I honestly don't get this conversation.
I see some people who have been downplaying the PS5 SSD custom hardware decompression (or even downright "laughing" at it), now drooling over DirectStorage. Even though it is twice as slow on this game. So the PS5 solution, which uses dedicated hardware and does not affect system performance otherwise, is lame, but the MS solution, which is still far, far slower, and uses your GPU, theoretically impacting your visuals, is awesome?
Seriously, let's get honest with ourselves here. If the situations were reversed the fanboys on the MS side of the aisle would love what's happening on the PS5.
They are also completely ignoring part of the point of the PS5 setup. Loading data directly into RAM in a "game ready" state with per frame latency. Insomniac has not only talked about this, it's already in shipping games on the shelf.
Epic talked about this in their initial UE5 demo, saying it would only run on the PS5 because of the geometry density and needing to load that in and out of memory as your view moves. Notice how none of the demos available that are cross platform, look as good as the initial demo in this respect. Hmm, is it because Epic was telling the truth perhaps?
Along with a good GPU, you'll need a speedy drive if you want to run UE5 games at the level of detail shown in the demo.
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Of course 1 seconds vs 2 seconds is a total wash when it comes to "loading times" and waiting for games to show up on screen. Even though the PS5 solution is, again, twice as fast right now, in practicality no one will care. It's what the tech enables in the above scenarios that makes the difference for the system. And this is continually ignored by people who don't want to acknowledge it, even though it's being done on
shipped products.
In conclusion, PS5 setup still absolutely smokes the MS DirectStorage solution. It doesn't affect the rest of the system performance. And the haters are cheering on the far slower tech. Yeah. that makes sense.
I don't get why people can't just like everything and recognize reality. Yeah the PS5 gpu and cpu don't match up to what's available on the PC. It's not a big deal. Right now nothing can match the PS5 I/O tech. Again, that's just reality. I don't understand what is so hard for some people to just admit this.
I mean my Switch is seriously old and outdated from a tech perspective, and it's by far my favorite system because of the
games. It has nothing to do with hardware or anything. But even though I prefer my Switch I recognize what the PS5 has, and does not have. Same with the XSX (that I just got rid of though). It has pros and cons.
Again, really surprised at either the gaslighting that is being attempted or the willful ignorance. I honestly can't tell which it is. Let's move on people.