| shikamaru317 said:
SSHD is currently the best compromise for next gen consoles unless we see some huge price decreases on SSD's in the next 3 or 4 years. Size will be important, game files are already starting to exceed 100 GB on XB1 X so we can expect games as big as 150 GB next gen, so PS5 and XB4 will need at least 2 TB drives, the bigger the better. But, drives will also need to be faster than they were this gen, loading the 4K textures and higher polygon character models we'll see next gen will make load times even longer than they are this gen, so a standard hard drive, even if it's 7200 RPM as opposed to the 5400 RPM drives we have this gen, simply won't cut the mustard. SSHD are currently the most cost effective compromise between size and speed, you can get a 2 TB Firecuda SSHD for $100 currently, that's only about $20 more expensive than a Seagate 2 TB standard hard drive, but is up to 50% faster when it comes to game loads. I can't see 2TB SSD's costing any less than $200 in the next 4 years and MS and Sony won't front the costs of a $200 drive, nor will they increase the entry level price beyond $500 next gen most likely. |
But SSHD doesn't realy work ideally in consoles do they?
Imagine you have like 10 games installed in your system and you shuffle between say 3 of them at a time (eg I'm currently playing Abzu, MGS5 and Tekken), then in that scenario an SSHD will mean fuck all to you.Further more, if we are considerring 4k textures as the norm and internal ram in consoles at as much as 20-32GB, then I think we are underestimating just how long those load times are going to be even when an SSHD is doing its thing.
There is also an inherent latency introduced as long as we are using any kinda mechanical drive. And lastly, it seems like a really stupid decision to make a console you expect to be on the market for the next 7yrs and release it in 2020 with what for all intents and puroses will at that time be obsolete tech. A sata 3 HDD? Chances are two years after that the only things in the world that will still come shipped with that kinda tech would be the consoles.
