Replicant said:
In line with MBG's video, it's interesting to see how a lot of the negative PS5 rumors ended up being misleading or downright wrong.
December 27 - No hardware accelerated ray tracing
Komachi Ensaka: PS5 is not using AMD hardware accelerated ray tracing.
Mark Cerny: PS5 is using AMD hardware accelerated ray tracing.
April 2 - PS5 has heating problems
Windows Central: Sony screwed up and rushed PS5. Expect delays and heating problems.
Digital Foundry: PlayStation 5 is larger than Xbox Series X, but it is also cooler.
June 17 - No free upgrades from PS4 to PS5
Metro: PS5 will not have equivalent of Xbox Smart Delivery.
Reality: Over 40 PS4 games offer free PS5 upgrades including Miles Morales and Horizon: Forbidden West.
July 16 - Sony won't continue PS4 support
Microsoft: Unlike others, we won’t force you into next-generation.
Sony: We will continue to support PS4 with games such as Horizon: Forbidden west.
August 9 - PS5 will be more expensive
Dusk Golem: PS5 will be more expensive than Xbox Series X.
Sony: PS5 with disc drive is $499 (same as Xbox Series X) while PS5 digital is $399.
August 9 - RE8 runs terribly on PS5
Dusk Golem: Resident Evil: Village runs terribly on PS5 but perfectly on Xbox Series X.
Capcom: Resident Evil: Village will support dynamic 4K with ray tracing on PS5.
August 24 - No ray tracing in WDL on PS5
XboxEra: Watch Dogs Legion may not have ray tracing on PS5.
Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion will have ray tracing and run in 4K 30fps on both PS5 and Xbox Series X.
September 15 - PS5 production cut due to issues
Bloomberg: Sony has cut PS5 production for FY2020 by 4 million due to production issues.
Sony: PS5 production number hasn't changed since the start of mass production.
October 5 - No PS4 save data transfer to PS5
Gaming Intel: PS4 game saves apparently won't transfer over to PS5.
Sony: You can transfer save data to a PS5 via PS Plus Cloud Storage, WiFi or USB drive.
October 21 - Paid boost patches for PS4 BC games
Fatal Enigma: Tries to convince his followers that the boost patch for GoT will cost $10.99.
Sucker Punch: GoT is BC on PS5 with improved framerates and load times for free.
October 23 - Digital Foundry won't get a PS5
AveragePhoenix: Sony fears that tech sites will expose issues.
Digital Foundry: Received the PS5 at the same time as all other European reviewers.
October 28 - PS5 has RDNA 1.5
Xbox Wire: Xbox Series X|S are the only next-generation consoles with full RDNA 2 capabilities.
Wccftech: Neither PS5 nor Xbox Series X are off-the-shelf desktop RDNA 2, both are custom RDNA 2.
October 30 - 99% backwards compatibility is a lie
Tom Warren: Uses non-supported Ubisoft games to indicate that Jim Ryan lied about 99% BC.
Digital Foundry: I haven't encountered any problems. These games actually seem to run fine.
November 3 -No HDMI 2.1 cable
GamePro: PS5 doesn't ship with an HDMI 2.1 cable.
Sony: PS5 does ship with an HDMI 2.1 cable.
November 6 - DualSense only lasts 2 hours
Multiplayer.it: DualSense's battery only lasts 2 hours with Astro's Playroom.
Yong Yea: Played for 10h 32m straight, including Astro's Playroom for 1h 42m.
November 7 - PS5's SSD is slower than Xbox Series X's
Brad Sams: Indicates that PS5 will have slower loading times in general.
Digital Foundry: BC test isn't a great way to gauge this, we need to wait for actual next-gen games.
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