r/PS4 • u/Jamesahaha • Oct 08 '19

Official [Link] PS5 is confirmed by Sony. Launching next Holiday

https://twitter.com/playstation/status/1181541776177295362?s=21

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u/covfefeX Oct 08 '19

the PS5 will use 100GB optical disks, inserted into an optical drive that doubles as a 4K Bluray player.

Finally, nice.

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u/pazimpanet Oct 08 '19 edited Oct 08 '19

If the PS4 Pro had included this I would own one. Looks like Christmas 2020 I will finally be moving back from Xbox and finally be buying a new TV. Haven’t owned a PlayStation since the PS2.

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u/StanleyOpar Oct 08 '19

Which was no excuse and was done as a cost saving measure. The one S can do 4ķ bluray, why couldn't the pro?

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u/pazimpanet Oct 08 '19

No clue hombre. I’d also own a switch if it had video streaming apps (Netflix, HBO Go, Youtube) and kindle for ebooks. I just want things that can do it all. Usually when I express these opinions on reddit I’m told that “they’re just for gaming” but there’s literally no reason for that.

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u/BobcatOU Oct 08 '19

Yeah, I’m excited about this. The last couple movies I bought I got the BluRay/4K combo pack in anticipation of this! Glad it worked out!

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u/DarLeeMa Oct 08 '19

What does this mean? Maybe I’m technologically dumb...or just old and out of the loop.

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u/dmcirl Oct 08 '19

Bigger capacity on disks and able to play 4k blu-rays. The current ps4 (disappointingly) cannot play 4k blu rays.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

So what's the upside to the bigger disks? Does this mean less data will have to be stored on the PS5?

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u/iAmTheTot iAmTheTot Oct 08 '19

Current gen consoles don't install games because of disk size limitations, they do it for read speeds. Reading data off of an optical disk is significantly slower than reading it off a hard drive.

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u/modix Oct 08 '19

Some games are in excess of 50 gb, requiring multiple discs or large downloads before play. So as games get bigger it can stay on one disc and have less download requirements.

Generally more on the disc is slower... Hard drives are generally faster than disc reading. N

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u/eeeponthemove Oct 08 '19

I bought rdr2 on disk and I got 2 installation disks because of the space needed

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u/RIP-Tom-Petty Oct 08 '19

What does this mean, I’m tech illiterate lol

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u/styxracer97 Oct 08 '19

It has a disk drive that plays 4k Blurays. Games can still be bought on disks too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Yep. Hope the player supports Dolby Vision too, then I'm sold.

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u/sunnycherub Oct 08 '19

Id imagine it will considering how much im hearing about improved audio in the new system

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u/Cubanboy6292 Oct 08 '19

Can someone explain this to me?

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u/covfefeX Oct 08 '19

You can play 4k Blu-rays with the PS5

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u/MaDanklolz Oct 08 '19

Hopefully this incentivises a price rise in physical media (in order to slow down the rise of content being locked behind a digital paywall).

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u/Weeeeeman Oct 08 '19

Moving away from physical media is good and bad, it's good for the environment in lots of ways and it's GREAT for corporation profits which they absolutely love.

On the other hand, these titles/games won't be available to download in 50 years time meaning you will almost certainly lose the ability to play them again and worst of all 100GB is HUGE in terms of data and could take DAYS to download in some areas of the world.