Earlier this week Epic Games showed us a very impressive demo of Unreal Engine 5, which was recorded in real-time on a PlayStation 5, Tim Sweeney, the CEO of the company, praised the console. Among his sayings, he assured that the Sony platform is not only advanced in terms of storage management but that "it will help design the PCs of the future ".

During a press conference following the announcement of the remake of the renowned graphics engine, Sweeney called the PlayStation 5 a “remarkably balanced device with an immense amount of GPU power and multi-level bandwidth boost in its management of storage “, which he claims will be “ absolutely important ”.

In addition, he talked about how the console could impact the gaming world on PC. "We have been working with Sony in the storage section for quite some time," he says. "The storage architecture on the PS5 is far above anything you can buy for your PC right now."

"It will help design the PCs of the future. The PC industry will see this thing and say 'The PC industry is] going to see this thing ship and say, ‘Oh, wow – SSDs are going to need to catch up with this.,' ”he concluded. As confirmed by Sony, the PlayStation 5 will go for sale late this year.

New consoles help design the PCs of the future, says Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic