Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[Plainsong]

Thanks, slightly different to game pass then. I guess I’ll just buy the games I want to play. It’ll mainly be for the exclusives anyway and I guess any that use the new game pad features.

Ratchet and clank looks good. I think I’ll play that after god of war.

As above PS Now is the Sony equivalent to GP. £8.99 a month I think. There's a lot of good stuff on there (and, let's be honest, much like GP, a lot of crap!) and much of it is downloadable. It started as a streaming service but as you know these things are hit and miss so they added the option to download. Most PS4 games you can download but older titles can only stream. I like it personally as like GP you can try things you'd never usually play and I've enjoyed quite a few of what's on there. Shame no first party day 1 titles like GP but hey ho.

First game you should try is the pre-installed Astro Bot game as it will give you a fantastic demonstration of what's so cool about the controller. Helps that it's a fun 3D Mariolike game as well.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Just looking at my Library, I got all these with PSN (just listings ones that the thumbnail stands out)

A Plague's Tale
Another World
Batman Arkham knight
Battlefield 1
Battlefield V
Beyond Two Souls
Bloodborne
Call of Duty Black Ops III
Call of Duty Black Ops 4
Call of Duty MW2
Call of Duty WWII
Dead by Daylight
Destiny 2
Detroit Become Human
Dues Ex Mankind Devide
Fall Guys
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Final Fantasy XV
For Honor
God of War
Gone Home
Grim Fandango Remastered
Hitman 1 & 2
Hollow Knight
Hotline Miami
Horizon Zero Dawn
Infamous Second Son
Injustice
Journey
Just Cause 3 & 4
Life is Strange
Limbo
Mad Max
MGS5
Shadow of War
MLBShow 19
Call of Duty MW
Monster Hunter World
Mortal Kombat X
NBA2K
Resident Evil 7
Rise of Tomb Raider
Rocket League
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of Tomb Raider
StarWars Battlefront 2
Star Wars Squadrons
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us Remastered
The Witness
Titanfall 2
Tomb Raider
Uncharted 4
Street Fighter 5
Until Dawn
Wipeout
Wreckfest
Yakuza Kiwami
XCOM2

 

[TheVoice]

So can I now pop any gen4 SSD into the PS5? Does it have to have a heat sink, like Corsair MP600?

Yes to both, it requires a heatsink and I'm not sure why people are still saying otherwise. Make sure whatever SSD you buy meets the performance requirements as you could run into issues later down the line otherwise.

 

[Smokey26]

Well my WD 850 2TB didn't come with the free heatsink like was advertised so now i need to order one. Bit anoyying that.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Well my WD 850 2TB didn't come with the free heatsink like was advertised so now i need to order one. Bit anoyying that.

Complain and ask for one to be sent !

 

[CaptainRAVE]

As above PS Now is the Sony equivalent to GP. £8.99 a month I think. There's a lot of good stuff on there (and, let's be honest, much like GP, a lot of crap!) and much of it is downloadable. It started as a streaming service but as you know these things are hit and miss so they added the option to download. Most PS4 games you can download but older titles can only stream. I like it personally as like GP you can try things you'd never usually play and I've enjoyed quite a few of what's on there. Shame no first party day 1 titles like GP but hey ho.

First game you should try is the pre-installed Astro Bot game as it will give you a fantastic demonstration of what's so cool about the controller. Helps that it's a fun 3D Mariolike game as well.

