Latest PS5 Firmware Update Available Now, Prepares for DualSense Edge Launch

Bought it already, now I just need to wait for delivery.

@themightyant I seem to have slight drift on one of mine. Noticed it in the weapon wheel in HFW when I tried to select a specific arrow. It was jumping back and forth. That's when I first noticed. Not a huge deal in 99% of the times but still not ideal obviously and it is hard not to pay attention to it when you know

Looks like this firmware update has also fixed a minor issue whereby some games would say that they had patches pending when they were fully up-to-date. A welcome bit of housekeeping.

Most likely another firmware update in February as well for the PSVR2

@themightyant Have drift now and then but as long you within a year you can call Sony and order a repair or replacement, my experience it takes 7-10 days before a new arrive.
That goes with any product as well so in this regard quick and good service.

Have to say it was more issue first 6 months so seems firmware played some part but can say I sent 5 controllers and got new in return.

@themightyant Ah forgot to mention, do a reset on controller first as that can sort problem as well, in case you not tried. (The small pin hole).

@RogerRoger greetings to the Witcher 3 next gen version
Still looking forward for an upcoming patch.

@themightyant It has remained the same for almost a year now, so as of now, I can deal with it. Fingers crossed it doesn't get to a point where I need to buy a new one.

Only one wish: Add the option to switch off the starting beep!

@BrintaPap im getting the pitchforks

@jrt87 more like the hundreds of thousands whose sticks drifted 😂

I hope they can normalise volume coming out of Dualsense across different games, some are too quiet whilst others sound fantastic

the £210 pricetag is really hard to process, and the lack of objective and critical reviews before release is not exactly inspiring confidence on the product. I had to cancell my pre-order, I'll wait for some feedback/reviews on release and maybe in a couple months with a discount I'll get one.

@Toypop I don't find anything weird with people buying powerful PCs because that thing can do and play literally everything and will last you far longer than a console, but people who buy a console because of the cheap price and then proceed to splurge by buying 10 controllers, charging docks, face plates, extra storage etc baffle the heck out of me.

Spend the big bucks on the hardware not accessories

@Toypop Exactly this. The beauty of free markets - people earn their money and have a right to spend however much they want on whatever they want. It's not for anyone else to tell them they're 'wrong'.

And there I was thinking it was going to be the patch to add themes and folders!

Actually, I still find I like the DS4 more than the DS5 - the old school-er is just more comfortable to hold in terms of shape and weight.

Why has everything in the PS5 era just got fat and overweight?

@BrintaPap I love your username haha. BrintPas as breakfast for the world!

@LN78 haha the one what? If I have the money for it why not?

@sanderson72 it's true there's a lot of bULGe goin on. PS5 slim has a battle on its hands

@themightyant don't know about traditional drift, but maybe more annoying is on one of my three controllers if I'm navigating menu's with the left analogue it will flick back to the left as I'm trying to scroll right. As Left analogue controls movement in games it's not been that noticeable (FIFA it sometimes will take a random touch the wrong way if I'm not inputting a direction) but it's the menu's where it annoys the hell out of me, as I usually press X thinking it'll be on a certain tab but it'd flick back as I'm pressing X

Either sell controllers that work, or make a specific drift replacement scheme and take the small hit

@BrintaPap
You have some battery charging ahead of you. . .

@themightyant It's funny right when nintendo where denying drift and yet when they eventually said something about it, they still hadn't implemented a hardware level deadzone setting to counteract it

My launch PS4 controller drifts sometimes and the buttons don't always register, I had to buy a second one. Still, it is nothing compared to the Switch joycon drift where my characters would randomly start running around!

@Joabra01Swe ah thats fine I do not destroy a battery in one gaming session, worst I’ll have do is taking a break for a few I guess where in the mean time I’ll do some workout or cleaning.

@Ravix my 3rd Controller with joy condrift. And my 3 controllers pulls so hard to the left so much it's a fight in the playstation dash to select the correct game becausr they pull so hard to the left. I've tooken care of them and I don't play with alot of force. I really hope somebody starts a lawsuit like what happend with Nintendo joycon drift. That got Nintendo to get the led ot and fix it. 1 year of use on a $80 controller that's bs.

OK LOOK. TO EVERYBODY WITH STICK DRIFT. Grow some balls and open up your controller and clean the hair out of it. I get stick drift maybe once every 3 weeks. It takes 8 min to open the thing up and CLEAN THE STICKS OUT. IF YOU HAVE PETS its your dam pets hair thats getting in there NO DOUBT. just open the thing up you coward

Wish they'd let you copy your saves to an USB stick the way you could on PS3 & PS4. Hopefully, one of these days! 🤞🏽

The fact that it has worst battery life then the already terrible battery life in the Dualsense still blows mind, overpriced junk imo.

@themightyant There's a catch 22 there. X360 had stick drift problems that PS3/PS4 did not. Why? Just as you discovered, DS3/DS4 deadzones were set ridiculously wide, making the sticks fairly unresponsive but counteracted inherent drift. But it always made the controls feel worse on PS. They finally fixed that on DS5 and have industry standard stick sensitivity now. Which is great! But at the cost of now having stick drift problems. The solutions exist, but these companies refuse to implement them. $.05 per controller is a billion dollars from an investor's kids' trust fund!

