The PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread — Launching November 12, 2020 | $499 Regular, $399 Digital

[AlbertA 676]

Did you update the controller when you set up the console?

[Angry the Clown 4,062]

2 minutes ago, AlbertA said:

Did you update the controller when you set up the console?

 

I did, yes. 

[Angry the Clown 4,062]

My controller stopped glowing after about 90mins connected to Switch dock, so I fired up the PS5 and it showed two bars on the pad, so it still wasn't fully charged despite the light going out but it's a step in the right direction. I then used the console's cable with an iPhone adapter into the mains and it resumed the orange charge glow... 🤷‍♂️ We'll see how that goes and whether it bumps it to 100%. 

[Graeme 873]

I’ve heard it not getting above 2 bars from other people who have been having charging problems.

 

I have also seen a few complaints from people who cannot pair their PS4 accessories with the PS5 through a cable (It worked fine for me). Putting the controller into pairing mode and pairing it over Bluetooth worked for at least one person. 
 

It seems we really are beta testers this time around. 

[Graeme 873]

There is a reset button/hole on the back of the controller. Might be worth a shot resetting it if you continue to have troubles. Who knows. 

[Angry the Clown 4,062]

I may try that tomorrow. it completed it's charge via my iPhone adapter, so at least I know I can charge it fully. 

[Graeme 873]

So I subscribed to PSNow for a year last night with the sale that is going on. 
 

This has quietly become a pretty impressive service. Ya, it doesn’t have brand new releases on it like Gamepass, and Sony should probably add some more higher profile PS4 games, but there is a good selection, and being able to download PS4 games makes it more comparable to Gamepass. The selection of PS3 games is super impressive, and while streaming might not be the best way to play a game, it is great to have access to them. 
 

Combine this with the free PS+ games and PS+ Collection and there is quite an amazing catalog of games available. 
 

So what did I do with my brand new $600 game machine last night? I played a a Master System Alex Kidd game and some Atari 2600 games. 
 

(I also played Miles Morales)

[Romier S 4,529]

PSNow changed gears hard after the $9.99 price drop. It’s not at Gamepass level yet but yeah, it’s really underestimated considering how much downloadable content there is.

[Angry the Clown 4,062]

Thanks to Romier for showing me how voice chat and share play worked this evening. It's a bit of a fiddle getting to where you need to get to for accessing those features and Sony definitely need to work on making things clearer and quicker in that respect, but the features themselves are remarkably seamless once up and running.

 

I had his live play of Sackboy pinned to to my screen as I played Miles Morales, and he had my live play pinned as he played Sackboy. I even switched to view his feed in full screen a couple of times. It's really quite brilliant and a great application for friends wanting to help one another in a game as Romier and Cameron already tried with Demon's Souls, and it's also a nice way for a friend to demo a game for another friend. There's probably even potential for a load of friends to goof around together sharing a stream and chat during a play through of something like Until Dawn too. 

 

One thing to add to the UI wishlist though is when in a voice chat it'd be good to have separate audio management for chat and game volume as there seems to be no other option than for it to send both to headphones (likewise, options to send audio for chat to headphones and game audio to TV/Receiver would be good too).

[Romier S 4,529]

37 minutes ago, Angry the Clown said:

 

 

One thing to add to the UI wishlist though is when in a voice chat it'd be good to have separate audio management for chat and game volume as there seems to be no other option than for it to send both to headphones (likewise, options to send audio for chat to headphones and game audio to TV/Receiver would be good too).

I found how to fix that. Go into the systems settings menu and then audio. There is an option there to send only chat to headphones while all game audio is run through your amp/TV.

[AlbertA 676]

 

[Romier S 4,529]

What a nonsense hot take.

[foogledricks 740]

28 minutes ago, AlbertA said:

 

Um, I actually I take joy in a spoiled brat's ruined Christmas. Santa Clause isn't real dip shit. They should have aborted you in the first place. Kids like that make me wish the Hunger Games was real.

[Romier S 4,529]

 

[Graeme 873]

7 hours ago, Angry the Clown said:

I had his live play of Sackboy pinned to to my screen as I played Miles Morales, and he had my live play pinned as he played Sackboy. I even switched to view his feed in full screen a couple of times. It's really quite brilliant and a great application for friends wanting to help one another in a game as Romier and Cameron already tried with Demon's Souls,

Are you able to both play the same game at the same time? 

