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As fans continue to debate over whether or not the PlayStation 5‘s full spec presentation was genius or terrible, some developers can’t help but express excitement over the PS5 SSD design that has many talking about it as one of the console’s biggest selling points. Back in 2019 when Sony and lead system architect Mark Cerny first pulled back the curtain on what the PS5 would look like, the company was already high on the solid state drive in the device, which was talked about as revolutionary.

Now that consumers and industry members have gotten a better look at the PS5 SSD, it seems that all the hype surrounding it was true. It’s a truly remarkable piece of hardware that will make the console’s load speed and capabilities far surpass anything consumers have seen before, although the same could be said about the design of the Xbox Series X, too – just not specifically about its solid state drive. Fans have been comparing Xbox Series X vs. PS5 since Sony’s reveal event and although many analysts have come to the conclusion that they’ll be separated by their exclusives and third-party partnerships once more, some developers have been quietly – or loudly – praising Sony’s tech.

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That’s the case for Naughty Dog co-game director Kurt Margenau, who is currently working on The Last Of Us Part 2. The veteran game dev wasn’t shy about hyping up the PS5 SSD even more than Sony has already, suggesting that it will become a big “leap” in game design – in fact, describing the PlayStation 5 solid state drive as “by far the biggest leap in my career.” Coming from someone who has worked on technologically demanding and impressive titles like The Last Of Us Part 2 and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, that’s high praise, and worth paying attention to for those who aren’t as invested in tech specs.

Naturally, it will take more than just the PS5 SSD to sell people on the console, but the fact it’s been as much of a talking point as it has been already clearly demonstrates that Sony has something special on its hands. That’s to say nothing of other PlayStation 5 specs that will be similarly exciting and pro-consumer, including PS5 backward compatibility that will immediately grant players access to 100 of the top PS4 games of that console’s life cycle.

It’s always difficult to ascertain just how big a technological innovation in console design will actually be for consumers once they purchase it. A lot of technological breakthroughs are difficult to explain and are less visible than a game having great mechanical gameplay or astounding graphics. When it comes to the PS5 SSD, however, it appears that even the most grizzled game design veterans believe they’ll have an exciting and, more importantly, industry-changing toy to play with when the PlayStation 5 releases.

Next: PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: Comparing the Wildly Different Reveals

The PlayStation 5 releases sometime in Holiday 2020.

Source: Kurt Margenau/Twitter

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Rockstar’s recent spate of mysterious images may have nothing to do with GTA 6 but instead a sequel to LA Noire set in the 80s.

Something is going on with Rockstar Games at the moment and the obvious assumption has always been that it’s related to a new Grand Theft Auto, especially after what seemed to be hints about the location in the most recent GTA Online update.

But just before then, fans pondered over two peculiar images that Rockstar uploaded to its website, particularly the first one which featured a very 80s looking bit of robot artwork.

Some people theorised that it was a hint of an 80s setting for GTA 6, perhaps including a return to Vice City, but the latest rumour suggests it’s actually a sequel to LA Noire.

The rumours come from an unusual but compelling source and revolve around a YouTube channel for LA Noire Part 2 which was autogenerated by YouTube itself.

YouTube creates channels automatically when it sees lots of videos on the same subject and in this case it seems to have found a host of 80s music tracks attributed to LA Noire Part 2 and licensed by Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s owners.

Amongst these was a reference to K.T.I., the fictional radio station for the original LA Noire that the songs were seemingly intended to be played on.

The channel has, predictably, been shut down but it was noticed on Reddit and while it could still be a hoax it would be a particularly complex and pointless one if it was.

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A sequel to LA Noire would make sense, as the original was always successful and after years of silence Rockstar suddenly released remasters and VR versions starting in 2017 – which at the time seemed like an attempt by them to gauge interest in a sequel.

And while original developer Team Bondi is no more, Rockstar itself already handled the remasters and was heavily involved in the original game (which caused the falling out with Team Bondi in the first place).

Does any of that make talk of a sequel true? No, but the 80s theme does make a lot a sense and there was plenty of film noir (or neo-noir as it’s usually referred to) during that era that Rockstar could riff off of, such as Michael Mann’s Thief, Blood Simple, and To Live & Die in L.A.

Although even if all this is true there’s still no indication of when they might make an official announcement…

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