drkohler said:
The way Marc Cerny describes the inner workings of the next generation of software is precisely, and I mean PRECISELY, how a large hd behind a superfast ssd could work. I mean it is PRECISELY how an engineer would describe the system without giving away too much information. In a nutshell, you install your game on a large hd once and then have the key parts only install (from the hd as many times as you want) on a superfast ssd. There is also this old insider rumour about the devkit mainboard which meticulously lists the components on it. It PRECISELY describes such a system of superfast ssd as the front end. If someone made all that up (and it does not forget to list a single part that is required for such a system) it was a lot of work for something that few people actually seem to grasp. So which one is it? We don't know. Those people who dream of a 2GByte superfast ss should just check current prices, they range from $500 to $1200. Could a 1TByte superfast ssd (still expensive as hell when manufacturing a console, storage should not exceed 10% of your total budget) be enough? People have been complaining about the 1TByte PS4 drive as being too small for ages now. Do you really risk to start a new generation with a puny 1TByte drive (which isn't even 1TByte, binary speaking). |
Yes, I think they will start with 1TB. In the past few gen's they have started with smaller amounts in order to save on costs. PS3 only came with 20GB as the base. PS4 had 500GB, even many figured it would be 1TB. That's why I think Cerny made sure to give gamers a choice of what to install, so the 1TB doesn't seem so small. Who knows, maybe they'll have the option of a 2TB for $100 more.
