[GameSpot] - PS5 Will Be "100 Times Faster" Than The PS4, Sony Reiterates

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In a recent Sony corporate marketing strategy meeting, Sony president and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida reiterated how much of a leap forward the upcoming PlayStation 5 is, saying it's "100 times faster" than the current PS4.

The statement echoes what Sony's Mark Cerny stated back in March, when he revealed the internal hardware of the next-generation console. The figure refers specifically to the speed differential between the two consoles in terms of processing game data, driven primarily by the PS5's custom SSD solution. A design so impressive, that Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney says not even high-end PCs can match it yet.

"In order to further enhance the sense of immersion in games, we expect to improve not just the resolution, but the speed of games. For example, through a custom‐designed high‐speed SSD, we plan to realize game data processing speeds that are approximately 100 times faster than PS4," states Yoshida in the presentation. "Game load times should be much shorter, and players should be able to move through immense game worlds in almost an instant."

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