Some interesting decisions there including the browser which honestly I never used. And some of the other stuff well nice I think doesn't take priority over getting some of the other aspects of the system working.
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PS5: The Ultimate FAQ
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I had no idea you could record more already, from the other replies to this. But honestly what's worse for missing stuff was when it just like... randomly didn't record parts? Like it would just jump ahead.
Still kinda annoyed that I had some extremely goofy shit happen by accident in Death Stranding only for the recording to bizarrely be missing the actual moment, which sucked.
your definition of "my own music" is very different from mine. Can i play music I own from a storage device?
So what's the simplest way for me to transfer my save and relevant games from my PS4 to PS5? And do I need to remove the games I don't want to to transfer over from my PS4 beforehand?
The Xbox One X been able to do that since launch at 4k60, and I think the PS4 Pro too but not at 4k60 (dont have a pro to test this)
So if we are using legacy Playstation headsets like Gold/Platinum/etc over USB, and want to get the Tempest 3D effect, should we disable the Virtual Surround Sound (VSS) function?
...huh, I didn't think about the second part. So I found this video from the past few days:
But it mostly just covers the initial setup, which I guess is everything, including your users and all that. There's a mention of just transferring games/saves in another menu which might let you be more selective.
...personally, I'm lazy and will probably just transfer everything (over LAN?) and then delete what I don't want; otherwise I'd just grab my saves from PSN+. Though if you already store games on an external hard drive, it sounds like you can just swap that over to the PS5 and it'll work as is. I'm not sure if you have to manually copy saves over to the drive beforehand if you do that though; I've put saves on a USB drive but never put games on it, so idk if the saves are also stored there by default or on the console still.
No, but a lot of the news links on FFXIV's launcher do redirect to regular web pages and open the browser instead, so I assume that won't work anymore.
Does PlayStation support voice commands via Alexa or Google Home? Like can I turn on the PS5 by saying "Alexa, turn on PlayStation"
Sounds like I'll need to do some testing.
Thanks.
Walmart already stated they'll be selling systems on launch day online:
PlayStation 5 (PS5) - Walmart.com
Shop for PlayStation 5 (PS5) at Walmart.com. Save money. Live better.
www.walmart.com
I'm guessing you'll see sporadic online sales as well from other retailers.
Oh, I know they said that, but unfortunately the bots are gonna get those damn fast. The chances are pretty much still zero, unfortunately.
Quite. In fact, as crazy as it sounds, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy shadow dropping the PS5 preorders out of nowhere probably helped the enthusiasts get consoles before the bots could. If you give a planned release time and date (like with the Series X and 3080), that gives the bots a ton of time to plan.
I legit did this on my PS4 when I moved to a new without a PC lol.
Thanks for sharing this. Ugh I hope it doesn't pull everything. I won't have the storage for that lol. But I'll probably just delete games I don't want it to pull over soon, since I barely play them and I need to get my PS4 Pro ready to be traded in for whatever store credit I can get.
I'm assuming LAN transfer will be incredibly faster than if I downloaded everything over PSN, is this accurate?
It literally is on the Playstation Blog link in the OP
SIE Worldwide Studios Games: Launch Day
- Astro's Playroom (Japan Studio) (Pre-installed on PS5)
- Demon's Souls (SIE Worldwide Studios, Bluepoint Games)
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games)
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered (included with Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition) (Insomniac Games)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Sumo Digital)
Third-Party Games: Launch Day
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft)
- Borderlands 3 (2K)
- Bugsnax(Young Horses)
- Note: available at launch on PlayStation 5 to PlayStation Plus subscribers at no extra cost until January 4, 2021!
