Sony just released their latest console and I guess they skipped wanting to go to Disney world after they got their payday? Apparently, they might be going straight back to work creating a PS5 Mobile device? But did you buy the PS5 to soon? Because there some interesting news about that as well, don’t get mad but Sony has been known to do this.!
The PS5 is here, in the midst of talking about the PS5 Pro…PROOOOOO!!! REALLY?! Just a great big F* you for those that are game crazy for your system, mm? How about we give it 2 years or something before the Pro comes out and people sell there original PS5 systems. Or better yet let’s wait till there are enough consoles out there that scalpers don’t buy off all the units at one time.
Reports earlier today by T3 shows an official Sony patent that shows the possibility of a dual-GPU PS5 Pro console (This link leads to the actual patient that Sony has placed). The most interesting part of that patent, though, might actually be the cloud gaming applications it can deliver. With the ‘scalable game console CPU/GPU design for home console and cloud gaming’ seemingly perfect for transplantation into the much-rumored new PSP 5G. And especially because the advanced cloud technology detailed in the patent, which connects to a ‘cloud gaming management server’ can work with both one or two system-on-chip (SoC) consoles. It is its scalability as much as its ability to work with multi-GPU setups that is interesting.
The other major application of this patent technology is in the production of a dual-GPU games console, with two system-on-chip APUs (accelerated processing units) working in one or multiple combinations to deliver enhanced gaming performance, and specifically in relation to how graphics processing is handled. Right now the current PS5 has one custom-made AMD APU with a single graphics chip, so as the patent states ‘plural SoCs may be used to provide a “high-end” version of the console with greater processing and storage capability’. With the PS5 (10.28 teraflops) only trailing the current king of the next-gen consoles, the 12 teraflop-packing Xbox Series X, in terms of raw power by a fraction, a PS5 Pro with not just one but two GPUs would end its reign dramatically. Exciting times ahead for PlayStation fans it seems.
The official patent states that ‘SoC technology can be applied to video simulation consoles such as game consoles, and in particular a single SoC may be provided for a ‘light’ version of the console while plural SoCs may be used to provide a “high-end” version of the console with greater processing and storage capability than the ‘light’ version’.
Rumors about a PSP 5G first started back in 2018 when Sony announced its FY2017 financial results and said that it was staying in the smartphone business “to develop 5G technology as a competency that can be used across the Sony Group.” Right now Sony is indeed still in the 5G business, with its latest phones like the Xperia 1 II rocking the next-gen network tech. And now we have an official patent from Sony detailing a highly versatile and scalable new technology for cloud gaming that has obvious implementations in next-gen games consoles. And, while home consoles absolutely would benefit from enhanced cloud gaming performance, the console area that would most benefit from enhanced cloud gaming tech is portable, handheld consoles.
The idea of playing Spider-man on the console and then walking and then waiting for the bus in the while, playing the portable device is amazing. What will this device look like? We posted up a really rough idea that another website has posted up. It’s not a bad concept.
If the new PS5 portable has 5G and Sony does try to pull a “Google’s Stadia” will Sony be able to program the device to maintain the internet service over the graphics? Cause as far as I can tell Google’s problem with their console was that the device focused on trying to hard on maintaining the graphics then just trying to adapt to the customer’s internet service, display, or anything everything over the internet service. Which is actually the more important part of cloud gaming. Sony, today, has a stable online platform to have games load from the PS Store… but do they? Then they would just lean on the 5G.
T3 has been blown away with the PS5 and with rumors of a PS VR 2 & new PSPish device Sony, if everything goes their way, will be top dog in the game console wars.
