Poll: *The Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread*

[cyclonus10]

Some people just have to have the latest and greatest, console or pc, new shiny tech is lovely to hold, and use, we are all guilty of that to a degree.
I personally cannot see any reason to get the new pro atm, maybe the upcoming GTA game may be the catalyst that will push people into owning a pro, we don't know yet, still interesting times.

I upgraded my PS4 to the Pro for Wipeout VR but the headset resolution held it back.
I avoided the OG Xbox one as the specs were just rubbish but the One X was a great machine.

I gave up trying to get a PS5 what seems like eons ago and just thought, **** it, may as well wait for the inevitable Pro model.

This gen for games has been a bit rubbish anyway. Game development takes a lot longer these days, throw COVID into the mix and the chaos it caused to just be able to buy the machines was ridiculous.

Games development is in trouble right now judging by all the lay offs so you could argue it's going to get worse before it gets better.

 

[HungryHippos]

Meanwhile I have been swamped with games and releases, almost too many this year.

I've had like 6 games in 2024 I've absolutely had to play and we're just coming out of Q1.

Granblue Fantasy Relink
Persona 3 Reload
FF7 Rebirth
Unicorn Overlord
Dragons Dogma 2
Rise of the Ronin

All 6 of these are either out, or coming out this week in the case of the last two.

Got at least another 6 I can think of I want to play in the next 3-4 months as well.

 

[jennidc]

I'm the same just this year so far Gran Blue Fantasy, Helldivers 2 and pre orders for Dragons Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin and Elden Ring DLC. Later on i have my eye on Steller blade, black myth, about 3-4 soulslikes and loads more.

 

[Vandle]

Ronin looks very disappointing so far from what I have seen. Will likely wait a little before I decide on picking it up.

 

[Ali195]

Yeah, I suspect GTA6 will be a driving factor (no pun intended) for many, depending on how well it runs on both machines. Traditionally Rockstar have always had marketing deals with Sony as well.

If it results in a more noticeable stable experience of the new GTA game then I’ll upgrade though I always opt for no ray tracing 60fps anyway so one wonders what the point will be.

The 10% increase in CPU clock is hardly going to allow us to play it at 4K/60 with ray tracing without it being dynamically rendered in 1080/1440p whenever you’re outside but I’d definitely buy it if we got 4K/60 rendered at 4K regardless of indoor/outdoor then I’d surely buy it (still no ray tracing)

 

[silvagti]

Ronin looks very disappointing so far from what I have seen. Will likely wait a little before I decide on picking it up.

Yeah, looks a bit generic though I haven’t really seen enough of the gameplay/mechanics to decide.

I’m hoping there’s more to it than just another ghosts of Tsushima stroll from waypoint to waypoint collect-athon as that bored me after a couple of hours.

I’m a bit disappointed that it and stellar blade look so similar in terms of their gameplay. Both just look like expansions to ghosts of Tsushima and Nier automata rather then being something new. fingers crossed there’s more to them than it looks like from the promo footage.

I’d hoped with the move away from cross gen and these being PS5 only we might see more innovation.

 

[beachBOYken]

Any decent offers on a 2tb drive, Ive seen the WD 2tb sn850x with heatsink for £160 and a Silcon Power xs70 2tb for £116, the former isn't the official playstation branded one, but I presume its the same thing but slightly cheaper. The latter I had not heard of the brand before but it's cheaper.
Anyone know if the WD sn850x has been cheaper? Thinking of going for that.
Perhaps there may be some deals over Easter.

 

[TheVoice]

Any decent offers on a 2tb drive, Ive seen the WD 2tb sn850x with heatsink for £160 and a Silcon Power xs70 2tb for £116, the former isn't the official playstation branded one, but I presume its the same thing but slightly cheaper. The latter I had not heard of the brand before but it's cheaper.
Anyone know if the WD sn850x has been cheaper? Thinking of going for that.
Perhaps there may be some deals over Easter.

If you search 'ssd' on HotUKDeals there's an ADATA 2TB one for £116 with a heatspreader.

