Now that the PS5 is here for a few weeks, I just can´t help but wonder about the overwhelmingly positive reaction towards the console.
in its current state the console is somewhat of an guarantee for disappointment to me and there are many smaller and bigger things about the system that range from minor disappointments over somewhat baffling oversights to huge misses.
1. The system has an annoying coil whine for many people
after claims how silent the console is in previews it is just a major letdown to experience yet another console with coil whine after the PS4Pro. why did they have to cheap out on the PSU?
2. The firmware/OS is absolutely lackluster.
this firmware just doesn´t cut it. it is unstable, lackluster, misses features that should have been taken for granted after the PS4 gen. this is no start from 0, this is like starting from -5.
3. The "disc spins up every hour" thing.
i think most people have experienced this behaviour by now, the console checks for the disc every hour or so as long as there is a disc in the drive. so there is a 100% chance to run into this when playing a disc game. it is irritating, unnecessary and just annoying. how could this slip testing?
4. Console autoinstalls PS4 version of a PS5 game when the disc is in the drive and the console boots.
We all were happy to hear that many PS4 version games provide you with an PS5 version when you insert the disc. but the console tries to install the PS4 version even if you already have the PS5 version installed on every bootup. the solution: eject the disc before turning the console off. how backwards is that? why is this console autoinstalling everything, just give the user the option to turn it off!
5. No friend feed anymore
i am no fan of social media but i liked to see what people play and what trophies they got. why is the feed completely missing? another backwards decision and non feature.
6. No Zoom function anymore
maybe most people never used it, maybe many people didn´t even know about it but there is no zoom function anymore on the PS5. you could activate a zoom on the PS4 with the PS button and Square which was super handy when a game had small text, for example in item descriptions. the feature is gone from the PS5.
7. Crashes
nearly every newer game has the potential to crash the console. makes for a super annoying experience.
8. DualSense build quality
i really don´t get the applause for this controller. mushy Dpads, sticky buttons, loose triggers, analog drift-there are already many reports about problems with the Dual Sense and while it looks premium the build quality is not really good.
9. Copying is still a thing when patches arrive
remember when people claimed that the "copying" process would be a thing of the past with the PS5 and its SSD? no, "copying" is back with a vengeance.
10. Rest mode is useless in current state
rest mode is plain useless. crashes games, introduces stuttering and causes instabilities. instead of hopping into a game faster than ever, one of the touted selling points of the SSD and next gen in general, players are back to square one and better off turning the console off. it is ridiculous.
11. SSD size
the size of the SSD is too small, period. instead of an 1TB SSD where you would have 850GB, you get an 800GB SSD with 667GB. coupled with the external drive situation it comes off as lackluster.
12. External drive problem is just baffling
why does the PS5 have problems with external drives? another backwards situation
13. Activity cards are absolutely lackluster in their current state
often they are not even working. why can´t users create own cards like a "jump to this point in the game" card? why does not every game has a "jump to where i left" card? that would have been a killer feature.
14. PSN store on PS5 is a bad joke
nuff said.
15. Fan lottery is back
call yourself lucky when your fan is silent because there are three different fan models and some are more noisy than others.
as you can tell, i am just miffed about the PS5 experience so far. what should have been an exciting start into a new gen is hampered by backwards design, technical inconsistencies, bugs/ crashes and baffling decisions.
surely some of these things will be ironed out in the future but there is no denying that the console came in more than hot.
i´ve lived through countless console launches and this one left me just icecold so far. when you can´t even play first party games (SM remastered/MM) without issues and wonder when the next system update drops instead of enjoying the console it really makes for a bad impression.
so, are you satisfied with the PS5 experience so far?
in its current state the console is somewhat of an guarantee for disappointment to me and there are many smaller and bigger things about the system that range from minor disappointments over somewhat baffling oversights to huge misses.
1. The system has an annoying coil whine for many people
after claims how silent the console is in previews it is just a major letdown to experience yet another console with coil whine after the PS4Pro. why did they have to cheap out on the PSU?
2. The firmware/OS is absolutely lackluster.
this firmware just doesn´t cut it. it is unstable, lackluster, misses features that should have been taken for granted after the PS4 gen. this is no start from 0, this is like starting from -5.
3. The "disc spins up every hour" thing.
i think most people have experienced this behaviour by now, the console checks for the disc every hour or so as long as there is a disc in the drive. so there is a 100% chance to run into this when playing a disc game. it is irritating, unnecessary and just annoying. how could this slip testing?
4. Console autoinstalls PS4 version of a PS5 game when the disc is in the drive and the console boots.
We all were happy to hear that many PS4 version games provide you with an PS5 version when you insert the disc. but the console tries to install the PS4 version even if you already have the PS5 version installed on every bootup. the solution: eject the disc before turning the console off. how backwards is that? why is this console autoinstalling everything, just give the user the option to turn it off!
5. No friend feed anymore
i am no fan of social media but i liked to see what people play and what trophies they got. why is the feed completely missing? another backwards decision and non feature.
6. No Zoom function anymore
maybe most people never used it, maybe many people didn´t even know about it but there is no zoom function anymore on the PS5. you could activate a zoom on the PS4 with the PS button and Square which was super handy when a game had small text, for example in item descriptions. the feature is gone from the PS5.
7. Crashes
nearly every newer game has the potential to crash the console. makes for a super annoying experience.
8. DualSense build quality
i really don´t get the applause for this controller. mushy Dpads, sticky buttons, loose triggers, analog drift-there are already many reports about problems with the Dual Sense and while it looks premium the build quality is not really good.
9. Copying is still a thing when patches arrive
remember when people claimed that the "copying" process would be a thing of the past with the PS5 and its SSD? no, "copying" is back with a vengeance.
10. Rest mode is useless in current state
rest mode is plain useless. crashes games, introduces stuttering and causes instabilities. instead of hopping into a game faster than ever, one of the touted selling points of the SSD and next gen in general, players are back to square one and better off turning the console off. it is ridiculous.
11. SSD size
the size of the SSD is too small, period. instead of an 1TB SSD where you would have 850GB, you get an 800GB SSD with 667GB. coupled with the external drive situation it comes off as lackluster.
12. External drive problem is just baffling
why does the PS5 have problems with external drives? another backwards situation
13. Activity cards are absolutely lackluster in their current state
often they are not even working. why can´t users create own cards like a "jump to this point in the game" card? why does not every game has a "jump to where i left" card? that would have been a killer feature.
14. PSN store on PS5 is a bad joke
nuff said.
15. Fan lottery is back
call yourself lucky when your fan is silent because there are three different fan models and some are more noisy than others.
as you can tell, i am just miffed about the PS5 experience so far. what should have been an exciting start into a new gen is hampered by backwards design, technical inconsistencies, bugs/ crashes and baffling decisions.
surely some of these things will be ironed out in the future but there is no denying that the console came in more than hot.
i´ve lived through countless console launches and this one left me just icecold so far. when you can´t even play first party games (SM remastered/MM) without issues and wonder when the next system update drops instead of enjoying the console it really makes for a bad impression.
so, are you satisfied with the PS5 experience so far?
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