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DF Direct Weekly #122: 'PS5 Pro Spec' Reaction, Project Q PS5 Handheld Leaks?

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Ratchet and Clank: A Comparison

I mean, seriously, it's not really a Rift Apart anymore, right? Without that key kind of central gameplay conceit, I think. And just one more thing about the laptop PlayStation 4 hard drive experience. Obviously, we're seeing that the portal sequence just totally collapses and it actually crashes at the end. However, the thing to bear in mind is that we're actually on very low settings there, which are specifically designed to reduce the burden of data transfer. So it's not even an apples to apples comparison with PlayStation 5, but it still collapses. It demonstrates how important fast storage access to fast decompression are going to be once cross jen is completely a thing of the past

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And I also think like even if let's say you did actually manage to backport a game like Rift Apart to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro is a version of Rift Apart where you're maybe waiting 10 seconds or 20 seconds for it to swap worlds during one of the game cinematic sequences in particular, during that playable kind of portal sequence or on Blisar Prime or any of the worlds with the crystals that you have to hit. Is that really a version of Ratchet and Clank that people want to play? I mean, seriously, it's not really a Rift Apart anymore, right? Without that key kind of central gameplay conceit, I think. Absolutely.
Speaker 1
And just one more thing about the laptop PlayStation 4 hard drive experience. Obviously, we're seeing that the portal sequence just totally collapses and it actually crashes at the end. However, the thing to bear in mind is that we're actually on very low settings there, which are specifically designed to reduce the burden of data transfer. Right. So it's not even an apples to apples comparison with PlayStation 5, but it still collapses. So, you know, there was a lot of excitement and a little bit of cynicism about just how great the PlayStation 5 storage and decompression systems were. And, you know, there were some interesting comparisons pre-launch with Marvel's Spiderman, but, you know, when you actually have a PC port, you know, looking at this and doing the fact, you know, and seeing the fact that it just doesn't really work whatsoever. Really sort of hammers home, how important those aspects of the system are. And, you know, to be fair, I think another thing it demonstrates is that access to fast storage access to fast decompression are going to be a key component of actual current generation games once, you know, cross jen is completely a thing of the past. And, yeah, we're seeing the implications of that play out with Ratchet and Clank right now. So, you know, interesting stuff. Any final thoughts on this one, Oliver? Because you did the editing work on our comparison video.

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