Rumor: PS5 announcement coming mid 2019 and more info at PSX 2019

[DonFerrari]

Intrinsic said:

DonFerrari said:

Understood. Still they could if they so much choose at the time of launch if SSD is still expensive and they can't just put a low SDD because of marketing they could very well put a very small 128GB soldered on the motherboard as the main memory and a 1TB HDD for the internal backup. Then later when it is better priced they could just move to 512GB SSD only.

There is more than one way to foot the bill and also meet marketing needs. Because we all now that if for some reason PS5 offers low density SSD only with XbNext offering high density HDD PR will find a way to say Sony little SDD is bad for gaming.

 

256GB SSD right now is around $42. In 2020 that could be as little as $15 or $20 and If being soldered onto the board it will probably cost sony/ms less than $10. 

Now adding a HDD in there too will probably cost them another $25 or so for a 2TB drive in 2020. So thats a total storage budget of about $30-$35. But then that same amount will net them around 1TB of SSD storage soldered directly onto the board. 

This is why I keep saying that unless capacity is the absolute priority then they would just go with an SSD on the board than any other storage solution. And i think 1TB of superfast storage has a better ring to it than 2TB HDD.

One thing for certain though is that by 2020 they will be able to put 1TB of storage directly on the board. If current SSD prices are any indication. 

KBG29 said:

I still think a PS4 Premium in 2019 on 7nm, with PS5 in 2021 - 2022 on 7nm+ would have been the best move. PS5 in 2020 is landing in a period between the transition from HDD to SSD, and Rasterization to Ray Tracing. 

PS4 Premium would have given the the definitive 4K console, while PS5 could launch at a reasonable price, with all sorts of next gen bells and whistles.

I just hope the rushed launch of the PS5 and XB4 does not result in outdated tech. Microsoft and Sony need to bite the bullet, and deliver M.2 NVMe Storage and GPU's that can deliver Ray Tracing. If not, Next Gen is going to be a major disappointment, with far outdated tech at launch. 

As I have mentioned before, if Sony and MS half ass these consoles, Apple, Google, and Amazon will be ready to pounce. Google is already making their entrance into the gaming market clear, and they will not paint their ecosystem into a box. Sony and Microsoft have to be aware, or they will end up seeing their Home Entertainment Platforms go the same way as Handhelds.

I believe they will both support ray tracing on some level somehow. But I have shifted from my initial expectation of there being an M.2 interface and SSD. 

Its cheaper to just build the storage directly onto the MB and still get Peak SATA speeds for storage (550MB/s+). And no, games don,t need anything more than that. Just look at speed tests between games running from and nvme drive and a sata drive.

And there is nothing special with what google is doing. They are also pushing for a streaming platform. I find it strange how people forget that sony already has a streaming platform. Since the start of this gen.

Problem is that they really would prefer to not have anything below MS at the start of the gen for then to take cheapshots.

If they can put 1TB SSD for the same price of 128GB SSD and 2TB HDD then sure it's a much better solution. But if they go and have a console at launch that is 128 or 256GB SSD it will be seem as downgrade from this gen and much inferior to a Xbox with 2TB HDD for the casual buyer and also be pushed in marketing.

I wouldn't mind paying 500-600 USD on the console if all that budget is used to put the best components on price benefit to push for best possible graphics in budget, but it'll be hard to see over 399 launch from Sony.