The Next Generation is Almost Here - PlayStation 5 v. Xbox Series X | S

[A Black Falcon]

Sony finally announced BC details. Their language is cagey and has a lot of "maybe"s and "could"s and such, but PS4 games might see the kinds of improvements X1 games do, in terms of big framerate improvements in games with unlocked framerates, and resolution improvements in games with dynamic resolutions. We'll have to see to see the results of Sony's words though since unlike Microsoft they are not letting journalists see the results yet and indeed haven't sent systems to press yet, unlike Microsoft, it seems. Sony's words here are similar to Microsoft's results, but it remains to be seen if it'll be anywhere near as good a result. I am skeptical. There almost certainly will NOT be auto-HDR added to all BC games like Microsoft is adding, since Sony hasn't mentioned anything of the sort.

https://support.playstation.com/s/articl...=en_US&lan=
https://blog.playstation.com/2020/10/09/...-answered/

Sony also finally did a video teardown showing the insides of the PS5. It looks about as expected, and it should be quieter than the PS4 apparently is since they used a big fan inside. The one interesting thing inside, tech-wise, is that they are using liquid metal instead of thermal paste over the CPU, which is interesting... I hadn't heard much about liquid metal but from what I've heard it conducts heat better but they need special precautions to make sure it can't get out and flow to other areas of the system, which is why it has a 'dam' around it. Interesting.