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Captain_Yuri said:

Sony has released their PS5 SSD requirements and DF made a list of SSDs that should work with the ps5. The interesting thing is that they seemed to have backtracked with the reads slightly by going with 5.5GB/s instead of 7GB/s. They do mention that:

" Not all games are necessarily playable with the exact same performance provided by the PS5 console’s internal Ultra-High Speed SSD, even where the M.2 SSD device’s sequential read speed is faster than 5500MB/s."

The main problem seems to be the heatsink size. While most SSDs will work, some won't due to the heatsink that they come with. It's also important to add a heatsink to your SSD if it doesn't come with one. Overall, the ones we thought were gonna work are gonna work by the looks of things. Hopefully these aren't about to have the same supply issues as everything else.

I don't know if the article from DF mentions it, but at the one from WccfTech they do: "It has also been confirmed that the PlayStation 5 console does not support Host Memory Buffer, so SSDs that support it may see slower than expected performance." It may be worth checking which drives meet the speed and size limits, and also if they use HMB to achieve those numbers.

HoloDust said:

JEMC said:

I have to say that I didn't like Uncharted. I admit that I tried it years after release and that I had played the Tomb Raider reboot before it, so it had a lot of things going against it, but I just couldn't with it. I found the shooting to be meh, with some weird button placements that couldn't be changed, and the platforming was awful, mainly because of the camera angle. So yeah, I'm not really interested in the PC ports of those games.

However, if we were talking about God of War...

I'll take Ratchet and Clank and The Last Guardian to go...

Ratchet & Clank would be cool, and it wouldn't be surprising if the latest one comes to PC. And well, wouldn't it be great to have some Jack & Daxter remakes? I know, I know, that's near impossible, but let me dream a bit.

hinch said:

JEMC said:

I have to say that I didn't like Uncharted. I admit that I tried it years after release and that I had played the Tomb Raider reboot before it, so it had a lot of things going against it, but I just couldn't with it. I found the shooting to be meh, with some weird button placements that couldn't be changed, and the platforming was awful, mainly because of the camera angle. So yeah, I'm not really interested in the PC ports of those games.

However, if we were talking about God of War...

Ah yeah UC isn't for everyone.. for me I like to revisit the series every few years. And since Sony refuses to patch PS4 games with higher framerates and res on PS5 I'd settle for PC releases with uncapped fps. GoW games are excellent and highly recommend the original trilogy and 4 is darn amazing, should they ever make their way to PC.

Same with Bloodborne etc. Not sure what the deal is patching certain games on PS5 and not others.

My biggest problem with the series is that I played them late and, by then, other games did the same things but better.

I haven't played a God of War game since the last one for the PS2. It would be awesome to play them on PC.

TallSilhouette said:

JEMC said:

'We will not return to silence': Activision-Blizzard employees push back on Bobby Kotick statement
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/activision-blizzard-employees-warn-todays-walkout-is-not-a-one-time-event/
Activision Blizzard employees taking part in today's work stoppage have issued a statement saying that while they are "pleased" by the change in the company's tone, last night's statement by CEO Bobby Kotick "fails to address critical elements at the heart of employee concerns."

"We, the undersigned, have had enough," it says. "It has been over a year since the first revelations of systemic discrimination, harassment and bullying within Ubisoft came out. At the time, you acted surprised to hear of these acts going on within your own company and we gave you the benefit of the doubt. However, we have seen nothing more than a year of kind words, empty promises, and an inability or unwillingness to remove known offenders. We no longer trust your commitment to address these issues at their core. You need to do more."

I'm glad this is reenergizing Ubisoft employees to hold their own management accountable and not tolerate the damage control and enablement resulting from their own scandal.

It's obvious that Ubi didn't do enough. Hopefully, the employees can force them to actually make the necessary changes.