PS5 Coming at the End of 2020 According to Analyst: High-Spec Hardware for Under $500

[Nate4Drake]

HoloDust said:

Nate4Drake said:

The generational leap in CPU power will be massive, really massive; I'm expecting 8-10X, according to the different scenarios; and this will be the biggest advantage of Next Gen.  

  CPU boost from PS3 to PS4 was modest, so I'm expecting much more improvements in the AI, physics, system collision, interactions with the environment, animations, Gameplay, etc.  

 I was playing FarCry5 yesterday on PS4, and though it looks sweet, and play cool, you notice immediately the big limitations on the CPU side and the lack of more sofisticated environment interaction : you can go through vegetation and small trees like it was fresh air :D  the simulation is non-existent in some cases, and from what I remember, it's a step back compared to FarCry4; in order to increase a bit the level of details and overall graphics and other things, Devs had to tune down part of the system collision(give me a break if I'm wrong, but this is what I noticed).   

 So, I'm very excited about the fact the CPU in the Next Gen will be much more powerful; I do care about better graphics, and we will have of course, but I'm looking for the Next Gen Factor, and the clear sign that Next Gen has arrived.

I'd say PS360 compared to PS2 and OG XBox were even bigger improvements when it comes to CPUs....and GPUs, while we're at it. PS5 to PS4 will not be that much of a jump.

But I do expect for some interesting forays into different ways of making games - something like Atomontage voxel engine or Voxel Farm engine are good examples of what even small teams can do with voxels, and Sony's own Dreams is fine example of doing things differently.

XBox 360 was a monster, considering it was released in Nov 2005; the combo CPU/GPU was mind-blowing, like an High End PC, night and day compared to PS2-GC-XBox. The CPU of 360 was better than anything available on PC in 2005 I think, and the GPU like a High End PC GPU.  This monster Hardware was released only 4 years after the original XBox, it was another ERA.   If you refer to the Combo CPU/GPU, we will never have a similar generational jump; but if we only refer to the CPU, the jump will be massive from PS4 to PS5, really massive.    On the GPU side, we will have a big step forward, but not nearly as close as XBox--->360, that one was insane.