I doubt the WD is worth £40+ more, especially just for a games console.

 

[MarcLister]

If you search 'ssd' on HotUKDeals there's an ADATA 2TB one for £116 with a heatspreader.

I doubt the WD is worth £40+ more, especially just for a games console.

Is 2TB enough for the PS5 or is it just that 4GB is too expensive or there's a limit of 2TB?

 

[ic1male]

Is 2TB enough for the PS5 or is it just that 4GB is too expensive or there's a limit of 2TB?

2TB is about the right cost/size. The limit is 8TB I think now.

 

[xaldub]

Meanwhile I have been swamped with games and releases, almost too many this year.

I've had like 6 games in 2024 I've absolutely had to play and we're just coming out of Q1.

Granblue Fantasy Relink
Persona 3 Reload
FF7 Rebirth
Unicorn Overlord
Dragons Dogma 2
Rise of the Ronin

All 6 of these are either out, or coming out this week in the case of the last two.

Got at least another 6 I can think of I want to play in the next 3-4 months as well.

Yup, it has been a stacked year thus far, particularly for JRPGs. In addtion to those you've mentioned, Stellar Blade comes out next month and then Shin Megami Tensei V:Vengeance in June. Thankfully things settle down after Q2 for me ... perhaps just the Indiana Jones game and Metaphor: ReFantazio for the back half of the year.

 

[Kainz]

I LIKE IT!

 

[Mobius 1]

Potato Sack Racing Simulator 2024…

I thought Sony was banning trash like this from appearing on the store ? For £15.99 who actually buys this cack?

 

[TheVoice]

Is 2TB enough for the PS5 or is it just that 4GB is too expensive or there's a limit of 2TB?

I genuinely can't see why you'd need 4TB (plus onboard storage) of games installed at any one time, even with a slow connection. The more storage you have, the more inclined you are to fill it with stuff you'll never play.

I have a 1TB drive and find that more than sufficient, but I can also download a game in a few minutes if need be.

 

[ic1male]

Looks like PSN has gone boobs up!

PlayStation Network Status

status.playstation.com

 

[Plainsong]

Ah that’s why I can’t connect to anything! Thought it was me.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

WTF's going on with tech sites recently? Outages all over the shop.

 

[Plainsong]

It’s back up now.

 

[silvagti]

I genuinely can't see why you'd need 4TB (plus onboard storage) of games installed at any one time, even with a slow connection. The more storage you have, the more inclined you are to fill it with stuff you'll never play.

I have a 1TB drive and find that more than sufficient, but I can also download a game in a few minutes if need be.

Personally, I find the standard ps5 internal storage really restrictive as it’s only space for 5-6 larger game installs.

On slower broadband you could be looking at 8+hours overnight to install a large game so you really need an extra terabyte or two of storage if you’re in that situation IMO.

 

[HungryHippos]

Yup, it has been a stacked year thus far, particularly for JRPGs. In addtion to those you've mentioned, Stellar Blade comes out next month and then Shin Megami Tensei V:Vengeance in June. Thankfully things settle down after Q2 for me ... perhaps just the Indiana Jones game and Metaphor: ReFantazio for the back half of the year.

Just thinking about my list of upcoming stuff and it's still pretty stacked at present. I can't remember having a year with this many interesting games in a while.

7 things that I'll be aiming to play coming up, and this won't be everything I look at this year. I think I'd probably be interested in SMT V as well. I realise some of this isn't PS5

23/04 - Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (PC Game Pass day 1)
26/04 - Stellar Blade (PS5)
21/05 - Hellblade II (PC Game Pass day 1)
25/07 - Frostpunk 2 (PC Game Pass day 1)
20/08 - Black Myth: Wukong (Probably all platforms?)
????? - Sword of Convallaria (Free to play on PC/Steam not sure on other platforms. This looks like a pretty cool free tactical RPG with full voice acting and such!).
????? - Metaphor: ReFantazio (Probably all platforms?)