- Dead by Daylight (Behaviour)
- Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (Capcom)
- Dirt 5 (Codemasters)
- Fortnite (Epic)
- Godfall (Gearbox)
- Goonya Fighter (Mutan)
- King Oddball (10Tons Ltd)
- Maneater (Tripwire)
- NBA 2K21 (2K)
- No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
- Observer: System Redux (Bloober)
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat (Team 17)
- The Pathless (Annapurna)
- Planet Coaster (Frontier)
- Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition (Nacon)
- Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft) (Digital all countries except China & Japan. Early 2021 for Japan)
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Nacon) (Digital countries except China & Japan. Early 2021 for Japan)
I'm a bit confused on bc still. We can download our ps4 games to the internal ps5 ssd, right? I don't have a spare usb storage device large enough to do that method, and I'm only going to replay 2-3 ps4 games so I'm fine with redownloading. Alternatively, I have the ps5 disc version pre-ordered, and do have some ps4 games both digitally and physically. I can just put the ps4 discs in the ps5 get my saves from psn plus and be good to go?
It's going to be very game-dependent. We can expect the segmented single player games to be around 60 seconds or a couple minutes like we had on PS4.
For full installs, considering the drive is 10x CAV in 66/100 mode, 8x CAV for 25/50, the ideal speed would be:
42 mins for a 100GB (3L, 10xPCAV)
28 mins for 66GB (2L, 10xPCAV)
26 min for 50GB (2L, 8xPCAV)
13 min for 25GB (1L, 8xPCAV)
Something like that?
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If it's like the PS4 & PS3 then it can bitstream Atmos from discs (it doesn't need to support the processing / license). We have seen "Bitstream (Dolby)" option for PS5.
Not if it's only a few games. I don't think they have a mandate on this and it's probably mostly up to the developers based on their time & budget. Then again, I could be wrong, but I'm just assuming the worst.
That's more than likely what will happen. This just essentially means no Atmos for games, which was to be expected since they're going all in on Tempest.
You don't need to put the discs in if you have PS+. Just download the save files. I would make sure the save files are compatible as some publishers are not doing so on the platform.
Depending on how the implementation turns out on Xbox, the real loss might be Dolby Vision for games.
The Web Browser was primarily useful to me for when I needed to connect my PS4 to hotel wifi.
I often needed to navigate to the hotels wifi page to get online. Not sure how I do that now.
I often needed to navigate to the hotels wifi page to get online. Not sure how I do that now.
It's really nice that they put out such a detailed FAQ before the console release. I hope they do update it over time as there are still some unanswered questions (VRR, ALLM, 1440p, ect...) and a bunch of non-commital "Comming Soon". Overall there's a lot missing than many expected, but it kind of goes with a OS refresh and highlights the different safer (And much less exciting) approach on Xbox. I'll be very curious to see which of these get addressed by the end of the year and which take longer.
Some standouts to highlight that weren't mentioned in OP
Some standouts to highlight that weren't mentioned in OP
TV speaker virtual surround sound won't be available on launch day for PS5 but is planned for a future update.
The DualSense wireless controller is not compatible with the PS4 console.
No.
The majority of legacy PS4 demos and betas will not be playable on PS5. Moving forward, however, new demos and betas will be playable on the PS5.
The ability to transfer game saves between a PS4 version and a PS5 version of the same game is a developer decision and will vary title by title for cross-generational games.
No, 3D stereoscopic output is not supported on PS5.
Cheers, I dont want a dongle sticking out the front. Think it would stand out more on this
Not having a web browser that the user can bring up whenever doesn't mean it doesn't have web browser functionality. The Switch brings up a web browser when you need to do certain actions on the Switch, you just can't choose where to go and such.
Does anyone know how streaming works? Is it the same as the PS4 Pro?
Does anyone know how streaming works? Is it the same as the PS4 Pro?
Ok, so just redownload both seems to be the better way. I'll check save compatibility too, thanks
No. There are a few transfer options if you don't have PS+. I plan to use an extra HDD.
Try reading the FAQ?
I hope you can use Type-C port in the front to charge the controller. Otherwise I'm in a bit of trouble with the USB ports XD