Playstation 5 to use 100GB UHDs, double as 4k blu ray player

[amory87]

https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-playstation-5/

But data adds up too. "If you look at a game like Marvel's Spider-Man," Cerny says, "there are some pieces of data duplicated 400 times on the hard drive." The SSD sweeps away the need for all that duping—so not only is its raw read speed dramatically faster than a hard drive, but it saves crucial space. How developers will take advantage of that space will likely differ; some may opt to build a larger or more detailed game world, others may be content to shrink the size of the games or patches. Either way, physical games for the PS5 will use 100GB optical disks, inserted into an optical drive that doubles as a 4K Bluray player.

Really great news for the format. We saw what PS2 did for DVD, and what PS3 did for 1080p Blu ray. Happy to see next-gen consoles (well, at least this one) aren't looking to go all-digital.