PS5 Five Years Poll
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The PS5 is now officially five years old, having launched across the US, Europe, and most other major markets by this time back in 2020.

So, now that we have half a decade of experience with Sony's current-gen console to draw on, we want to know what you really think of the PS5.

Has it lived up to expectations? Have the games been good enough? How much longer does its lifecycle need to be, now that there's near constant chatter about the inevitable PS6?

Granted, these are all fairly loaded questions, because this has been an undeniably uneven console generation.

We can't forget that things got off to a rocky start thanks to the global pandemic. Production was crippled, and Sony's overall operations had to be adjusted to a significant degree. In short, it felt like the PS5 had no real footing over its first couple of years on the market.

Still, the system was selling out over and over again, and exclusive titles like the Demon's Souls remake, Returnal, and Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart were showing what the console was capable of.

But the limited PlayStation Studios release schedule quickly attracted criticism. Key developers like Naughty Dog were nowhere to be seen — beyond The Last of Us' multiple remakes and remasters — and Sony's push for live service was met with plenty of protest from fans who had witnessed the success of the PS4's single player, blockbuster strategy.

This has ended up being a fairly common criticism across the generation, but then the industry as a whole has seriously struggled post-pandemic. Ever-rising development costs and the mounting pressures of chasing the live service dream have crippled entire companies.

The past five years have had their ups and downs, then, but the PS5 itself has stood strong in face of everything — including some very divided opinions. The system's on track to be one of Sony's most successful ever consoles, and it continues to make the firm an absolute fortune.

But again, this is about your perspective. Have your say on the PS5 through our polls, and then unleash your full opinion in the comments section below.

What's your overall opinion of the PS5, five years later? (3,642 votes)

  1. I absolutely love the PS526%
  2. It's a great console27%
  3. It's good, but it could have been better27%
  4. It's just okay -- nothing more, nothing less9%
  5. It's been a disappointing console8%
  6. It's an awful system  0.7%
  7. I've never owned a PS52%

How would you rate the PS5's game library up until now? (3,272 votes)

  1. Outstanding7%
  2. Excellent18%
  3. Great23%
  4. Good25%
  5. Not Bad8%
  6. Okay8%
  7. Poor8%
  8. Bad1%
  9. Terrible  0.9%
  10. Abysmal1%

When would you be ready for the PS6 to release? (3,301 votes)

  1. 20266%
  2. 202720%
  3. 202832%
  4. 202914%
  5. I don't want a PS6 at this point28%