Of course the EDGE COULD have had hall effect sensors at $200..... They have refused to comment on future stick modules for it. I'm guessing a $50 per stick Hall sensor is in the cards, so for only half the cost of a console you can end up with 1 stick that won't drift!

I still am kicking around getting the Edge. I LOOOOVE my Elite V2, it is so much better feeling than stock controllers. I rarely use my PS compared to my Switch and XSX technically, but when it's used, it's used. Getting it for swappable sticks makes sense, but at the cost of 3 regular controllers and the fact that triggers can also break I'm not sure that works out well for the non-pro crowd that goes through controllers weekly. And it's more expensive than but has less premium build than the Elite V2. The battery sounds like a mess. But the rubberized grips and dimpled triggers along with rear paddles.....from a comfort standpoint, I'm still intrigued. Unless the dimpled triggers dig into your fingers. But I'm also toying with preordering VR2 as well, so I'm not sure which way to go on the controller! I already have one controller the rubber is coming off from the left stick on the thumb side, so I'll be in the $70 hole at least either way.

I've wanted a premium PS controller since the PS4, but I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in what I see so far as a stock controller with some ever so slightly modified plastic molds that add dimples, a bit of rubber, and 3x the price tag. If I have to swap sticks 3 times though I break even. Compared to Elite in it's rubber clad nanotech plastic and metal bumpers,triggers,sticks with 4 paddles, this thing definitely has a "Sony tax" in the extreme. At $120 it would have been fair game. It doesn't look like a $150 rival to the Elite, and it definitely doesn't look like a $200 rival...but....there's that Scuf money in play...their top tier is a $220 tarted up stock Dual Sense with the trigger motors removed. Better stick rubber, though.

They at least could have put a real battery in it.

And yet I'm still tempted

@themightyant I bought an extra controller for my release day PS5, so I had two from the start. Both were returned within the first year for drift (free warranty service), and one of the replacements has it again (minor, so far, but out of warranty by now).

My third - one of the colored ones with the slightly updated internal hardware - doesn't show any signs of drift yet.

@themightyant Do you have any 360 to compare? I'd be very curious where DS5 compares to 360, and X1 for that matter. I suspect, DS5 matches 360, but I didn't know it was reduced after 360 if so.

Personally I'm still amazed PS is the only controller that can't update its firmware wirelessly and must be plugged physically into the console. Even NINTENDO has figured out wireless updates....

@themightyant Good point.

The plug in to update thing is positively infuriating to me, because the console is on the other side of the room behind a bunch of stuff at the TV console, I charge it with a stand alone charger near me, like all my controllers, so when I have to plug it in I have to go over there, move a whole bunch of stuff to get to where it is, plug it in (nowhere near the screen so I keep running back and forth to get the prompts to hit the buttons) then put everything back where it was when it was done. It equates to physical labor to update a controller that both Nintendo and Microsoft just update wirelessly with the console. I mean if even Nintendo can get it right, on their 2017 launched 2012 tablet, IDK how Sony could do it so backward on their 2020 console Let alone with the $200 controller....

@Max_the_German parents': "I HEARD THAT PS5 TURN ON, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN BED!"

Max the german: "Come on mom, the guys are playing rn."

Is it something like that, or plz explain why the beep is worth a post? 😂🤣

Game on bro!

@kcINTIMIDATOR Fortunately not 🤣 No, sometimes I wake up in very early morning and cannot fall asleep again. After web-surfing and YouTube, I don’t want to play Switch only, but also PS. And I don’t want to wake up our dog and my wife. And there is a solution: Starting the PS5 with Remote Play and then switching to local play. But just switching off the beep would be so much better!

@themightyant

I agree it’s definitely dead zone.

Fortnite allows you to change the dead zone of your controller for that game. I notched it up twice. All of the phantom inputs I previously had went away completely. Did the same thing for Modern Warfare II. It made my worst controller (the one that came with my system) completely playable again with only a minor loss in sensitivity.

Unfortunately not every game allows you to do that. Sony really needs to add a system wide option. Every controller using potentiometers will drift eventually. But with the ability to manipulate deadzones, you can compensate for it.

@Waitinonpsvr2 uhh I've done that to all 3 your and cleaned them with alcohol pads. My home is a pet free smoke free home. They was no hair. You can get mad and pissy if you want when you pay good money at $85 a pop should not be experiencing this in a little over a year of game play. When my launch model ps4 and ps3 fat have no issues and their launch controllers.

@Max_the_German Mines been beeping with the disc eject triple beep randomly all the time while in sleep for weeks, and my PS4 pro did that too. I'm thinking it might actually be the psvr1 box at fault but still, be thankful for small favors, it could always be worse 😂

@KidBoruto Thanks for sharing!!

@LN78 i am the two then waiting for my edge

I really want to buy this, but the lack of reviews so close to launch tells me that Sony is worried about something with the controller. Will wait until they're a V2 that irons out whatever issues they are