I don't see it as a successor, not in the same way the ps4 was over the ps3 or the ps3 over the ps2. I see it as a PS4 PRO 1.5 or a PS4 2.0. As a continuation of the PS4 I find it a great console, a better console.i have issues with it of course over the PS4, the heavy integration of PS+ and online features make the offline experience feel very poor but I'm all digital now so it matters little. I find the Slim looks okay, the original looks bad and the PS4 always looked great, every redesign. The UI is beginning to get a little bit more customisable. They have also recently fixed the vlock which was doubling or tripling game times on the home screen and you needed to go into your profile to get a an accurate reading but now on the games home screen page read fairly accurately which is great. Now it just needs to stop clock if you pause the game or if you are idle in game or making no imputs for like 5 minutes and I'd be happy.
What I take issue most with is 79,99 euro games. I can't do it, it crosses a line, even 69,99 was pushing it but they have rubber banded me into a rarely day one buyer and now a savy buyer playing a few months back and weighing what a games worth is myself. I still do buy some 69,99 games or 59,99 at full price but it's rare. I don't think I will ever pay 79,99 unless DS2 and GTA6 are in the mid 90's or higher and have full community praise to boot. I am now most often a half price gamer, so I'm looking at games with sales at 30-40 euro and maybe 50 if I'm overly interested in the game.
There are things I hated which I have now come to love, like the limited 10 games and 5 pinned games on the home screen, this changes how I approach games and I rarely get overwhelmed. It's genius. I really wish devs would use the haptics and touch pad more, some of the best feelings of advancement came from Astros Playroom and it's basically a tech demo scaled up to a game.
I never lack for games to play, with the everything prior to the ps4 and the ps4 itself there was always time inbetween releases, always times where there would be nothing to play or everything worth it would be in the backlog. During the ps4 this issue rectified itself and more so it came from what the Switch and previously Steam achieved but it bled into mid cycle PS4 but has really blossomed with the ps5. I bought in at the 3 year mark so idk if that was always the case but the algorithm seems genius, I just click into the store and on my screen I'll find a game that will be in some manner of interest to me. Like this game Keepers Toll that I'm playing now, for 2.49 on PS+ discount it was a gamble but it's like the algorithm knew what I wanted right then and there.
There's also something to be said about being a PSVR 2 user, I'd imagine much like the PS4 you aren't getting the full experience without it and as to why the PS4 was the greatest machine of all time and the PS5 by extention.
Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 14 June 2025