Just looking at my Library, I got all these with PSN (just listings ones that the thumbnail stands out)

A Plague's Tale
Another World
Batman Arkham knight
Battlefield 1
Battlefield V
Beyond Two Souls
Bloodborne
Call of Duty Black Ops III
Call of Duty Black Ops 4
Call of Duty MW2
Call of Duty WWII
Dead by Daylight
Destiny 2
Detroit Become Human
Dues Ex Mankind Devide
Fall Guys
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Final Fantasy XV
For Honor
God of War
Gone Home
Grim Fandango Remastered
Hitman 1 & 2
Hollow Knight
Hotline Miami
Horizon Zero Dawn
Infamous Second Son
Injustice
Journey
Just Cause 3 & 4
Life is Strange
Limbo
Mad Max
MGS5
Shadow of War
MLBShow 19
Call of Duty MW
Monster Hunter World
Mortal Kombat X
NBA2K
Resident Evil 7
Rise of Tomb Raider
Rocket League
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of Tomb Raider
StarWars Battlefront 2
Star Wars Squadrons
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us Remastered
The Witness
Titanfall 2
Tomb Raider
Uncharted 4
Street Fighter 5
Until Dawn
Wipeout
Wreckfest
Yakuza Kiwami
XCOM2

Brilliant, thanks

I guess I just need to way up the cost vs the games I want to play. I doubt I’ll buy too many games - mainly exclusives, recent releases and good dual sense games. The rest I’ll get from game pass. It’s a tricky one to weigh up.

My first 3 to play currently are god of war, myles morales and ratchet and clank. Last of us/uncharted look good too. Forbidden west is the next big game that I want to play.

 

[Smokey26]

Complain and ask for one to be sent !

Yeah, ive just rang them and they confirmed it should have come with one but cant sort it now, so will be tomorrow now. We will see. it looks to be quite a good one and its compatible so ill wait. Looks like i also did well with the price, as the same drive now is 430quid, i paid 349.

 

[Kirkyl85]

Just got confirmation my console is due tomorrow. It's coming with a copy of Ghost of Tsushima DC and I've ordered Rift Apart and Spiderman. Glad to be ditching my Pro.

Great way to kick off a Friday.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Digital foundry and Gamers Nexus have said the old vs new revision PS5 are pretty much on par with each other with no real significant temperature or noise variances between them. Vids on YouTube if anyone is interested.

 

[theone8181]

Mine from very says due on the 29th. Tempted to update/setup and then stick it back in its box.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Mine from very says due on the 29th. Tempted to update/setup and then stick it back in its box.

Why ?

 

[theone8181]

Why ?

Because its a Christmas present (to me from the mrs). Sorry I should have made that more clear.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Because its a Christmas present (to me from the mrs). Sorry I should have made that more clear.

Ahh then you should wait until Xmas…. Lol

 

[Broken Hope]

Had a couple of crashes to dash with this new firmware. Twice in HZD and once loading WRC 10 both on the M.2 drive…

I had a crash last week with HZD on the stock drive, so I think that game has the chance to crash anyway, don't have WRC 10.

 

[theone8181]

Ahh then you should wait until Xmas…. Lol

Tbh I'd like to check it's not just a box of bricks and that it all works (or that's what I'm telling the mrs).

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Digital foundry and Gamers Nexus have said the old vs new revision PS5 are pretty much on par with each other with no real significant temperature or noise variances between them. Vids on YouTube if anyone is interested.

It’s almost as if a big team of engineers know better than one or two random you tubers, who would have thought.

 

[Metalface Mark]

Yes to both, it requires a heatsink and I'm not sure why people are still saying otherwise. Make sure whatever SSD you buy meets the performance requirements as you could run into issues later down the line otherwise.

I fitted mine without a heat sink, 20 mins later I had to stick one on it as it got a temp warning

 

[theone8181]

It’s almost as if a big team of engineers know better than one or two random you tubers, who would have thought.

. That's pretty much how the inter works though, random people thinking they know better than companies (occasionally they do, but that's rare).

 

[Rroff]

Jumping into the middle of that conversation so might have the wrong end of the stick - Gamers Nexus generally do a proper tear-down and have people on the team who know what they are doing - but they don't always get it right. But most of the time they do know what they are talking about.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

It’s interesting what they do but probably a bit too extreme. It’s interesting to watch though to see the incremental changes that occur in the revisions of the consoles.

One thing I have noticed is my new revision PS5 blows out more air than my launch model did. Having less resistance to the flow is more than likely the cause or the fan is running faster but it’s silent so no problem.