Although this may be a given, the PlayStation 5 will not be hitting store shelves in 2019 at all, as confirmed by PlayStation 4 Lead System Architect Mark Cerny during a recent interview with Wired magazine, but that isn't the only thing he revealed; giving us a lot of juicy details about the next console's hardware.
As per the interview, the first thing that Cerny got out of the way was the fact that the next-gen console(as they are currently calling the upcoming platform) is not a mere upgrade like the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One S was to the original PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, respectively.
Cerny also reveals that Sony is currently working on speeding up the development of this next-gen console's devkits for developers to have enough time to get used to the new hardware's capabilities.
When it comes to more technical specs for Sony's next-gen console, Cerny reveals that this brand-new platform will be integrated with an AMD chip at the heart of the device, a CPU 8 core, AMD Ryzen based on 7nm Zen 2 mocriarchitecture, Radeon Navi based GPU, will include raytracing, and supports 8K resoution.
Another interesting fact is that this next-gen console will be backwards compatible with the PlayStation 4, which is news that fans will gladly embrace, and will also support physical media; meaning that the console will not go full-digital like it has been rumored.
Sony's next-gen console will also get a huge upgrade with a fast high-end SSD storage that is currentl faster than any resolution available for PC. Cerny showed this off with Marvel's Spider-Man, and the loading times for fast travel went down from 15 seconds to an impressive 0.8 seconds since he pressed the button until Spider-Man appears in the location he selected.
While this is all hardware talk, Cerny mentions that he's still not ready to reveal other details like other serives or features that the next-gen console may include, also stating that not much will be revealed in June during this year's E3, so don't hold your breath for any major announcements from Sony, at least not in regards to the next console.