A Sony patent that was just lately made public explains how the PlayStation 5 might let customers bypass menus and loading screens besides video games exactly the place they need to begin enjoying. Together with the PS5’s upgraded SSD, the brand new know-how may very well be yet one more method that Sony is specializing in chopping out load instances in its next-generation console.

Whereas the specs for the PS5 have lastly been revealed, the uncooked numbers don’t imply a lot to the common particular person and may’t talk what the precise expertise of utilizing the brand new console shall be like. Some sources are even saying that Sony’s much-hyped next-gen SSDs aren’t going to be as huge of a deal because the console-maker has been suggesting. They may actually result in sooner load instances, however that by itself gained’t dramatically change the way in which that video games are designed or performed.

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What Sony does behind the scenes with its souped-up {hardware} goes to make far more of a distinction to customers than stats like load instances and teraflops. Twitter person Roxanne, a PS3 Developer Wiki administrator, just lately shared a Sony patent that exhibits how the PS5 might obtain sooner boot instances for video games than merely counting on the velocity of the SSD. In keeping with the patent shared on FreePatentsOnline, Sony is investigating a way to launch video games into user-specified factors utilizing “templates,” somewhat than all the time booting to the primary menu. As an illustration, a participant might use a template to mechanically launch into matchmaking for a web-based sport from the PS5 residence display, and even begin the sport in a particular location, such because the Tower in Future 2, with out having to manually navigate there. The patent additionally describes utilizing these templates to create extra correct summaries of participant exercise, which might then be exhibited to customers. That might imply the system dynamically making a message about probably the most just lately began quest in a sport, which may very well be used as a shortcut to instantly boot into that quest the subsequent time the participant begins the sport.

As that is only a patent, it’s not assured what kind this new know-how will take within the precise PS5, or if will probably be applied in any respect. It’s, nevertheless, a touch about the place Sony is focusing its consideration for PS5 growth and what varieties of options may be within the works. One other characteristic that is really been confirmed – and that’s quite a bit simpler to grasp – is the PS5’s backward compatibility with hundreds of PS4 video games.

With the technological development between console generations getting much less instantly apparent than previous modifications, just like the leap from 2D to 3D, it is smart for Sony to begin focusing extra on quality-of-life options like sooner boot instances and higher UI. Whereas they aren’t as simple to explain as uncooked stats, these are the issues that can outline the person expertise in the long run and set the PS5 and Xbox Series X apart.

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Supply: Roxanne/Twitter, FreePatentsOnline

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