Developing for PS4/XO Feels Like Developing for Ancient Machinery, Halo Co-Creator Says; PS5 and XSX SSD Will Make a Huge Difference

Halo co-creator and game director on upcoming sci-fi shooter Disintegration, Marcus Lehto, has talked virtually the necessity of the high-speed SSDs inside the side by side-generation consoles.

Both Sony's PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series Ten will feature a side by side-generation NMVe SSD, capable of speeds magnitudes higher than that of the electric current mechanical drives inside the PS4 and Xbox One. This will allow for much college loading speeds and speedier in-game systems, including fast travel.

In a new interview with VGC, Lehto talked about developing for games the current generation of consoles and their limitations, and the benefits of the new tech inside the PS5 and Xbox Serial 10. Going by the numbers, the PS5 volition have the border when it comes to SSD i/o performance, merely according to the Lehto, both platforms will profoundly do good from the high-speed SSD drives.

"Information technology volition make a huge departure," the Halo co-creator said when asked about the SSD tech within the side by side-generation consoles. "It will open up the door for more expansive content that can stream a lot faster. Players won't be waiting on load screens and we won't have to hide loading backside cinematics and that kind of thing."

He added, "it volition just assist make things a lot more seamless and fluid for the actor when it comes to their experience on those consoles."

Nosotros've heard various developers talk about the possibilities of the new SSD tech, but Lehto went as far equally to say that developing for the current-generation consoles feels like developing for ancient machinery.

"I am really excited about that because that's one of the things that's really hard for us in detail correct now: dealing with those old platforms. These platforms have been around for what, seven years? Developing for them is like developing for machinery in the stone age."

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