Here we are three years on,
From launch in November 2020, The Astro Playroom was already installed to test all the features of the duelsense controller,
And it did it well with a fantastic opening with a controller on screen where you can test all features, The adaptive triggers , The haptic feedback where you can feel all the little tiny robots move around,
The playroom game itself is charming, Very fun even if your 5 going on 50,
If you know anything about playstation history then you will get all the references in this game with alot of collectibles that show up,
Now to the Playstation 5 disk edition,
Back in 2020, The build in storage was a problem, It may say 825gb on the box but it was more like 600gb,
You can plug in an external Hard Drive or 2.5inch SSD to a USB port, However that only allows you to play PS4 games from those drives, Native PS5 games can only be played from the internal ssd or from the M.2 PCIE4.0 slot,
(You can hold PS5 games on an external Hard drive or 2.5inch SSD then move across to the internal drive to play if you have slow broadband speeds)
The M.2 slot is easy enough to get to and install more storage, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb with a heatsink, Or A Seagate firecuda 530 2tb with heatsink,
Those drives have come down in price alot now, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb is at most £130,
Now the xbox series consoles, Their 2tb expansion storage cards are so over priced I've refused to buy one on principle,
Now for the console gaming experience,
As with the PS4 any update for any game you have installed will update in the background, However on PS5 this is vastly improved the "Copying" after you have downloaded the game update is quick, Certainly not 30+ minutes of "Copying" on the dark times of the PS4,
For Native PS5 games, It's very fast load times,
In final fantasy 7 remake PS5 version the load up a save is less than 2 seconds,
Rachet & Clank Rift Apart , Spiderman remaster/ miles morales these games have the same super fast loading times of less than a few seconds,
If you have a HDMI 2.1 capable tv that can do 4k 120fps Like any LG oled tv from B To G,
Then games like Rainbow 6 siege, Fortnite, Cod, They all have 120fps modes,
Other games such as Horizon forbidden west, God of War Ragnarok, Last of us Part 1, Spiderman remaster/ miles morales,
These have 40fps options if you have a 120hz tv with hdmi 2.1, They also have modes where you can unlocked the frame rate where it can go up to 120fps but most of the time it's over 60fps but mostly stays at 90+fps,
The variable refresh rate works fine so you don't really notice the difference, It feels alot more responsive than 60fps,
To the good and the bad points,
Positives
+ M.2 slot to upgrade ssd storage at a more sensible price compared to xbox,
+very fast game loading times,
+Duelsense controller features feels great when games actually use it to take full advantage,
+Background downloading is vastly improved,
+ PS5 Exclusive games made by Sony are very story driven and graphically impressive,
Negatives,
- As you can see from my photo the playstation 5 is just massive much bigger than the xbox series x,
- The Duelsense controller doesn't get used to it's full potential by 3rd party games,
- It has 8k Slapped on the PS5 box but as of August 2023 it doesn't actually support 8k (Why.... marketing that's why, 8k is pointless you need a screen that's over 82inchs to notice the difference compared to 4k, It's only slapped on the box so sony can say that PS5 can do 8k and xbox series consoles can't)
- The PS5 stand to have the console in horizontal or vertical feels cheap,
My final opinion,
It may be a white giant skyscraper or landscraper, But it is a console that has first class 1st party games, A Duelsense controller that makes you feel the difference while playing those games by the haptic feedback and other features of it,
With the price of PC GPU's ,A console that can play games at a reasonable cost is worthy of your time and money,
You won't be disappointed spending your human time credits on the playstation 5,
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Edition: PS5 DiscVerified Purchase
Here we are three years on,
From launch in November 2020, The Astro Playroom was already installed to test all the features of the duelsense controller,
And it did it well with a fantastic opening with a controller on screen where you can test all features, The adaptive triggers , The haptic feedback where you can feel all the little tiny robots move around,
The playroom game itself is charming, Very fun even if your 5 going on 50,
If you know anything about playstation history then you will get all the references in this game with alot of collectibles that show up,
Now to the Playstation 5 disk edition,
Back in 2020, The build in storage was a problem, It may say 825gb on the box but it was more like 600gb,
You can plug in an external Hard Drive or 2.5inch SSD to a USB port, However that only allows you to play PS4 games from those drives, Native PS5 games can only be played from the internal ssd or from the M.2 PCIE4.0 slot,
(You can hold PS5 games on an external Hard drive or 2.5inch SSD then move across to the internal drive to play if you have slow broadband speeds)
The M.2 slot is easy enough to get to and install more storage, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb with a heatsink, Or A Seagate firecuda 530 2tb with heatsink,
Those drives have come down in price alot now, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb is at most £130,
Now the xbox series consoles, Their 2tb expansion storage cards are so over priced I've refused to buy one on principle,
Now for the console gaming experience,
As with the PS4 any update for any game you have installed will update in the background, However on PS5 this is vastly improved the "Copying" after you have downloaded the game update is quick, Certainly not 30+ minutes of "Copying" on the dark times of the PS4,
For Native PS5 games, It's very fast load times,
In final fantasy 7 remake PS5 version the load up a save is less than 2 seconds,
