New PlayStation may receive multiple GPUs. About it reports the edition PSU with reference to patent documents Sony.
In the detailed description of the document States that it is envisaged to have two versions of the console. The Lite version has a CPU and graphics accelerator, while the improved two or more different configurations of the GPU and additional RAM kit. The journalists believe that the patent can be considered as the first indirect confirmation of the existence of productive modification PlayStation 5 Pro.
Sony has not yet confirmed the existence of Pro-versions of their consoles. Experts believe that the company could patent a new data processing technology in anticipation of the release of PS5 Pro, the release of which could take place in the next few years. For comparison, the current console Sony PlayStation 4 was released in 2013, the release of the PlayStation 4 took place in autumn 2016.
The report also refers to “scalability of the GPU” prefix. According to journalists PSLifeStyle, this may indicate that the PlayStation 5 Pro does not come in separate consoles. “What is referred to in the patent, and not a new console, and the ability to unlock the potential of existing consoles,” — believe experts. Journalists speculated that the release of PS5 Pro can take place in the form of software updates for PS5.
Earlier insiders reported that Sony intends to reduce the update cycle of their consoles next generation. The company intends to support the console for up to 5 years, not 6 or 7 like the PlayStation 3. In the next five years the Japanese Corporation can produce up to 170 million devices PS5, which is twice more than competing consoles Xbox Series X.
