Official Playstation 5 thread

[purbeast0]

People who really really hate 30 fps?

(Course it might be Frame Generation mostly to get to 60 and not native)

My launch PS5 box touts 8K on it.

And here we are, with a $700+ Pro that is needed to get 4k60.

LOL.

Also, wtf is this claim that PS4 has 8,500 games? There are nowhere NEAR 8,500 games on PS4 lol.

 

[SolidQ]

octopath-traveler-ii

finished both games on 100%, want 3rd game

where you get random encounters every 10 steps. SUPER annoying for me, so I quit it.

easily solve by mage class

 

[igor_kavinski]

There are nowhere NEAR 8,500 games on PS4 lol.

There definitely are if you include PS1, PS2 and PS3 games that are able to run on PS4

Also, thank God for relatively long lasting console generations. I would've hated to have PS17 in 2024, with no backward compatibility!

 

[purbeast0]

There definitely are if you include PS1, PS2 and PS3 games that are able to run on PS4

Also, thank God for relatively long lasting console generations. I would've hated to have PS17 in 2024, with no backward compatibility!

If that is what they meant, then why say "PS4 games"? Why not say PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 games?

 

[jpiniero]

Also, wtf is this claim that PS4 has 8,500 games? There are nowhere NEAR 8,500 games on PS4 lol.

PS Store says 9956 Items. Course that probably includes the Easy Platinum games like Tomato Jumping or whatever it's called.

 

[igor_kavinski]

For 45% more rendering performance

That's best case scenario. Won't necessarily be realized in most games. At best it might be 30% increase on average. It will probably take studios two years minimum to understand how to squeeze the best performance out of PS5 Pro's GPU.

 

[igor_kavinski]

If that is what they meant, then why say "PS4 games"? Why not say PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 games?

PS Store says 9956 Items. Course that probably includes the Easy Platinum games like Tomato Jumping or whatever it's called.

There's your answer. As far as Sony is concerned, PS1 to PS3 don't exist coz they are deprecated. So everything on PS store has to run on a PS4 minimum coz everything can't run on a PS5!

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I thought $699 with drive would be the highest they would price it. Nov 7? Have some time to ponder it, I suppose.

Quick question. Can I use any optical drive or must it be a special PS5 drive I buy from them?

Gotta pay them $50 for their pos drive. Sony trying to fail harder than Concord with this bs. Knew Jim Ryan was going to wreck PlayStation the second I heard Michael Pachter cream himself to the hire.

EDIT: $80 ROFL

 

[SteveGrabowski]

You can still buy the Slim drive and use that ($80)

JFC it's $80? I thought that was supposed to be $50. So now $810 for the PS5 Pro, assuming the stand is still "only" $30.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

That's best case scenario. Won't necessarily be realized in most games. At best it might be 30% increase on average. It will probably take studios two years minimum to understand how to squeeze the best performance out of PS5 Pro's GPU.

This thing is going to fail so hard no one in their right mind is going to optimize for it. PS5 Pro is going to be the 2024 Atari Jaguar.

 

[sze5003]

I'll probably get one because I like having the latest crap but I don't see any games with ray tracing keeping 4k 60 out the gate. There hasn't even been any titles pushing the regular console to the limits. Im also assuming you only need the stand if you want to display it vertically otherwise it can sit horizontal.

Even with a top of the line pc and a 4090 it's becoming more of a pain to maintain 4k60 without DLSS including ray tracing. It's all marketing speak.

 

[repoman0]

I’ll probably buy one. Really not a lot of money for something that will get a thousand plus hours of use, and I don’t want to see 30fps again.

Guess I’m also in the minority with my launch Dualsense with 1000+ hours on it and no stick drift.

 

[igor_kavinski]

JFC it's $80? I thought that was supposed to be $50. So now $810 for the PS5 Pro, assuming the stand is still "only" $30.

They should do a $999 Limited Edition bundle coz why not? Not like they care about their core customer base anyway.

 

[repoman0]

You guys know this is a luxury item right? And that they’re not discontinuing the OG PS5 at its original price point?

 

[igor_kavinski]

Guess I’m also in the minority with my launch Dualsense with 1000+ hours on it and no stick drift.

Maybe you don't press them too hard, like most of us do when we are fighting for our virtual life in a game?

 

[repoman0]

Maybe you don't press them too hard, like most of us do when we are fighting for our virtual life in a game?

Could be hand tension is the enemy. A lesson deeply ingrained in the very core of my being after 30 years of practicing musical instruments.

 

[igor_kavinski]

You guys know this is a luxury item right? And that they’re not discontinuing the OG PS5 at its original price point?

Umm...PS4 Pro was $399.

PS5 Pro should've been $600 WITH a disc drive. They are obviously trying to blunt the Concord loss.

Anyway, it's all moot. They may have to discount it heavily for the holiday season to move units.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

They should do a $999 Limited Edition bundle coz why not? Not like they care about their core customer base anyway.

Bundle in some Concord skins too

 

[SolidQ]

PS5 Pro should've been $600 WITH a disc drive.

We don't know how much cost 300tops NPU and PS5 2TB SSD(it's difference speed compared to pc)

 

[SteveGrabowski]

You guys know this is a luxury item right? And that they’re not discontinuing the OG PS5 at its original price point?

You'd think with the huge price bump they might improve the cpu too so they wouldn't be so cpu bottlenecked in games like Dragon's Dogma 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Final Fantasy XVI, etc. I hope this thing is completely DOA at launch.

 

[purbeast0]

You guys know this is a luxury item right? And that they’re not discontinuing the OG PS5 at its original price point?

I was unaware of this.

Thanks for the insight.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I hope this thing is completely DOA at launch.

They must've ordered minimum 10 million SoCs from AMD.

We are gonna get a discount!

 

[repoman0]

I was unaware of this.

Thanks for the insight.

No problem, thought that might help dry some of your tears.

 

[MoragaBlue]

I was ready to spend $700.

Me too.

I'm going to wait, and, as with you, look for one of those bundles where I may get an extra controller and a game or two (one that I'd actually like to play).

 

[igor_kavinski]

There's gonna be a lot of shouting going on at Sony HQ right about now.

Only 76k likes out of 2 million views!

I think they are hiding the dislikes number