

Not now but when all games use SSD, then opinions will change next gen. It begins. Not just first party either,

Its the only thing the PS5 has over the XsX so of course they are going to act like SSDs are the best thing since sliced bread. More important than GPU, CPU and Memory.

Most of us dont understand crap about what is going on, but its fun to read. But dont be so sure about TF as the deciding factor, things change. Most next gen games will stream lots of detail from SSD,,,,not just Sony first party, MS as well.

 

[geordiemp]

Its the only thing the PS5 has over the XsX so of course they are going to act like SSDs are the best thing since sliced bread. More important than GPU, CPU and Memory.

Also what is the bandwidth per CU...go figure it out, take bandwidth / CU and come back.

And TF is only shader performance, what about fill rate or the speed of all the other items ?

Are you sure you think you know what is better ?

Series X is strong, but it might not be much different to Ps5 which is a different approach - they are both heavily bandwidth constrained for 4K gaming anway...

 

[Kazekage1981]

Won't be surprised if a Sonic gets made exclusively for PS5 actually. It's a perfect game to go all-out and not be held back by last-gen SSD speeds like in XSX.

Your sarcasm might just turn reality


Unified speed RAM setup singing along with the SSD silicon is also superior.

10GB faster and 6 GB slower is just a mess.

PS5:

XsX:

 

[Birdo]

Sony Devs: WE NOW HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SUPER FAST GAMES!

Sony Devs: *Makes slow-paced narrative games filled with forced walking scenes*

 

[Kacho]

It's all they have left since Xbox is better in every other way.

That’s basically it. Imagine a scenario where the SSD wasn’t faster and all they had to talk up was 3D audio.

 

[CJY]

Have been using Ssd's for years, this isn't anything new. Glad though that console only gamers finally get to see what PC players have been enjoying for years.

SSDs aren't new, but 17% extra Flops are? lmfao

 

[TGO]

Honestly?
Everybody knew that SSD's in these consoles was going to be the defining feature that sets it apart from generations before
Everyone knew that PS5 was going this route Phil even praise Sony regarding it and it fantastic to hear XSX also followed this foundation
But like I said in other thread, Sony had a clear goal with the SSD.
it was there for more then just load times and was cooperated in the systems architecture to work with every part of the system.
MS's SSD implementation doesn't seem the same, we know they'll have the super fast load times that comes with SSD
But the focus seems to be as High as TF count as possible.
It's only now that they know what Sony is doing their focus as change to "me too, but with more power"
I'm convinced MS was thrown off gaurd by their direction despite having the more powerful specs
Will make much difference?
probably not.
But Sony's approach is well

 

[CJY]

Sorry all butthurt guys. It's OK. Xbox Series X gonna be decent. You don't need to shit on everything else because you're butthurt. Don't worry, it'll be fine, you'll heal.

 

[geordiemp]

Sony Devs: WE NOW HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SUPER FAST GAMES!

Sony Devs: *Makes slow-paced narrative games filled with forced walking scenes*

Not going to get any thoughtful converstion in this thread are we.

Go and make a list up of games and why you luv MS.

 

[TwistedSyn]

Can we like stop this. It's getting very annoying to this point. Look the PS5 is a bit weaker but, that doesn't stop me from buying it since SONY makes the games I want. MS on the other hand doesn't make games that interest me as of right now. Also with their games coming to PC it makes it perfectly clear which console I will get.

Also YES I know that HZD is coming to PC but, that doesn't mean every single exclusive will as well. Also from what I have seen with PS5's SSD, I could see 1st party games having trouble with the PC space.

 

[Birdo]

Not going to get any thoughtful converstion in this thread are we.

Go and make a list up of games and why you luv MS.

Mate, the entire forum is a shit-show right now

I'm not realy a fan of MS, to be honest (Outside of Forza and great BC content).

 

[Skyr]

Not now but when all games use SSD, then opinions will change next gen. It begins. Not just first party either,

Most of us dont understand crap about what is going on, but its fun to read. But dont be so sure about TF as the deciding factor, things change.

Oh I totally believe this will be the case. No one is arguing that specific development for ssd's will remove bottlenecks. It has been proven with star citizen.

I specifically said bandwith differences in my post. The x has already an incredible fast ssd while the PS5 has double the bandwith on top of that.
Some people act like it will translate in double the performance. Like with most things there will be diminishing returns. It remains to be seen how much the difference will impact perfomance. My guess is very little but I will gladly be proven wrong.

 

[Vawn]

but is it worth the noise creating so many threads talking about how PS5 SSD gonna change gaming when Xbox Series X has also an SSD ?

It's a much, much better SSD in the PS5. I mean, PS fans could say, "why tout the Series X teraflops - PS5 has teraflops too".

If the PS5's SSD works as Cerny advertises, it will absolutely be a game changer. Completely seamless worlds with almost no loading will change the way many games are able to play. Game flow will be so much better.

That's very likely to be something you consciously notice while playing games more than any graphical differences at this point where graphics have already reached a point of diminishing returns.

 

[Swaganizonda]

SSDs aren't new, but 17% extra Flops are? lmfao

Crackdown 3 on those extra 17% is gonna be amazeballs, stop trolling.

()

 

[Psykodad]

The SSD is the only thing the Sony fans have to hang on to.

But yeah, they have gone WAY over the top with all the delusional threads proclaiming devs are going to now develop around the PS5 SSD (because XsX doesn't have one??) and it is now more important than the GPU & CPU in game develoment

SSD, VR and exclusives.

Don't forget VR and exclusives, loading even faster than before.

 

[icebomb]

SSD, VR and exclusives.

Don't forget VR and exclusives, loading even faster than before.

VR? You mean that costy gimmick that not even 5% of the PS 4 owners bought?

 

[CJY]

SSD, VR and exclusives.

Don't forget VR and exclusives, loading even faster than before.

VR? You mean that revolutionary new piece of tech that only 5% of the PS 4 owners have yet to be able to experience?

 

[CJY]

from here:

 

[CatLady]

SSD, VR and exclusives.

Don't forget VR and exclusives, loading even faster than before.

Fair enough, I'll give you VR. It's kind of niche right now and not something I'm interested in but it seems to be growing and lot of people ARE interested.

Exclusives, I give that to Xbox next gen for me personally, because I prefer their output and it looks like we Xbots have a LOT of great games coming next gen. Sales-wise I give it to Sony, my taste does not always align with the majority.

 

[Batiman]

Sorry all butthurt guys. It's OK. Xbox Series X gonna be decent. You don't need to shit on everything else because you're butthurt. Don't worry, it'll be fine, you'll heal.

Embarrassing

 

[CJY]

Embarrassing

It's a joke batiman