Sony Shows Off PS5's Quick Load Times In Investor Presentation

The first half of 2019 has also seen Sony begin dropping the first details about its next-gen PlayStation, simply referred to as the PS5.

Lead Architect Mark Cerny was the first to offer official details about the system in an interview with Wired. He revealed the system would still feature a disc drive and will be backwards compatible with PS4 games, a custom GPU to help function and graphical performance, support up to 8K, and have a solid state drive to aid with load times. He also teased that some games already teased, like “Death Stranding,” would be cross-generational.

Since there, rumors have popped up about possible price points for the next-gen system and even possible titles for the system, namely “Grand Theft Auto 6.”

And while Sony has teased the power of its next-gen hardware, investors received a first look at what gamers could have to look forward to.

During a presentation on Tuesday, Sony showed a video the highlighted the loading speeds thanks in part to the new SSD. First, the video showed the PS4 Pro’s took about eight seconds to load up a game world. It then switched to “next generation” hardware, which took less than a second to load a similar game scene.

The video also showed how the PS4 Pro had to stop for a moment to continue loading the game world as the camera moved through it. On the flipside, the “next generation” hardware was able to keep the camera moving smoothly with no choppiness.

A video of the demonstration managed to make it onto Twitter.

“We will harness the power of new technology to offer completely transformative and immersive gaming experiences,” the following slide read.

While no release date has been announced, Sony has teased a Fall 2020 release for its next-gen system at the earliest.