SONY’s decision to port its playstation games on pc we were all surprised when it was first announced. Today we can already play classics like Uncharted 4, God of the war, Days gone, Horizon Zero Dawn oh Spider Man. All were a critical success on consoles. However, the following question comes to mind for video game users: What PC do I need to be able to play these classics and not buy a PS5?
The PC is undoubtedly the most profitable platform for those who make console games, after all the consoles use the same technology and today making conversions is very easy and costs a few million dollars. This means spending less than 10% of the initial budget, which has already been recovered with the game in its original version. Obviously, if you h ave a PlayStation 4 or 5, you will have already played some of these games before they were released on PC from your console. However, not everyone owns one of SONY’s video game systems.
The perfect PC for playing PlayStation games
In this case, we are not going to talk about the computer that the various console emulators need, but what we are looking for is to be able to play the various games that the people at PlayStation Studios have created for PC. That’s why we have organized the recommended requirements of each of them in a table so that you can choose the optimal configuration for each of them and not miss in any way.
| Requirement | Horizon | Days gone | God of the war | Spider Man |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 4 core 3.5 GHz | 4 core 3.5 GHz | 4 core 3.5 GHz | 4 core 3.5 GHz |
| RAM | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphic card | GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) | GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) | GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) | GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) |
| Storage | 100 GB | 70 GB (SSD) | 70 GB (SSD) | 75 GB |
As you can see from the table, the recommended requirements are the same for all games according to the folks at SONY, however, we’ll try to go a little further. Especially since they all support Ray Tracing and DLSS through NVIDIA. Which made us completely exclude AMD solutions. Which is paradoxical since the technology used in the last two generations is precisely from the brand with the three acronyms. Moreover, we are not going to settle for a GTX and the best is to opt for an RTX. Our choice? A GIGABYTE RTX 3060 Ti,
We have to assume that the two most technically demanding games are God of War and Spider-Man, mainly due to the fact that they are the newest to hit the PC market. In the case of the Arachnid Hero game, the card at maximum detail and 4K resolution, the NVIDIA card achieved 60 FPS on average without having DLSS activated, which is very good. On the other hand, if we talk about the epic of Kratos, it remains at 50 FPS, but with NVIDIA’s resolution increase algorithm it is something else.
And what about the rest of the system?
The games are direct conversions of the PlayStation 4, a console featuring an 8-core AMD Jaguar processor, an architecture created for netbooks and other low-performance computers. Thus, any Intel or AMD processor with at least 8 threads, usually 4 cores, will be able to move games without problems, since they lack optimizations or extras that allow them to take advantage of the greater power of current chips. Our choice is therefore a Intel Core i5-11400F accompanied by a base plate ASUS PRIME B560-PLUS.
In terms of RAM and storage, we have been quite conservative, on the one hand, 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance modules. On the other hand a Samsung 980 M.2 solid state drive with 1TB capacity. However, we can’t forget the power supply, that’s why we chose a CORSAIR RM650x. As for the case, we leave the choice to you, but keep in mind that the motherboard and the power supply are of the ATX type and, therefore, you will have to choose one that meets both requirements.
