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

[jubjub75 99]

1 hour ago, kelley said:

People were reporting it sold out in a minute.

I don't know how quickly it sold out, but they didn't tell the queue until a little after the 1 1/2 hour mark. This was after the estimated time bounced from 11 minutes to over an hour to slowly back down to 4 minutes, to back over an hour. My sister was ahead of me in line and didn't get one either. We're both trying to get one for my nephews (her sons). I grabbed a Series X and that will hold me over until the new Horizon comes out.

[kelley 772]

Walmart was gone in seconds. It’s safe to say Walmart has been taken over by the bots. 

[Starhawk 1,214]

9 minutes ago, kelley said:

Walmart was gone in seconds. It’s safe to say Walmart has been taken over by the bots. 

 

Not sure if this has been discussed yet, but apparently bot groups are huge in the sneaker industry, and they essentially repurposed their tools for buying consoles.

 

Also the sentiment seems to be there's nothing that can be done to stop them which is disheartening. Not sure if retailers just don't care or if it's really that impossible.

[kelley 772]

1 minute ago, Starhawk said:

 

Not sure if this has been discussed yet, but apparently bot groups are huge in the sneaker industry, and they essentially repurposed their tools for buying consoles.

 

Also the sentiment seems to be there's nothing that can be done to stop them which is disheartening. Not sure if retailers just don't care or if it's really that impossible.

And they are using the same websites to sell the consoles as they use for sneakers, in particular StockX. 

[jubjub75 99]

Wouldn’t Captcha and/or one per account fix this? Doesn’t seem that complicated.

[Graeme 936]

Are there any good videos or articles comparing load times of PS4 games on the PS5 with the different drive options? There’s a bunch for Xbox, but having a trouble finding one for PS5. 

[JFo 1,750]

With the way these consoles are selling out almost instantly, I’m amazed that anyone other than scalpers don’t have them in hand.

[Paul 183]

This whole system sucks. They weren’t prepared to sell online only even though they knew months in advance this was the most likely scenario. I don’t understand why they don’t adopt Apple’s way. Take preorders from everyone that legitimately wants one, and then fill them as you can. I know they can’t mass produce them like an iPhone, but I would ok waiting a month or two as long as I knew for sure I was getting one. The way things are now is terrible for consumers, and personally I think it makes Sony, Microsoft, and these retailers just look bad. It shouldn’t be this hard to spend $500.

[kelley 772]

Apple really does have it down. Take all the orders and deliver them as they can. I thought for sure MS was going to do that with their own store and then with their All Access program. Sony I wouldn't expect to abandon their traditional retail ways anytime soon.

[JoeyN 1,274]

11 hours ago, jubjub75 said:

Wouldn’t Captcha and/or one per account fix this? Doesn’t seem that complicated.

 

There are ways of fixing it. These retailers, just dont do it

[Romier S 4,873]

Physical FTW again. God of War unpatched runs at 60fps at 4K checkerboard (instead of 1080p on the patched version)

 

 

[Angry the Clown 4,173]

How much work would it actually take for them to just let all copies of something like that and Last Guardian run at 60 with a patch?

[Romier S 4,873]

10 minutes ago, Angry the Clown said:

How much work would it actually take for them to just let all copies of something like that and Last Guardian run at 60 with a patch?

I don’t know the exact lift but I’m guessing it’s fairly minimal to implement an option to cap/uncap the framerate. I’d say God of War is the likelier of the two to receive one. It’s not terribly difficult to fix Bloodborne’s stupid frame pacing issues for example but well, here we are 5 years later....

[dogbert 1,291]

1 hour ago, Romier S said:

I don’t know the exact lift but I’m guessing it’s fairly minimal to implement an option to cap/uncap the framerate. I’d say God of War is the likelier of the two to receive one. It’s not terribly difficult to fix Bloodborne’s stupid frame pacing issues for example but well, here we are 5 years later....

 

Depends heavily on the engine + how their physics system is implemented especially. Usually they're not lock stepped to frame rate, but some silly games don't handle higher framerates properly. Usually the game should happily run at 60fps with a define changed... 

[PackFan 56]

If anyone sees any great deals for external SSD for Black Friday or Cyber Monday - shout it out.

[Brandon H 284]

Pack, there are some good deals on internal SSDs at Amazon and you can just use a cheap Sabrent USB 3.1 to SATA adapter and basically use it as an external drive. That is what I am doing with PS5 and will eventually do with Series X too.

[Romier S 4,873]

4 hours ago, PackFan said:

If anyone sees any great deals for external SSD for Black Friday or Cyber Monday - shout it out.

This is the one I’m using:

 

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-870-QVO-SATA-MZ-77Q1T0B/dp/B089C73T72/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Samsung+ssd&qid=1606427636&sr=8-3

 

No issues at all when paired with:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Adapter-Optimized-EC-SS31/dp/B017NIDXF0/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3L2K7SJQBW17D&dchild=1&keywords=sabrent+sata+to+usb+3.1+adapter&qid=1606427704&sprefix=Sabrent+sata%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-3

[Josh 484]

7 hours ago, Romier S said:

This is the one I’m using:

 

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-870-QVO-SATA-MZ-77Q1T0B/dp/B089C73T72/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Samsung+ssd&qid=1606427636&sr=8-3

 

No issues at all when paired with:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Adapter-Optimized-EC-SS31/dp/B017NIDXF0/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3L2K7SJQBW17D&dchild=1&keywords=sabrent+sata+to+usb+3.1+adapter&qid=1606427704&sprefix=Sabrent+sata%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-3

Same thing here (I copied romier). Works perfectly, and load times on PS4 titles I’ve tried are great (ffxv, persona 5, ghost of Tsushima, etc).

[Eldorado 775]

So, is the disc drive loud or is it just ours?  Tonight was the first time I heard a disc read and it was far from quiet. Obviously once it gets done reading the noise goes away. 

[Graeme 936]

My disc drive is quite loud, especially when I first turn on the system. I’m actually a little worried there could be something wrong with it. 

[Mark E 743]

I find my system generally buzzes a lot when it’s loading, but I assume that’s just a thing I have to live with. It’s not loud, per se, but I was expecting ultra-quiet so it was a bit jarring.

 

It only worries me when it causes a skip in the game.

 

I have yet to try the drive, but it sounds like it would only add to my anxiety

[Angry the Clown 4,173]

I wouldn't say my drive is distractingly noisy, but it is certainly obvious when installing and then later at random points during gameplay when it needs to briefly spin up in order to verify that a disc is still present. 

[Angry the Clown 4,173]

Some more backward compatibility evaluations:

 

 

I still want to get Ace Combat. It's in the current sale, but only the standard edition. I've read that some of the season pass missions are worth having so the deluxe edition seems to be the better one to buy (it's been £20.99 in previous sales). Shame its resolution was always capped at 1080 though, but good to see it locked to 60 now which brings it up to performance parity with the XB1X version, and you get the benefit of the VR stuff on the Playstation.

 

[Romier S 4,873]

I love it and I want it!

 

 

[kelley 772]

That's nice! I'd love to see another release of the original PS colors.