Daniel Rubino, editor of Windows Central, has collected statements from a source that has been able to speak to several developers who already have in their possession a Playstation 5. We recall that temperature problems are something that has been rumored for a couple of months, and that Sony itself indirectly confirmed in the presentation of the technical characteristics, since they say that the console will not always work at maximum frequency in both processor and graphics card, where the frequency of both parts will decrease if the temperature is exceeded.
FUD or legit concerns about Sony's PlayStation 5 having issues?
Anyone following this stuff, talking to game devs and people in-the-know have been hearing similar rumblings for months now. This just summarize it well.
Sony may have overshot (and underestimated) Microsoft. pic.twitter.com/geUAsE4oBB
– Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubi no) April 2, 2020
Part of the blame would be the high frequency that has been put to the graphics card (2.23 GHz), in order to compensate for having fewer Compute Units than Xbox Series X (36 vs. 52). In addition, the SSD also has temperature problems, which is usually common in drives in M.2 format.
Sony would be considering changing the design of PS5
The underlying problem is that Sony may not have realized that a change in the form factor was necessary to adapt to the temperature needs of the new chips, as Microsoft has done with Xbox Series X.
There have also been no games running yet because, due to the variable frequency, developers do not know what performance the console will offer in a stable way like adjusting the look or graphics to perform well, so they don't want to show screenshots of the dev kits in case they don't match the final version of the console.
Furthermore, it states that Sony would be hoping to launch a redesign two years after the initial model that would fix the temperature issues in the form of a PS5 Slim. The solution is that or delay the console 6 or 12 months to solve the temperature problems, although they lose some advantage over Microsoft.
All that he says this rumor is not confirmed, so we must catch it "with tweezers". In its final part, the source also says that developers believe that Xbox Series X offers a more solid and stable performance, and that it does not have the problems that PS5 presents due to its dependence on the "turbo" mode that Mark Cerny so much defended.
In theory Sony will have to delay the launch of PS5 between 6 and 12 months Or facing a troublesome launch that could leave her in a very difficult position for the new generation.
