PS5 is basically PS4++. This gen still very cross-gen. However, games are prettier and smoother. The user experience is the main thing, super fast on and load etc.
PS5 is basically PS4++. This gen still very cross-gen. However, games are prettier and smoother. The user experience is the main thing, super fast on and load etc.
I think that's because there really been so few technological quantum leaps relevant to gaming. When you look back to the leaps between OG PlayStation and PS2, then PS2 to PS3, each represented a massive increase in processing power, available RAM but graphically it was night and day and the was much of the improvements being delivered, e.g. GTA San Andrea to GTA IV was huge.PS5 is basically PS4++. This gen still very cross-gen. However, games are prettier and smoother. The user experience is the main thing, super fast on and load etc.
Okay... My ps5 is currently shipping, but I got another issue....
- when it arrived, should I plug it to my LG cx (for 4k120 VRR) or to my Yamaha avr (for lag free lpcm)....
PS5 specific exclusives aren't many, but navigating the console is a much smoother experience. The cross gen titles provide a significantly smoother and visually more pleasing experience than it's PS4 versions.That description is very spot on, I think. And with games struggling to run at 4k60fps on ps5, it made even more sense.
Now this got me wondering how the heck Sony managed to sell so many ps5 despite it got availability issue, lack of exclusives, and it even got a price hike.
Although with the little free time I have, I'll probably take months to finish ff 16 hahaha. Ooh and next month ff7 part 2 will be released.
Hmm I need to learn how to copy my ff7 part 1 save to ps5 without PS plus...
I plug in my PS5 directly into my Sony OLED and then do optical out to my receiver. There is a bit of lag in the audio, but I think the image is more important. You can also try something like the Thenaudio (didn't work for me) or a hdmi 2.1 sount splitter (there seems to be a lot of models available).
PS5 specific exclusives aren't many, but navigating the console is a much smoother experience. The cross gen titles provide a significantly smoother and visually more pleasing experience than it's PS4 versions.
I recently finished Forbidden West, and the game is one of the most impressive looking open world games ever. The 40fps Quality mode is a blessing. I started GoW Ragnarok and it is top notch. Also offers 40fps Quality mode.
FF7 is much more enjoyable both visually and in terms of gameplay due to it's smoother framerates on PS5
Rachet & Clank is still one of the best games visually on any platform in my book.
And I dig how the controller feels with its new ergonomics and haptic feedback.
It is certainly not the leap we got in the past. Games became too complex and expensive to make and we reached a point of diminishing returns, but I think it is the best console money can buy at this moment both for the PS exclusives and it's third party games.
I often observe the complexity and detail in those PS exclusives and I am mindblown by the attention to detail and overall work they put into their AAA projects. It is crazy how much talent and dedication is in there. I don't know how they keep up.
Running from one device to another to another. Ideally you want to go from source to every target in parallel, not serial. That's why splitters or multiple out from source seems the right move.What do you mean about "chaining"?
I was able to remove audio lag by going from source (console+pc+bluray) to sound bar and sound bar to TV via hdmi arc.
Any other configuration caused audio delay.
But it seems like a YMMV type scenario
I was able to remove audio lag by going from source (console+pc+bluray) to sound bar and sound bar to TV via hdmi arc.
Any other configuration caused audio delay.
But it seems like a YMMV type scenario
I have a full bandwidth soundbar. It was the only setup where I could get Dolby vision and Dolby atmos working together together from my bluray player. There’s just not enough bandwidth in the other direction. I bought more expensive 8K cables for this to work though, it’s really a necessary component.Are you sure this does not cause video delay? Also, do you have full bandwith HDMI 2.1 sound bar?
In many ways PS5 OS is a downgrade compared to PS4. And obviously, like in many recent Sony games, they treat you like you are 8 years old with nonstop tutorials galore.what the.,.. PS5 OOBE is....
oh and outside of OOBE, its also quite a surprise. felt like something that in beta, and should have been polished before release.
- dualsense not paired
- so many options, so many full screen pop ups, so many "tutorials"
- save games are not automatically cloud sync by each games. Same issue with trophies, but at least trophies can be synced all at once per account.
- manual transfer via LAN keeps failing after ~15 minutes running
- the console goes into STANDBY by itself while downloading an update in the OOBE wizard
- need to manually select PS5 version of a game for crossgen games
- the WIFI menu doesnt tell me which channel it supports. i need to manually google stuff. and instead saying "Ethernet is unpligged" it says that it needs ethernet setup (why the confusing language? i was so confused, turned out i hadnt plugged in my ethernet cable)
- the horizonttal stand is.. uh... why they didnt put some kind of indent on the plastic, so i can be 100% sure i placed in in the right place?
- hdr calibration have no way seeing in nits. So it's a tossup whether I set it right or not. Exact same issue as ps4.
- fake action galore. Pressed X, the visual shows I've pressed X, the audio FX also plays. But it turns out I still need to press X again, as it ignored my first time and 2nd time and 3rd time pressing X. This exact same issue is also on ps4 and ps4 pro. So maybe that's simply how Sony programmed their system to avoid race condition issue or something.
- the switcher is misleading. its just app launcher. its not app switcher like quick resume on xbox series.
There are more quirks that I forgot right now. Oh and I still need to test the rear USB ports, and the nvme slot.