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The Road to PS5

PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny provides a deep dive into PS5’s system architecture and how it will shape the future of games.

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9:00 AM PDT

Jin_Sakai1532d ago

The day is finally here. Can’t wait!

rainslacker1532d ago

I'm taking the option to work from home today. Getting a lot done without all the interruptions from management and other workers. Good thing there is nothing else that could possibly distract me today.:)

solideagle1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

My company has already sent all of us to work from home for 2 weeks. I am really excited for PS5, I hope I can afford it this time as I got all my previous Playstations as gifts (PS3 from my previous job hehehe) :D

quick question: is it 1 hour stream?

rainslacker1532d ago

Not sure of the length. But, if it's just the GDC presentation in video form, then chances are that it's an hour. Maybe around the 50 minute mark, as panels are usually that long. Sometimes, if they're keynotes, then they're 90 minutes, but this wasn't the keynote this year. Likely they had this presentation lined up, maybe with a little less flair than they'll do for a public viewing like this, and then a 30-60 minute mingling session where reps would talk with the devs on a more personal level.

This may be a dry presentation since GDC is a dev conference, but it is the official reveal of the PS5, so Sony may spice it up a bit for the consumer market. They've had some time to do that.

darthv721532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

Cerny speaks so softly... perfect ASMR voice.

USB external storage confirmed.

rainslacker1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

@Darth

The 3rd party external drive thing kind of surprised me. But even said yesterday if they allowed it, it would require minimum requirements, and a specific form factor. You were also not expecting it, nor were many people. Not sure if I understood correctly, but sounds like it would replace the current SSD, which didn't make sense since I thought the chips were soldered onto the board. MS approach uses it as an add on to the existing SSD, so you get more space.

Was a pretty dry presentation, as I'd expect. Lot of interesting stuff if you understand the tech he was talking about. I imagine a lot of people won't understand most of what he said about 90% of the tech talk.

Was pretty obvious he's excited about the 3D audio, and while that's cool and all, and took up a good amount of the end of the presentation, it isn't something I'd put a high priority on.

While there was some good info here, especially if you're a dev or really into tech stuff and understand it, I have a feeling this deep dive isn't going to satiate a lot of the annoying, "why aren't they saying anything" criticism they've gotten the past few weeks.

Best part was his explanation of the SSD, and how it could be used to create games. The level design stuff was a perfect way to demonstrate why legacy support for the design of the game is not a good thing if you want to move into next gen.

xX-oldboy-Xx1532d ago

The expandable SSD is m2 form factor but needs to run a little faster than the internal one in the PS5.

Because they only have 2 i/o units instead of 5, which is what the PS5 one has. The extra speed is needed to cover for the lack of chips.

Wrong or right, it just means no proprietary SSD - Yeeehhaawww! That's the first victory of next gen I'd say.

At least I think that's right, started at 3am in Australia and I had few beers after work.

Unspoken1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

Already called the SSD situation yesterday, and kudos for PS5 for using that idea, but it's going to be very expensive to use NVME PCIe 4 cards and they don't even have preliminary testing completed. Both are attempting to utilize that space for virtual memory, faster on PS5, much less expensive on Xbox.

Overall a very meh presentation from Cerny.

darthv721532d ago

@above, I believe he said they will have a list of 'officially' supported drives but otherwise if you want to use one not on the list then it must be faster because of the less number of lanes they typically use. Otherwise you know there will be a new round of drives made specifically to be used for this (with all 6 lanes). sony has mandated what the requirements need to be and right now only a few mfg can fit into that. More will likely come though, just as there will likely be other SX branded licensed memory cards and not just those from Seagate.

And rain, the M.2 expansion does not replace the internal surface mount drive. It only adds to it and is specific to PS5 games (meaning you wont be able to use USB for running PS5 games, only to hold them. PS5 requires the SSD or M.2 expansion to run games directly)

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sampsonon1532d ago

People down voted you wanting to see games.
What is the world coming to. Even if they don't show games, which it's Sony so anything is possible, you shouldn't get roasted for it. lol

sushimama1532d ago

@ sampsonon. Dude he's stealth trolling and his comment is setting up his inevitable criticisms that will surely follow Mark Cerny's video. He knows damn well there will not be any games shown. This guy is a black belt in concern trolling, shade throwing and downplaying all things Sony-related.

I'm looking forward to know the specs and some of the cool features that the PS5 will have. Not long now

Nineball21121532d ago

sampsonon, the downvotes might mean that they don't think many or any games will be shown today. Maybe it's just information on the hardware only. (I didn't down vote).

GTgamer1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

@samsonon @nineball2112 you guys clearly don't know who the trolls are on this site 😂😂😂

Nineball21121532d ago

GTgamer. You're right and I could be completely wrong.

Donnie811532d ago

Me too! Games games and more games

pwnmaster30001532d ago

Didn’t they literally say this is about the specs and not games.

Stealth trolling like crazy.

MasterCornholio1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

It wouldn't be a bad idea to show some games to demonstrate the systems capabilities. However I'm not expecting to see a ton of them. That will be saved for the launch conference.

HZD2 or Bluepoints Benchmark game would probably be great choices.

xX-oldboy-Xx1532d ago

Careful with the 'T' word - isn't very well liked around here. They know what they're doing and it's just pathetic.

Either do it or don't - going about it all sneaky is a clear reflection of them as people.

RedDevils1531d ago

obscure is a bot, he get mad if someone talking shit about the Xbox.

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GTgamer1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

http://rebloggy.com/post/i-... can't even lie been waiting for this forever

AnubisG1532d ago

And how dissapointed are you now?

GTgamer1532d ago

@AnubisG i ain't gonna lie I am very disappointed I didn't care about the specs I just really thought we would see something a tech demo the controller the console anythinggggggggggggg

AnubisG1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

It wasn't worth the excitement and wait. This was meant for developers, not gamers. It was so borring that I regret forcing myself watching it. I was hoping for a tech demo at least. But nothing.

Sony should be ashamed. The way they communicate their next gen system is horrible. While MS has show the system, the controller and even games. What exactly is Sony waiting for?

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solideagle1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

10.28 TFLOPS hmmm not sure why didn't he calculate TFLOPS at 3.5 GHz...

StoneyYoshi1532d ago

Maybe he was strictly talking about gpu Tflops and not a combined amount with the GPU and CPU?

rainslacker1532d ago

Because they lock the GPU at 2.33GHZ. HIs stated reason was to keep performance consistent since they're using variable frequencies to reduce power needs. There were a few points in this presentation where it wasn't clear if something he said was for explanation, or as an absolute. That was one of them, but from what I took from it was that that 2.33GHZ is the max. I imagine follow up interviews will clarify things. This is just how Cerny presentations go most of the time.

Kyizen1532d ago

Agree while most stuff will run at 2.3 for Marketing they could use rhe max overclock of 3.5 GHz to calculate and it wouldnt be wrong.

SyntheticForm1532d ago

Yes! As this reveal nears I feel more and more like a kid. Genuine over-the-top excitement.

AnubisG1532d ago

And than, dissapointment.....

-Ghost1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

One hour to go! Looking forward to hearing what Mark Cerny will reveal. The video is 52 minutes.

Good-Smurf1532d ago (Edited 1532d ago )

Starts at 11:00 PM here 56 minutes to go!

SyntheticForm1532d ago

Who's a good smurf? You! You're such a good smurf.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty3d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken3d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty3d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken3d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0073d ago (Edited 3d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken3d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie2d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai5d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H95d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1015d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H95d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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