Lately, you’ve been paying a lot of attention PS5 game thought it was heavy but surprisingly light, especially compared to the PC equivalent or Xbox Series X/S (same next gen)? That’s thanks to the unique Oodle Kraken compression technology used on PS5.
What is Oodle Kraken compressed PS5 game?
Oodle Kraken is a data compression algorithm developed by RAD Game Tools. It has very high compression capacity while preserving data (lossless), At the same time, the decompression ability is also super fast. Therefore, Sony has chosen to use Oodle Kraken compression technology to make good use of its highly customized SSDs and unique hardware components.
Besides, Sony also bought the right to use Oodle Texture for all games on PS4, PS5. Texture is the part that takes up a lot of space in the game and is difficult to compress effectively when using non-specialist tools. Oodle Texture will allow the game to render textures in a more optimized compressible manner when combined with Kraken, of course still have to ensure the high quality of the image. For example, if you use the Zip + Oodle Texture algorithm, it will have a compression ratio of 2.69 (to 1) (only compress the texture with Zip to 1.64), while using Kraken + Oodle Texture, it will reach 3.16 (compress only). with Kraken reaching 1.82).
Over time, game studios have begun to apply the new compression technology that PS5 offers, making a noticeable difference. Super high compression ratio helped Resident Evil Village If the full download on PS5 takes up only 27.3GB, while on Xbox Series X it is 35GB. Games Control Ultimate Edition only 25GB on PS5 and still runs super beautiful 4K (on Xbox Series 42GB). Or most recently Subnautica on PS5 also thanks to Kraken, which reduces up to 70% of the capacity compared to the original on PS4, only 3.5GB.
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The SSD hard drive on the PS5 has a fairly modest capacity (apart from the operating system) of 667GB, so Oodle Kraken’s super-compressive ability is a great salvation, especially when this type of hard drive is not yet available. can be easily replaced. The size of the game shrinks to help you download games faster, store more games in your device, and save money Copy to external hard drive and then when you need to play again, you have to copy it back.
In particular, Oodle Kraken’s compression discharge rate also ensures that the game receives fast and enough data when playing, without causing interruptions, affecting the reputation of PS5’s super fast game loading.
*RAD Game Tools was later acquired by Epic Games (where Unreal Engine was developed)
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