PlayStation 5: 8 Rumours & Details You Need To Know

3. Sony Sticking With AMD; PlayStation 5 To Use Modified Ryzen CPU

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Instilled with a mild sense of arrogance following the wild success of the PS2, Sony wrongly believed it could get away with not being the party to kick off the next wave of console evolution. Instead, Microsoft went first with the Xbox 360 and, before it could react, realized it had a battle on its hands.

Sony followed almost exactly a year later with the PS3, expecting consumers to lap it up despite the inflated price point, not realising that the console's non-standard architecture prevented third-parties from wanting or being able to get their games working on the PS2's successor as well as they did for the 360.

The disparity left Sony eating a large slice of humble pie and, unsurprisingly, it reverted back to more familiar tech with the PS4. While it's not true (yet), Sony's made the wholly expected decision to continue using AMD hardware for the PS5, only instead of a modified Jaguar CPU, this time it'll reportedly be the Ryzen series nestling itself in the inevitable jet black case.

The former is often cited as being one of the main culprits preventing the PS4 (and Xbox One) from being able to maintain a stable and respectable frame rate, and if the modified Ryzen core is as impressive in practice as it is on paper, then the PS5 will truly be worthy of its "next-gen" label.

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