It’s been almost a week since the PlayStation 5 launched in the United States, and while it’s been a relatively smooth launch overall, there have been a few niggles that have concerned early adopters. Namely, Sony’s next-gen console has been prone to crashing, with Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered causing particular problems when put in Rest Mode.
Similarly, some users have had issues with external hard drives causing database rebuild errors. For the record, we did experience the latter problem while reviewing the console earlier in the month, but we’ve continued to use our PS5 daily with an external HDD attached and have had zero problems with the system since.
Nevertheless, a new firmware update issued today has promised stability, and with the European launch due on Thursday, many are hoping it cleans the issues up. We’ll, of course, be monitoring the situation closely over the coming days, and we’re hoping to see everything settle down. In the meantime, Sony’s got a lot of work to do – here’s the things PS5 needs to improve.
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Yeah I heard the Google Router was causing issues with the console coming out of rest mode???
I will finishing work bang on 5pm on Thursday. At least there's no traffic with this half lockdown 🙂
Smooth launch if you ignore the fact that most of their fan base couldn't get their hands on one.
I am not sure a firmware update is going to fix stock issues. I mean, I guess Sony can try....
NOTE: Joke
Glad the United States of America got to test it out for Europe.............and Sony din't pay them they paid Sony.....i'll just find a rock to crawl under. 🛸
Still hasn't fixed the download queue bug it seems.
Needs fixing asap!
I really want to use the External drive with PS4 games but it seems I won't be doing it until they really fix the issue!
Hopefully they’ll be a patch ready for Thursday 🤣
The only issue I've had with the PS5 so far is some weird screen flickering issues when playing Miles Morales. Has anyone else experienced this? Its a real mood killer!
What about backing up game data to a NAS drive on the local network? Do console players care about that sort of thing? Makes backing up so much easier in the PC world.
Only issues I had was Spider-Man Miles Morales(PS5 version) crashed once. Hasn't happened since. If all these reports are true, I'm sure most will be resolved soon. Hang in there.
I love that I haven’t had a single issue with my PS5 and I install this damn update and now my games are hard crashing. Turning of automatic updates. I’m furious. Went from no issues to now experiencing problems.
Got one days one and my only issue was the downloads being stuck in que but I just disconnected from the internet and then reconnected and it’s been fine since. Miles Morales did freeze once but it saved like a minute before so it was no issue. Loving the console
@InsertUsername Start this video at 2 minutes and 20 seconds and see if this helps at all - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t50S_6XP7DY
Wish Sony would say something about if it's now safe to use an external and rest mode. Give the world some info, it's not bad PR to just say "We are aware of a possible issue with rest mode etc, please avoid this while our engineers are working on a fix"
I mean does this firmware update fix this? Is it now safe to do rest mode again?
I was one of the people who had multiple issues with my external SSD drive. The PS5 always tried to repair it and couldn't boot up from rest mode without me unplugging and plugging in the power cable again.
Since the firmware update I have no such issues anymore. Everything now runs perfectly fine.
@tatsumi That sounds promising, thanks for the update!
@DonJorginho : I don't see any issues with download queue after the firmware update today. Also no external SSD issues. Looks some fixes were made
I don't know what all the fuss is about. I haven't experienced a single issue with the PS5.
The fact that I don't own one is irrelevant.
I didn't have an issue all week. I install the update and boom, I have my first crash. Makes me nervous lol
@Splat did you seriously expect 'most of their fans to get their hands on one '? Think about it, that would mean they would've had to have around 80 million available at launch!
I didn't do anything differently. I installed the update and then after about 20 min of Miles Morales it crashed. Seems to work fine after that. Was just ironic that my first crash was after the update. It could of been the game itself. Will see.
Thanks for beta testing guyzzzzz 😍😍😍
I'm surprised this is all happening. I've had the better part of a week with my PS5 and so far the only issue that I've had is Spiderman Remastered kicked me back to the home screen once. I've Platinumed Astro, Spider man Remastered, and half way to getting the platinum with Miles Morales no issues.
My ps5 has had zero issues, then again it hasn’t been delivered yet so...
...I’ll get my coat
@Splat Like nearly every other console launch in history from the 5th generation on? There are always more people that want them, than can get them on launch day, and it almost always levels out a few months later. This generation (because of COVID) has been hit particularly hard and the scalper bots have gotten particularly resourceful. That's across the board, for every major platform, from PS5, to XSX/S, to Switch, to even PC GPUs, and more.
OS software and features were never Sony's strong point.
Looks like they added ability to check for updates on games in the main menu. That wasn’t there before, right...?
@DonJorginho what bug is that?
I've had a single crash while constantly skipping cinematics during my NG+ playthrough of Miles Morales. The system has performed beautifully otherwise. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'm one of the lucky ones.
@AJDarkstar I hope it gets dispatched soon mate!
I'm getting my PS5 tomorrow and I've been reading about these issues here and there. To be honest I'm a little bit worried and now I'm planning not to use rest mode or even plug my PS4 HDD hoping Sony find a quick solution and fix this mess.
@AJDarkstar hey did it arrive yet? Hope so!
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