Epic Games recently released its Unreal Engine 5 demonstration, running live on a PS5. Although the software is set to debut on both next-gen consoles and PC in 2021, Epic Games' Tim Sweeney suggests PS5 may be leading the charge in this particular technical revolution. 

Sweeney points to the PS5's enormous solid state drive, claiming its got capabilities unseen in even gaming PCs: not just in raw storage size, but also the way its memory is structured, opening up new gaming possibilities. 

“[The PS5] has an immense amount of GPU power, but also multi-order bandwidth increase in storage management,” he said during an interview after the Unreal Engine 5 live stream. 

“We’ve been working super close with Sony for quite a long time on storage. The storage architecture on the PS5 is far ahead of anything you can buy on the PC for any amount of money right now. It’s going to help drive future PCs.”