Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@sorteddan Thanks! I'm looking forward to eventually getting it.

@LtSarge The new PS+ tiers also make it a reasonable decision to keep waiting as some of the exclusives are already on there.

Despite the lack of exclusives, I’m really glad I upgraded from my base PS4 as it’s so much quieter and quicker if nothing else.

@LtSarge Maybe it's a good thing you still can't walk in and buy a PS5 anytime you want. You'd probably be in the store a good hour or two wavering back and forth and then ultimately walking out with nothing. Rinse and repeat a couple more times until you'd actually walk out with one.

@LtSarge I wouldn’t give up on Xbox and Gamepass just yet bud, yeah it’s been a tough year as far as big exclusive games but with the moves that they’ve made over the last 5 years it has to happen for them eventually.

@LtSarge It is a good time to get PS5 with like you said the revamped PS+ and games like Returnal, Demon’s Souls, Death Stranding, Ghosts of Tsushima, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and the Spider-Man games on the service.

Sony has a fair few games in the works also, most we have not heard about either, so next year is gonna be stacked for both consoles.

@Thrillho That's a good point. I've mentioned this before but I'm not quite convinced if I'm going to like Returnal or not. So the fact that I can try that game out, among others, through PS+ Extra is really nice.

Out of curiosity, since your previous PS console was a base PS4, do you have a 4K TV or just a regular HD TV? Because I still use an HD TV and I was wondering if you still can have great gaming experiences on PS5 despite having an outdated TV.

@KilloWertz Haha, that's a good point. I'm actually doing that right now but with online stores. Constantly visiting the same website over and over but never buying the system.

The online store I visit gets a new shipment of PS5s once a month, so I'm constantly reminded by it. The price point is what's stopped me every time though. If a PS5 ever costs €500 or under, I'd probably buy one instantly. My PS4 is nearing 10 years and at this point a new PS system would be appropriate.

@colonelkilgore I haven't given up on them but it's really sour being an Xbox fan right now as you have very little to look forward to. Once the first-party titles arrive, I'll start using my Xbox more but right now it's been collecting dust for months as my PS4 has been receiving much more attention.

There's a lot of good stuff on the horizon for Xbox but ultimately we are going to have to wait for quite some time for that to arrive.

@JohnnyShoulder I actually have most of those games on PS4 already. I think it's nice that you can upgrade them to the PS5 versions for free, so I might save them for when I inevitably get a PS5 and play them there. But it's still nice that there are so many games like that on PS+. I'll have to give it a try for myself soon and see what it's like.

Yep, definitely looking forward to 2023 a lot right now. I feel like 2022 is going to be the PS4's "last" year and after that we'll start seeing more current-gen exclusives, which would be a good time for a transition. So I think next year is definitely going to be the tipping point for me in terms of deciding whether to get a PS5.

@LtSarge I have an eight year old Sony Bravia HDTV. Even if I had a 4K one, I think I’d still choose the frame rate option for games as 60fps feels so much better to play with.

@LtSarge Seriously, buy one whenever you feel it's the right time. If it ends up being an impulse buy, then I guess that was the right time.

Like @Thrillho said, even without 4K, it's worth it for 60 FPS alone. While it would be nice if more games didn't sacrifice as much resolution for the 60 FPS (like Guardians of the Galaxy), that would obviously be irrelevant for you right now.

I've also soured on Xbox for the time being. We obviously got into a heated argument last year about the future of Xbox and all that, but I'll admit I was wrong for the most part. Obviously the future is still bright, but I know I'm tired of waiting. The lack of more of their AAA exclusives like Hellblade 2, Avowed, or even announcing Gears 6 at their showcase was pretty much the last straw for me. Those games shouldn't be as far out as they likely still are. Technically I want to just be a one console gamer for the most part this gen anyways, but based on recent showcases and the immediate future, that will definitely be the PS5 and not the Series X.

@LtSarge Ultimately if you want to continue playing modern games you’re going to have to upgrade to the new generation of consoles in the next couple of years.

In terms of a pro it’s just going to be a graphical upgrade and almost certainly a less significant one than the difference between PS4 pro and PS5. If you’re having difficulty justifying the PS5 on the upgrade for cross gen games then the PS5 pro almost certainly isn’t for you.

