I know Insomniac was publicly at the time only comparing the hard drive speeds to the PS4 to make the game possible, BUT, it's only a 2 year difference between console release and PC release. So either the port was barely starting development or was in the planning stage for the game to be ported. PC ports don't happen over night. God of War took at least 2 years to port according to the devs. Insomniac knew what they were doing with their marketing. 

So while they're not outright contradicting themselves, they did so passively because their marketing was very straightforward that the PS5 was the only way to run the game. Some of us obviously knew what Insomniac were referring to, but just the fact that the game is being ported to PC will cause many to view it as Insomniac contradicting themselves. 

You're reading way too much into this. Nixxies are on board and handling the port. Considering what they've already done with Insomniacs engine, getting this port out would've been a lot easier and less time consuming then normal. 

"Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a game that utilises dimensions and dimensional rifts, and that would not have been possible without the solid state drive of the PlayStation 5," explains Smith. "The SSD is screamingly fast, it allows us to build worlds and project players from one place to another at near-instantaneous speeds."

I feel like there's two different ways to read this. In like absolute terms or in relative terms.  

Like if someone  says "this party would not have been possible without Karen", most people would just assume they meant like Karen put the party together or was somehow an inspiration for the party. I doubt anyone would take it as Karen is the only reason that party was physically possible. 

I don't think there are many instances where we would take that phrase in such an absolute kind of way. Unless you're talking about breaking the laws of physics, I think we tend to take that phrasing more metaphorically.  

But of course, it's marketing speech so we have to be extra critical.

That's part of the problem though lol. There shouldn't be more than a single way of interpreting what marketing is saying, but because there is, that's what's causing confusion and even anger online lol. The gaming community isn't exactly what I could consider to be the most understanding group so it's unfortunate, but like all fake online anger, it'll pass. I'll be busy playing Rachet & Clank again on July 26th

I don't install games on my PC's SSD due to space. So I install them on a slower external HD.

I don't install games on my PC's SSD due to space. So I install them on a slower external HD.

I don't keep multiple games installed so for me that haven't really been a trouble.

Damn, the loading times must be a hassle lol

My gaming rig has 256 GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD - I only use the 1 TB HDD for video files I record.

And I limit how many games I have installed on my SSD - like right now I have Final Fantasy VI, Street Fighter V and Borderlands GOTY Enhanced.

But for future games I'm gonna need a bigger SSD - likely no less than a 1 TB SSD for sure when I get my new rig up - likely next year.

Same here. My recordings are usually bigger than my games or as much the size - a 15-20 min recording with OBS takes up like 10 GB.

That's....not what I'm talking about at all lol. There's a huge discourse online that R&C: Rift Apart is a gotcha moment and that the PS5 SSD is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Obviously not the case, but Insomniac's marketing and tech demonstrations of the game prior to launch was all about "the game is only possible on PS5" which of course is in comparison to the PS4. So while not actually contradicting themselves, how could they have not known the backlash from many that will have wrongly interpreted their marketing at the consoles release once the PC version was announced?