Maybe I’m just a Blind Sony Fanboy but it’s really hard for me to believe the PS5 is gonna be 3TF/16 CU weaker than the Series X.
If this is true than the people predicting PS5 at 399 bucks are right, no way it should cost more than that. That’s nowhere near as powerful as it should be IMO.
I personally believe that it will launch much closer to the Series X, maybe 0.5 to 1 TF behind, both will be 499 bucks or higher.
If this leak is true then I think a lot of people are gonna be disappointed when the gen starts, especially anyone believing the 8k talk. If it’s basically just a 5700 in the PS5, I mean that’s a decent card but cmon.
I’ll have to give credit where it’s due, if all this is true it sounds like MS has really engineered a monster with Series X.
PS5 would not be using a straight-up 5700; there will be RDNA2 features implemented as custom solutions, similar with the MS consoles. There's also a chance that even if these latest leaks are on the money, they may still have certain details off. For example it's likely possible that the AMD RT and VRS features weren't a part of the test for the dump (but are still present on the chip), or Sony have designed their own custom RT/VRS silicon solution possibly integrated on the APU (which would match rumors that Sony's RT solution is superior, even if just slightly).
With all of that said, the latest rumors seem to be getting more credibility as the days go on, especially considering both the Twitter and Github data were deleted (but we have other rumors and data that could most likely be false still easily obtainable online). And I'm just remembering again some odd stuff that happened way earlier in the year, like Shawn Layden's departure from SIE (apparently over a power struggle with Jim Ryan). It just came so abruptly, something still feels funny about that.
And now I'm also recollecting the reports from late last year into the early parts of this year that were speculating PS5 would launch this year, but Sony changed that decision because PS4 momentum was (is) still so strong. Add to that how they completely skipped E3 this year, which isn't something Sony would usually do. I thought it was to make way for their annual fan event at the end of the year...did that event even happen? The last one I remember happening was in a December during Capcom Cup (had to switch back-and-forth between both streams). If it did, there must've been nothing too noteworthy because I can't recall any particular announcements or surprises.
With the very real possibility Sony's probably been aiming for $399 with PS5 (I think some people are forgetting just how MASSIVE a response they got from that $399 announcement at E3 2013; it and the 8GB GDDR5 were a one-two knockout punch) and a 9.2 TFLOP RDNA1 (with some RDNA2 features customized to the silicon) PS5 is very possible. Granted I'm a bit disappointed with both systems in that there's no persistent RAM setup (apparently); virtual RAM with the SSDs will be a very solid alternative but not as a good of one IMHO. Anyway, yeah...very real chance these are (more or less) the specs.
Now could Sony have a second chip out there with no data available? Probably, but the odds of that are less than 10%. They shipped the new v-design PS5 devkits around E3 IIRC; those PS5 chips in the Github data were tested up to at least July, which is post-E3. Is is possible those chips are in fact dumped/old designs and the only reason they're being tested so late is because AMD may want to (for example) re-spin them into general APUs aimed at the PC market? Also possible, but if they have a lot of customization from Sony's end on them, I don't know if Sony would allow that (if they're in a position to do so, that is).
For now though I think people should just make the best of where things likely are landing; if it was okay for PS5 to be slightly more powerful than XSEX in the earlier leaks and rumors, how does the inverse suddenly hurt Sony? Especially if they are looking for $399 to repeat performance of PS4's fast adoption rates? Now I'll admit there's a pinch of salt to all of this: how do we know if Sony was looking to build something with a BOM at-cost with MSRP? They could have been building PS5 with a $450-$500 BOM and $399 MSRP target (knowing they'll make back the money through games, subs, etc.). But that's all speculation at this point in time.
We'll know soon enough in little over a month's time what's what regarding PS5 (mostly), but I hope diehard PS fans don't act like diehard Xbox fans did back in 2012/2013 (because IMHO there's no reason to be disappointed a 9.2 TFLOP RDNA1/2 next-gen system knowing Sony's top devs will be making great results with it). Sony's never really "chased" to be the most powerful; the only system where they were outright more powerful than the competition in all areas was PS4, otherwise they have always been softer in certain regards where competitors had a better solution. But that didn't hurt PS1, PS2 or even PS3 (in the end), now did it?
I'm looking forward to what games Sony brings for next-gen, and MS as well for that matter. I want them both to deliver big-time on that front; they'll both do the best with their respective specs and we're not talking a massive gap in those specs anyway even with the latest (possible) specifications. The same would be true if the roles were reversed. There'll always be little shithead fanboys/fangirls who yap on and on like they're kids in a playground, console warrior'ing it up, but they can be ignored. The sensible in this hobby can do better than that, and should.