@Thrillho @KilloWertz Sounds good to me, I look forward to experiencing better performance on PS5.

@KilloWertz Yeah I also wanted to go with one console this generation but I don't think that will happen. Xbox is just making too many shock waves across the industry to ignore them. So even though I'll most likely get a PS5 first, I'll probably get a Series X in the future as well. But that's when Xbox actually puts out compelling first-party content.

@Ryall Well, I'll just have to see if the PS5 Pro is for me or not when it actually gets announced.

@LtSarge It’s always hard to say with unannounced products that may or may not come out. What are your expectations for the PS5 pro?

I booted my PS5 up this morning, started playing Horizon, and about 15 minutes in, the console makes a brief high pitched scream, the screen turns blue, then black, then fades out, and the orange light on the console slowly fades off. It wouldn't turn back on. Went through self help online, then called tech support. Apparently a rare, but known issue, and I could send it away to get fixed with no timetable on the return.

But, I only bought it ten days ago, so I checked with my local Target and luckily they had three in stock. So, I bought another one, and returned the first one, and I'm now setting up PS5 #2. Hopefully my luck is better with this one! I feel both cursed and blessed at the same time.

I do think that I'm going to be very cautious with rest mode now, after reading that it can be a factor.

@Unlucky13 oh wow you really are unlucky. At first it took you ages to get one and then you have this bad luck. Happy for you you get a replacement so fast then. Let's hope you get more lucky with nr 2

Finally a serious breakdown of DRM on the 3 consoles that professional reporters should have done a long time ago.

@Lavalera @RogerRoger Thanks guys. Truly, if something is completely out of my hands, the odds are its going to go against me more than my fair share. Been that way since I was a kid.

My heart did sink when it wouldn't turn on. The PS4 has crashed a bunch of times. Sometimes turning itself off. And so that's what I thought happened there with the PS5 too. But it just wasn't coming back on no matter what. I'm glad that it happened early in the day on a Tuesday, when Target is most likely to have stock, and I'm glad that the thought of exchanging it given it was so new popped into my mind. Unlucky but lucky at the same time.

Now all that I'm out, other than my time and the gas to drive to the store, is my PS4 disc of Skyrim, which was stuck inside the machine. No way to get it out, and I know from past experience that if I sent it off to Sony, they wouldn't send it back to me anyways. Had that happen twice before.

Thankfully the PS5 saves all of the data to the cloud, so Horizon and Gran Turismo just needed to be reinstalled and they were good to go.

@Unlucky13 At least there's a bright side to look at!
Hopefully the new one has no issues ever.

@Unlucky13 At least it was Skyrim that got stuck in there, something that is replaceable for relatively cheap in comparison to Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7. I've seen the Anniversary Edition of it for $30 fairly regularly on Amazon. Not sure what it is now.

As for the console, like others have said, it is time for you to have some good luck with consoles. I do think this one will be fine, especially since PS5's aren't faulty like back in the PS3/360 generation.

I honestly believe they have fixed Rest Mode for the most part. I haven't had any issues with it for a long time now, but I can understand being cautious given your experience with bad luck. Technically you don't have to use it much at all, and what I mainly use it for is to download stuff overnight or to suspend a game if I can't reach a save point before I have to quit for work. Many months ago I had an issue with rest mode and suspending a PS4 game I had on my external SSD (it refused to boot up, so I had to unplug it), but like I said, it always works fine for me now.

@Unlucky13 My heart sank when I read the first part of your post. What horrible luck. I’ve not had any major issues, but I know that they can strike anytime.

Glad you found a replacement and can carry on with enjoying the current gen without too much of a hiccup.

I sent my original PS3 away to be fixed twice when it had similar issues. The third time that it happened, Sony refused, even though I wanted to pay. I think that they were forcing people onto the models that couldn't play PS2 games any more. But thankfully the slim that I then bought has worked for 12 years with zero trouble, and my PS4 has worked for eight with only minor issues. Fingers crossed that this second PS5 is more like those.

I'm wondering if this gen will be longer than usual given the supply issues... Sure hope so, PS5 is an awesome piece of tech!