The head of Sony, Jim Ryan, confirms that the new PlayStation 5 console will use an SSD and will allow to run PlayStation 4 games.
There are very few days until I know the start of E3 2019 in Los Angeles. The largest video game event, increasingly decaffeinated, serves for large companies to present new games and proposals. Not all companies wait for the event or attend it to give news. Today without going any further, Google has prepared a special event to give launch data, prices and characteristics of Google Stadia. Who will not attend the event is Sony, who has talked about his next console. The company will launch the PlayStation 5 next year and has given details about it.
Sony gives details of the PlayStation 5
Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment is also responsible for the division of the PlayStation 5 console. This console will be based on AMD hardware and Lisa Su has already advanced some small details of the console. But it is also that a few weeks ago it was said that this new console would use an SSD instead of a HDD. Something that has been confirmed by Ryan and that we had seen in a leaked video. The reasons: reduce loading times.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect that they have confirmed is the possibility of enjoying games from previous versions of the console. Ryan has confirmed that PlayStation 4 users will be able to continue playing their favorite games on the PlayStation 5. It seems that Sony has finally listened to users and will give them what they want.
Furthermore, we already know that this console will feature a semi-custom APU based on a Zen 2 core processor and Navi graphics . This APU will be entirely 7nm, utilizing only 7nm silicon. It's speculated that it could run games at 4K @ 60FPS with ray tracing, although that might be overly ambitious in this case.
Source: cnet