Rachet & Clank Rift Apart , Spiderman remaster/ miles morales these games have the same super fast loading times of less than a few seconds,
If you have a HDMI 2.1 capable tv that can do 4k 120fps Like any LG oled tv from B To G,
Then games like Rainbow 6 siege, Fortnite, Cod, They all have 120fps modes,
Other games such as Horizon forbidden west, God of War Ragnarok, Last of us Part 1, Spiderman remaster/ miles morales,
These have 40fps options if you have a 120hz tv with hdmi 2.1, They also have modes where you can unlocked the frame rate where it can go up to 120fps but most of the time it's over 60fps but mostly stays at 90+fps,
The variable refresh rate works fine so you don't really notice the difference, It feels alot more responsive than 60fps,
To the good and the bad points,
Positives
+ M.2 slot to upgrade ssd storage at a more sensible price compared to xbox,
+very fast game loading times,
+Duelsense controller features feels great when games actually use it to take full advantage,
+Background downloading is vastly improved,
+ PS5 Exclusive games made by Sony are very story driven and graphically impressive,
Negatives,
- As you can see from my photo the playstation 5 is just massive much bigger than the xbox series x,
- The Duelsense controller doesn't get used to it's full potential by 3rd party games,
- It has 8k Slapped on the PS5 box but as of August 2023 it doesn't actually support 8k (Why.... marketing that's why, 8k is pointless you need a screen that's over 82inchs to notice the difference compared to 4k, It's only slapped on the box so sony can say that PS5 can do 8k and xbox series consoles can't)
- The PS5 stand to have the console in horizontal or vertical feels cheap,
My final opinion,
It may be a white giant skyscraper or landscraper, But it is a console that has first class 1st party games, A Duelsense controller that makes you feel the difference while playing those games by the haptic feedback and other features of it,
With the price of PC GPU's ,A console that can play games at a reasonable cost is worthy of your time and money,
You won't be disappointed spending your human time credits on the playstation 5,
From launch in November 2020, The Astro Playroom was already installed to test all the features of the duelsense controller,
And it did it well with a fantastic opening with a controller on screen where you can test all features, The adaptive triggers , The haptic feedback where you can feel all the little tiny robots move around,
The playroom game itself is charming, Very fun even if your 5 going on 50,
If you know anything about playstation history then you will get all the references in this game with alot of collectibles that show up,
Now to the Playstation 5 disk edition,
Back in 2020, The build in storage was a problem, It may say 825gb on the box but it was more like 600gb,
You can plug in an external Hard Drive or 2.5inch SSD to a USB port, However that only allows you to play PS4 games from those drives, Native PS5 games can only be played from the internal ssd or from the M.2 PCIE4.0 slot,
(You can hold PS5 games on an external Hard drive or 2.5inch SSD then move across to the internal drive to play if you have slow broadband speeds)
The M.2 slot is easy enough to get to and install more storage, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb with a heatsink, Or A Seagate firecuda 530 2tb with heatsink,
Those drives have come down in price alot now, A Crucial P5 Plus 2tb is at most £130,
Now the xbox series consoles, Their 2tb expansion storage cards are so over priced I've refused to buy one on principle,
Now for the console gaming experience,
As with the PS4 any update for any game you have installed will update in the background, However on PS5 this is vastly improved the "Copying" after you have downloaded the game update is quick, Certainly not 30+ minutes of "Copying" on the dark times of the PS4,
For Native PS5 games, It's very fast load times,
In final fantasy 7 remake PS5 version the load up a save is less than 2 seconds,
Rachet & Clank Rift Apart , Spiderman remaster/ miles morales these games have the same super fast loading times of less than a few seconds,
If you have a HDMI 2.1 capable tv that can do 4k 120fps Like any LG oled tv from B To G,
Then games like Rainbow 6 siege, Fortnite, Cod, They all have 120fps modes,
Other games such as Horizon forbidden west, God of War Ragnarok, Last of us Part 1, Spiderman remaster/ miles morales,
These have 40fps options if you have a 120hz tv with hdmi 2.1, They also have modes where you can unlocked the frame rate where it can go up to 120fps but most of the time it's over 60fps but mostly stays at 90+fps,
The variable refresh rate works fine so you don't really notice the difference, It feels alot more responsive than 60fps,
To the good and the bad points,
Positives
+ M.2 slot to upgrade ssd storage at a more sensible price compared to xbox,
+very fast game loading times,
+Duelsense controller features feels great when games actually use it to take full advantage,
+Background downloading is vastly improved,
+ PS5 Exclusive games made by Sony are very story driven and graphically impressive,
Negatives,
- As you can see from my photo the playstation 5 is just massive much bigger than the xbox series x,
- The Duelsense controller doesn't get used to it's full potential by 3rd party games,
- It has 8k Slapped on the PS5 box but as of August 2023 it doesn't actually support 8k (Why.... marketing that's why, 8k is pointless you need a screen that's over 82inchs to notice the difference compared to 4k, It's only slapped on the box so sony can say that PS5 can do 8k and xbox series consoles can't)
- The PS5 stand to have the console in horizontal or vertical feels cheap,
My final opinion,
It may be a white giant skyscraper or landscraper, But it is a console that has first class 1st party games, A Duelsense controller that makes you feel the difference while playing those games by the haptic feedback and other features of it,
With the price of PC GPU's ,A console that can play games at a reasonable cost is worthy of your time and money,
You won't be disappointed spending your human time credits on the playstation 5,
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