Sony Shows Off PS5 Loading Times

We’re still a while away from getting an official look at Sony’s next PlayStation console, but the company has provided an early glimpse at some of its capabilities today during a meeting in Japan.

Watch

Neon White Is The Best Puzzle-Platformer-Time-Attack-Card-Slinging-Dating-Sim Of The Year

01:50

Now playing

The Best Gear For Scoring Goals In Mario Strikers: Battle League

Friday 11:24AM

07:11

Now playing

Seven Minutes From American Arcadia: It's Like The Truman Show, But They’re Trying To Kill You

Thursday 3:42PM

The Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki is there tweeting about the meeting, and captured this footage showing the same scene being loaded on current PS5 hardware and a PS4 Pro, comparing how long the former takes compared to the latter:

We’d heard this previously about Sony’s new console:

G/O Media may get a commission

Save 46%

Fire TV 55" Omni Series 4K UHD Smart TV

Alexa-enabled
The Omni Series are all produced 4K UHD picture quality and are equipped with the same interface you may be used to on a Fire TV Stick. That means they are also Alexa enabled so no need to type in your favorite movies and shows. Just hold the remote button and ask Alexa.

So yeah, even taking into account how artificial these early looks can be, it looks like “no loading times” is definitely going to be a PS5 thing.