[user104658]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

I have a white TV cabinet, so it actually looks better than the PS4 would

I think the big winner about the PS5, and the digital edition even more so is, with no HDD, the amount of moving parts inside the machine is lessened significantly

I've heard it's very quiet, although... it could be powered by a 747 engine and still be quieter than my 4 Pro. I generally use a headset which makes it less of an issue, but me and my wife played Little Hope a few weeks back and we had to use subtitles because the TV would have woken the kids if it had been up loud enough to be heard over the damn console. The neighbours must have thought we were hoovering at 1am.

[Scarlett.]

I've had both consoles on today for the same amount of time, doing the same task.

The Pro is red hot, the PS5 is cold, to warm. Also can't hear the PS5 at all, but Pro is humming away.

Honestly, everytime I played a HDR enabled game on the Pro, my room heated up so fast

[arista]

Amazon UK was to sell it from today
but its not on their site.


And others selling it
reports have said their sites have crashed.


https://news.sky.com/story/playstati...-date-12136247

[The Slim Reaper]

Have you got one yet, Arista?

[arista]

No

[Scarlett.]

[bots]

you can buy a controller on amazon for the ps5 you don't yet have, so it's not all bad

[Black Dagger]

I've got one x

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I played a bit of PES at Uni (because other people were playing it a lot) and to be fair, I guess these games can be fun if you're playing them against a friend so there's a bit of competition going on... I don't get the appeal vs computer opponent though.

By the end of my time at Uni the PS2 pretty much had Guitar Hero in it permanently though... and the GameCube with Smash Bros Melee. Don't think those discs left the consoles for about 18 months straight . The "living room consoles" that is, of course. I also had my own PC and PS2 in my room for REAL gaming 🤓

To get the best out of the CPU opponents is to put their settings to Medium/Semi-Pro difficulty as it's not so easy that you end up walking every match, but not so ridiculously hard that it spoils the Game.

I've never played Guitar Hero, but it always catches my interest out of the more Casual Games.

Smash Bros Melee was the bees knees when I was a kid.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Black Dagger

I've got one x

....enjoy...

[Scarlett.]

True next gen!




Large picture warning!

Spoiler:

[Jake.]

Gutted, I really want one

[user104658]

I still can't wait to see what's POSSIBLE on the PS5, because whilst what I've seen so far all looks good, I still frankly haven't seen anything graphics wise that even begins to compete with TLOU2's "burning island". Obviously that wasn't "standard PS4", it was breathtakingly standout, along with a few scenes from Death Stranding, showcasing what I think are probably the absolute limits of the PS4... so I guess it'll be a few years until devs start really blowing minds with this gen's capabilities.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I still can't wait to see what's POSSIBLE on the PS5, because whilst what I've seen so far all looks good, I still frankly haven't seen anything graphics wise that even begins to compete with TLOU2's "burning island". Obviously that wasn't "standard PS4", it was breathtakingly standout, along with a few scenes from Death Stranding, showcasing what I think are probably the absolute limits of the PS4... so I guess it'll be a few years until devs start really blowing minds with this gen's capabilities.

Demon's Souls is pretty damn impressive, especially for a launch title

[user104658]

I have to say, ebay prices are so crazy at the moment that if I'd pre-ordered and got a PS5 on launch day, I'd be VERY tempted to sell it on to a desperate parent with too much cash, set aside Ł400 for a new one in Spring, and pocket the extra . I've seen them going for Ł800+

[bots]

i want one, but i will happily wait until they are in regular stock

[The Slim Reaper]

OK, so.... wouldn't load up this morning. On screen said there was a storage issue, but then it cycled through to 100% and then turned itself off. Had a look on the internet and seems like it's an issue with the Miles game. Took me about 3 attempts at a factory reset in safe mode before it worked.

Just be careful if you're playing this game I was about level 15/16 and on about 55% completion.

It's been working perfectly since I rebooted without that game.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

OK, so.... wouldn't load up this morning. On screen said there was a storage issue, but then it cycled through to 100% and then turned itself off. Had a look on the internet and seems like it's an issue with the Miles game. Took me about 3 attempts at a factory reset in safe mode before it worked.



Just be careful if you're playing this game I was about level 15/16 and on about 55% completion.



It's been working perfectly since I rebooted without that game.

This is the other reason to hold off a bit on a new launch; letting you lot guinneapig the hardware and firmware issues so that they get patched up. This could be the game but a bad but of game code shouldn't be able to affect the whole system like that, sounds like a firmware issue with the PS5 software itself.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

This is the other reason to hold off a bit on a new launch; letting you lot guinneapig the hardware and firmware issues so that they get patched up. This could be the game but a bad but of game code shouldn't be able to affect the whole system like that, sounds like a firmware issue with the PS5 software itself.

Yeah, I'm contacting game in the morning to get this sent back and replaced. It takes abut 20 boot ups to get it to work properly. Pretty sure it's a hard drive issue, as it keeps trying to repair the storage (on a brand new machine!) and then just turns itself off. I've reset and rebuilt everything I possibly can, but this is a dodgy machine I have! I'll probably end up with a working PS5 after all the 2nd and 3rd wavers have got theirs!

Fcuking bots will have his new zx spectrum from Amazon up and running before this piece of crap!

[user104658]

The "fancy" next gen SSD is one of the major selling points of the PS5, hopefully yours is just a rare dodgy one as there being a widescale problem with the SSD would be a disaster for Sony .

Of course, on PC we've had m.2 NVMe SSD's for years and replaceable parts so don't have to worry about such things...

[bots]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Fcuking bots will have his new zx spectrum from Amazon up and running before this piece of crap!

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

[The Slim Reaper]

There's a chance I come out of this quids in. Been in contact with both game and playstation. Playstation say they're going to send me a new one out, they're just going through their system and I've provided evidence, so if they do that within the next couple of days, I can send my machine back to game for a full refund as it's faulty and end up with a free PS5

[user104658]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

There's a chance I come out of this quids in. Been in contact with both game and playstation. Playstation say they're going to send me a new one out, they're just going through their system and I've provided evidence, so if they do that within the next couple of days, I can send my machine back to game for a full refund as it's faulty and end up with a free PS5

SURELY Sony would want you to send them the defective one if they're replacing...

...although my wife did almost get two brand new iPhones once, because the delivery fella left the first one in a recycle bin TWO DOORS DOWN and marked it as delivered. Phone company thankfully believed that it never turned up and sent a replacement - then about a week later, the neighbour (who had been off on holiday) knocks the door with the first one. We were honest though and sent it back to the phone company

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

SURELY Sony would want you to send them the defective one if they're replacing...

...although my wife did almost get two brand new iPhones once, because the delivery fella left the first one in a recycle bin TWO DOORS DOWN and marked it as delivered. Phone company thankfully believed that it never turned up and sent a replacement - then about a week later, the neighbour (who had been off on holiday) knocks the door with the first one. We were honest though and sent it back to the phone company

I'm not sure; they didn't say anything about sending this one back (obviously that could change), and I've seen YT vids of them just sending them out to Americans who were on the earlier release date and had faulty machines.

Just waiting to hear from Sony again, so I'll definitely know one way or the other within the next day or 2. I think there have been a sh1tload of 5's that have been dodgy, so I think they're trying to minimise the negative publicity, by not making folks jump through hoops to get replacements.