SSD in the Xbox Series X and S, and PS5 is More Exciting Than Improved Processor Speed, Says Virtuos - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 October 2020 / 2,074 Views
The managing director of games at Virtuos Christophe Gandonin an interview with GamingBolt says the most exciting part about the next-generation consoles, the Xbox Series X and S, and PlayStation 5, is the inclusion of an SSD and not the improved CPU and GPU.
"The next generation of consoles mark a major step forward, but not in the way consumers/gamers are used to," Gandon said. "With previous console generations, the main focus was on increasing the speed of the CPU and the GPU. This time, the jump in processor speed is not all that impressive.
"Instead, developers and gamers alike should be excited about the new SSD hard drive management. In-game assets can be accessed from memory much faster than ever before, which will affect both the way games look and the way games are designed. This will translate into denser worlds and little to no loading times."
Gandonin isn't the first developer to be excited about the SSD's in the next-generation consoles. Many have come have said the SSD will change the way games are developed.
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will launch worldwide on November 10. The PlayStation 5 will launch on November 12 in North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and in Europe and the rest of the world on November 19.
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Gamers have been hardwired to look at TFLOPS as the only metric. A huge number of sources keep repeating the same thing-the focus should be on the SSD and its surrounding systems, its the real game changer.
I'm skeptical about how these SSDs are going to actually impact game design. But even if its just faster loading and perhaps higher quality assets, I'm all for it.
My guess is that, moreso than usual, we'll have to wait until later in the generation to see the real benefits beyond the loading times. It takes real time for devs to change their own thinking. Plus, games launching in the next couple of years started development before anyone knew about the SSDs.
Really, it might take a decade before we really see the full impact of the changes. Games design isn't going to change quickly.
Developers have been raving about the Sony PS5's SSD/IO for a reason. Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is the testament to that. Microsoft Series X and Sony PS5 SSD is pushing forth 9th gen ;")
sorry but cpu jump is very important. Bigger worlds with more on screen action is only possible with a bigger cpu.
Well I'm pretty stoked about more 60 fps games and much faster load times. But for more practical reasons, the CPU upgrade was most crucial. Just hope MS does something to make storage cheaper. Sony did storage options better.
Considering the games he develop CPU and GPU improvement will probably not even be noticed, and well the SSD will most likely only improve load times.
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