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- [Paul] Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5

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looks like it might be a sizeable upgrade.

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According to a report from Wired,

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Sony says it will feature
a solid state drive

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and will even have backwards compatibility

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with the PlayStation 4.

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As Kotaku has previously reported,

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the PlayStation 5 may arrive in 2020.

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The PlayStation 5 will
have more powerful specs

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to match the increased graphics

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and storage needs of
future next-gen games.

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If the console has a solid state drive,

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that should mean faster loading times

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and rendering time for game environments.

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While we don't know the specifications

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of the solid state drive,

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PlayStation 5 lead system
architect Mark Cerny

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did say that its raw
bandwidth should exceed

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that of what's currently
available for PCs.

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According to Wired's report,

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Cerny showed off a comparison

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between Marvel's Spider-Man
running on a PS4 Pro

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and the same game running on
a devkit of the PlayStation 5.

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On the PS4 Pro, fast
travel took 15 seconds.

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On the PS5 devkit, it
only took 0.8 seconds.

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The Wired report also noted
that the game's environment

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remained perfectly crisp
when Cerny stopped the camera

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after whipping it around the world.

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Details emerged about the
PS5's CPU and GPU too.

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The next generation PlayStation
will have a CPU based on

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the third generation of AMD's Ryzen line.

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Wired reports that the GPU
will be a custom version

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of Radeon's Navi line and
will support ray tracing.

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Cerny also noted that ray tracing

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will have audio benefits as well.

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For example, he said it might
help players hear small,

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subtle sounds from nearby
enemies sneaking around.

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While Cerny didn't give details

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about the next-generation
PlayStation's VR capabilities,

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he did say, "VR is very important to us,"

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then added that current PSVR headsets

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will work with the new console.

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Sony executives are calling
it their next-gen console

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instead of the PlayStation 5.

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The PlayStation 4 was released in 2013,

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seven years after the
launch of the PlayStation 3.

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If the next PlayStation
console releases in 2020,

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as we've reported, then
the PS4 will also have been

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Sony's lead console for seven years.

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Even after hearing about the
numerous streaming projects

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on the horizon from Google,
Microsoft, and Sony themselves,

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it still seems like
owning a box to play games

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isn't going away anytime soon.

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To read more, head over to Kotaku.com.