[Romier S 4,529]

7 hours ago, Graeme said:

Are you able to both play the same game at the same time? 

Yes....

 

 

 

[Magness 433]

Anyone messed with account sharing on PS5 yet? Does it work like PS4? Assuming you have shared an account, can you play that account’s games under your PSN ID while they play the game under theirs? Curious as my daughter and I use this on PS4 but I haven’t read much on how this works on PS5. 

[Graeme 873]

That’s cool. I had heard some speculation that maybe it wouldn’t be allowed as it could be considered cheating in a multiplayer game. 
 

8 minutes ago, Romier S said:

Yes....

 

 

 

 

[Graeme 873]

So here’s a nice little bonus. I’ve moved my PS4 Pro to the living room, so I am trying to maximize the games available for both (IE I’ll probably buy Sackboy on PS4 with the PS5 upgrade).

 

The PS Plus Collection is only for PS5, but just like a PS Plus freebie, or a PS Now game, if you add a game to your library, it is available in your PS4 library as well. 

[OldDarth 168]

1 hour ago, Magness said:

Anyone messed with account sharing on PS5 yet? Does it work like PS4? Assuming you have shared an account, can you play that account’s games under your PSN ID while they play the game under theirs? Curious as my daughter and I use this on PS4 but I haven’t read much on how this works on PS5. 

Yes it works the same. There is also an option to disable game sharing if you so desire.

[Magness 433]

Thanks

 

BTW if anyone has (or finds) an extra PS5 Digital feel free to send it my way  Still no luck finding one anywhere here in the UK. 

[JFo 1,666]

Not that it’s PS5-related, but I thought I would follow up on my post from earlier about my internet data cap. Xfinity informed me this afternoon  that I’ve gone over my data limit for the month, which is great because now I can look forward to them sending me daily emails telling me I’m over my limit, and how much I’m over my limit, and boy, shouldn’t I feel guilty about it. It’s all right though because I now get one curtesy month per year for going over my limit, and since this is the first time I’ve done so this year, I won’t be charged extra for the excess data I use.

 

I had thought about trying to minimize the amount of data I use for the rest of November so that I could save my curtesy month for December when my family and I are home a bunch and would (presumably) use more data. However, I just realized that with the amount of data I had already used, it was going to be very difficult to not go over anyway. So, I said the hell with it, and just started downloading games like crazy thanks to the PS Plus Collection, Game Pass, and Black Friday sales. I might as well get all my game downloads done now so that I can enjoy them without having to worry about the data usage next month when we’ll want to save it for things like streaming and web browsing.

[Romier S 4,529]

18 minutes ago, JFo said:

Not that it’s PS5-related, but I thought I would follow up on my post from earlier about my internet data cap. Xfinity informed me this afternoon  that I’ve gone over my data limit for the month, which is great because now I can look forward to them sending me daily emails telling me I’m over my limit, and how much I’m over my limit, and boy, shouldn’t I feel guilty about it. It’s all right though because I now get one curtesy month per year for going over my limit, and since this is the first time I’ve done so this year, I won’t be charged extra for the excess data I use.

 

I had thought about trying to minimize the amount of data I use for the rest of November so that I could save my curtesy month for December when my family and I are home a bunch and would (presumably) use more data. However, I just realized that with the amount of data I had already used, it was going to be very difficult to not go over anyway. So, I said the hell with it, and just started downloading games like crazy thanks to the PS Plus Collection, Game Pass, and Black Friday sales. I might as well get all my game downloads done now so that I can enjoy them without having to worry about the data usage next month when we’ll want to save it for things like streaming and web browsing.

Pretty much why I’ll never pay Comcast a dime if I don’t have to. Verizon isn’t exactly customer friendly but data caps aren’t a thing with Fios so they get my money by default.

[OldDarth 168]

NXGamer's analysis of the PS5 patched version of Blood & Truth - a very fun arcade action adventure game.

 

 

[kelley 708]

16 hours ago, Romier S said:

Pretty much why I’ll never pay Comcast a dime if I don’t have to. Verizon isn’t exactly customer friendly but data caps aren’t a thing with Fios so they get my money by default.

When we moved, having access to a no data cap fiber network was top of my list. I now pay $45 a month for 1Gb fiber with no data cap. That's compared to the $120 I was paying Comcast for their 940Mb "gigabit" plan with a data cap on it.