My PS5 Review after 2 Years - the Good & Bad!

My PS5 Review after 2 years - the good, the bad, and my wishlist! Does the PlayStation 5 live up to the hype, what games should you buy, and is it worth the upgrade in 2023?

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00:00 Happy 2nd Birthday!
01:35 What's Changed?
02:42 I was WRONG
03:25 Best Games!
05:00 A Big Upgrade?
07:30 Problems...
08:45 PS+ & PSNow
09:30 Wrap Up

[SakuraSackboy]

The most underrated upgrade from ps4 to ps5 is how silent the console operates.

[Unicornpirate]

No PS5 here. I grew up with a PS1, PS2 and PS3. Still have my 60gb PS3 which can play PS1 and PS2 discs without issues today. Skipped out on the PS4 and went strictly PC gaming back in 2013. Reason why? I don't wanna pay for online gaming which the PS4 and PS5 makes you do. Not to mention games like HZD, God of War, Spider-man are on PC with more exclusives coming, I'm not missing out. All the Xbox games since the XB1 have been on PC day 1. I am not crying myself to sleep because I can't play God of War Ragnarok day 1 when I already have a bunch of great games to play on PC. If it comes later cool, if not cool. Also my PC in the living room is set up as a console hooked up to my LG CX. Press the controller button on and it fires up straight into Steam Big Picture mode from boot and it never sees the Windows desktop environment.

[yuesu]

I was wowed by the PS5 the first few months, then kinda left it on the shelf for the last year after the initial impression because I prefer playing on PC. Lately though with the PC hardware market I'm considering fully transition to PS5 and stop upgrading my PC. I will miss the controller customization and modding but other features on PS5 like the dual sense can make up for it.

[sophiaisabelle]

The PS5 looks absolutely magnificent onscreen. We can tell the quality is more than enough to guarantee a full immersive experience.

[AAM]

I remember the first year it was very difficult to get a PS5. Fast forward, now I can find a lot of them in retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. I brought my PS5 from GameStop two days ago l. So far I’m enjoying it.

[FiliSuperDuty]

I got my hands on a PS5 back in August of 2022 thanks to an Amazon (US) lottery. Since then, I have barely used my Series X. I enjoy both consoles greatly, but the PS5 feels more decidedly "Next Gen" to me -- the Dual Sense alone is a huge boon. I'm sure that things will switch a bit as Gamepass Day 1 stuff drops, but man do I enjoy that PS5 -- Ragnarok alone was worth the purchase.

[JerichoTheCity]

Im a pc gamer, and I was open to buying a ps5 for the opportunity to go back and play the backlog of ps4 exclusives, as well as new exclusives, of course. But because so many of the games I wanted to play were released on pc, I find very little reason to buy one now. By the end of the console generation, I'm probably gonna have like 8 games total.

[GFourGadget]

It's been 2 years already?! Yet we still can't get it at original price.. Great product but the availability needs to be improved.

[mova_]

To be honest, I haven’t seen a jaw dropping difference between my PS5 and PS4 Pro. I have a 4K TV w HDR and all the goodies and no I can’t call it a huge jump. Just an incremental upgrade. Unless as you said, they develop full blown PS5 game.

[cadenchurchill]

I've been lucky enough to enjoy my PS5 since launch and I've been absolutely loving it. Also great way to fix the glossy plastic scratching issues is to get a matte black dbrand skin. Looks awesome with the red face plates!

[mikemountain]

Loving my PS5! I upgraded last Christmas from the PS4 and I’ve really enjoyed it all year. Great performance, much quieter and I like the controller improvements.
My son has the Xbox series X and I also much prefer the menu interface on the PlayStation.

[zelzo]

just got mine in the mail today from playstation direct. can’t wait to try it out later tonight

[codered]

For someone that games for short duration at a time, usually between other tasks, I feel the shorter load times definitely are worth the upgrade. With my PS4 I found myself basically waiting for most of my 30 minute breaks rather than game.

[Superpaashaas]

I upgraded from my ps4 in August. Must say just the quality of life improvements have been worth it for me so far. Could I have done without it and just stuck to my PS4? Yes it would have been fine. Do I want a great gaming experience yes so I got it. Upgraded my TV in 2020 in preparation for getting a PS5 so it all worked out for me. Waited a bit longer to get the console but im okay with that.
Best game for me on PS5 so far is Returnal did went into it blind not knowing much about the game and it surprised me. Still to play Ragnarok and forbidden west. I will wait for Ragnarok to go on sale and still to redeem Forbidden west from the bundle I bought but after playing Ghost of Tsushima and now getting back into Elden Ring, im going to be taped out on open world stuff.

[rafaelbaez]

Having a PS4 is definitely a reason as to why I have not yet gotten a PS5, Basically like what you said having decent graphics and still getting the story and enjoying the game for just what it is, is enough. I have been saving for a PS5 for quite a while now. I was ready to put down the money as well however, as the rumor of another PS5 variant it makes me want to wait more just to see what the new variant will bring external and internal, at the same time though, if the original PS5 was hard to get (still is), then I assume the new variant will also be difficult to get my hands on. I am split 50/50 on whether to wait until April for (dead island 2) or the announcement/release of a new variant of the PS5 if there is one.

[SlyBoogie]

Just got a PS5 last week as a gift. Playing GOW Ragnarok and Spider-Man. Absolutely beautiful. Ray tracing was something I never knew I needed. Cheers.

[jfg]

I am mainly a PC gamer and recently bought a PS5 due to exclusives. After playing GoW Ragnarok, Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon FW, I can say it is 100% worth it.

[saniakshay]

I think the loading times really make a huge difference. I played the first area of ER on PS4 before I got my PS5. And the loading was non existent. Also fan noise was no longer a thing.

[hazthematt]

I literally just got my PS5 in this morning from the local USPS. I cant wait to get home and play it after work. It can join both my PC and my Xbox series X as battlestations that I can never wait to use.

[MrRedskin]

Final Fantasy XVI is going to be immersive, which is solely why I purchased a PlayStation 5 along with an LG G1. I’m so glad I did. Beating Final Fantasy VII Remake on it was unprecedentedly mind-blowing. The graphics were visually stunning like never before.