My guess is ps5 will be more powerful. Sony is in a much better position to get more from AMD due to their market share lead.
However I don't think it will matter. These new consoles will both be very strong and it will come down to developers.
One big thing will be if some of these features like ray tracing will speed up development times. Look at death stranding with decimal engine. Seems that engine helped bring along a fast development cycle. Additional hardware features of the next gen could accelerate this further.
Sony will have a target price for the console along with a target specification for each component. They will then take each component and assign a budget out of the total. Sony will then go to their suppliers and get them to build a business case to supply the component for the cost Sony needs to be at. The supplier will base this over the lifespan of the console. Most of the suppliers will be supplying at a loss to begin with before making their money later in the life cycle. Whatever Sony decides they wish to sell the console at they will be able to within reason. However like the PS4 pro the console wont see much of a price reduction for years as suppliers claw back the money they spent. There will also be lots of other complexities like any penalties if they do not sell enough and probably price breaks for Sony if they sell more than expected. The business model for the whole project will be crazy complex.
My guess like many others is we will see it come in at $499/£450 like the one x.
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My guess is ps5 will be more powerful. Sony is in a much better position to get more from AMD due to their market share lead.
However I don't think it will matter. These new consoles will both be very strong and it will come down to developers.
One big thing will be if some of these features like ray tracing will speed up development times. Look at death stranding with decimal engine. Seems that engine helped bring along a fast development cycle. Additional hardware features of the next gen could accelerate this further.
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Sony will have a target price for the console along with a target specification for each component. They will then take each component and assign a budget out of the total. Sony will then go to their suppliers and get them to build a business case to supply the component for the cost Sony needs to be at. The supplier will base this over the lifespan of the console. Most of the suppliers will be supplying at a loss to begin with before making their money later in the life cycle.
Whatever Sony decides they wish to sell the console at they will be able to within reason. However like the PS4 pro the console wont see much of a price reduction for years as suppliers claw back the money they spent.
There will also be lots of other complexities like any penalties if they do not sell enough and probably price breaks for Sony if they sell more than expected. The business model for the whole project will be crazy complex.
My guess like many others is we will see it come in at $499/£450 like the one x.