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The PS5 game that was ‘impossible without SSD’ doesn’t need one on PC

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The PS5 game that was ‘impossible without SSD’ doesn’t need one on PC

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one of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart’s titular rifts opening
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was the poster child for the PlayStation 5’s blazing fast solid-state drive — but on PC, it doesn’t technically need one at all.

In a now-vanished blog post on Steam, Sony, Insomniac, and lauded port developer Nixxes have revealed the game’s PC system requirements, which show you can get away with the standard spinning magnetic platters of a traditional hard drive if you’re satisfied with minimum spec (720p at 30fps).

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PC system requirements. Tap for larger image.

Before you hold this up as the latest proof that the PS5’s SSD was unnecessary, you should also know there’s another technological innovation at work here: Microsoft’s DirectStorage, whose recent version…

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