I got mine back in March after playing God of War on PC and the then assumption that the Marvel games would not come to PC…..that aged poorly lol.

But I’ve been enjoying it. I only got it for the PlayStation exclusives since I game primarily on PC. GoW Ragnarok was a huge reason why I got it and it absolutely floored me! I don’t have any regrets and I’m looking forward to Spider-Man 2 next year.

But, I can see myself selling it by 2024 IF, Sony continues releasing on PC at the pace they have been. Especially now that the DualSense features is officially supported on PC. For now, I’ll continue to enjoy it for what I use it for!

Its PC release will be pretty telling as majority of gaming PC’s are more or less in line with a PS4 Pro than the “PC master race” meme. 

No load times is still rare. Playing 3rd party games there are still long loading screens, just the SSD is not enough. God of War is also still full of those loading crawl spaces :/ GT7 has one thing going for it, tracks load lightning fast. Of course start up time is spoiled by having to wait for all the logos, doh.

Can't imagine going back to ps3 though. 10 minute loading screen between acts in MGS4! (It was installing stuff but still very annoying)

Even stuff that's current-gen only has load times but they are generally pretty short.

Got it since launch.

Insert the No Ragrets meme here.

It’s really a big and heavy console, I like the design of the Xbox series consoles.

Games like Returnal have almost no loading scenes and Miles Morales are pretty similar.

I’m relief that most developers are moving to PS5 only in 2023.

Got mine since September.

It's been an incredible experience for me so far. I've played much better games on PlayStation 5 than PlayStation 4 in the first two years. The fast loading, Dualsense controller, and performance modes are revelations. No issues with rest mode when I download a game or charge a controller.

The UI, and activity cards, are my only real complaint, but these are such small issues compared to the overall package.

I got mine in October 2022.

Pros
-Load times
-Better resolution and frame rates
-PS Plus Collection
-Backwards Compatibility
-Video capture of trophies as they pop
-DualSense
-Hours played info

-The rest mode uses less energy (about 1.3w) than the PS4 (8.5w), making me want to use it even more often. I haven't had rest mode issues yet.

-Notifications on your phone when a game is ready to play and done downloading

Cons
-Expensive SSDs. The 1 TB SSD I bought was over $100, and many get really expensive.
-Not as many native PS5 games yet that I'm itching to play, but the console is a little over 2 years old. I can let this slide for now, even if it is a con.
-PS Store is really laggy. The games constantly are blank icons with no info until you click on them. So many people have complained about the PS4 PS Store, but from the past to the present I have had few issues with it.
-Lack of little things like: internet browser, themes, what's new, purchasable/certain free avatars
-Hours played tends to be wildly inaccurate for at least a few titles in your library.

I don't know if it's because I'm from an older generation or what, but this is the first time I haven't bought a new Sony console at, or near launch. I still don't own a PS5 or an Xbox 4, and I don't feel the need for one either, because it never felt like the PS4 and Xbox 3 needed to be replaced. It was just like, here are our two new consoles that make games look a little better and run the games a little better than our last consoles. Please buy them and continue to enjoy the same games you're currently playing in slighter better ways. With PS2/Xbox/PS3/Xbox 2, that wasn't the case. The whole industry shifted. There was a massive jump forward and brand new franchises like GTA3 (the jump to 3D made it feel like a new franchise), Halo, Uncharted and Gears of War that sprung up and couldn't have been played before. You needed the new console, and if you didn't get it, you were left out in the cold while this exciting new revolution was taking place. I didn't feel that at all with the PS5/Xbox 4, so I still don't have either... and it's a real shame. Especially for me. 

I hope PS6/Xbox 5 don't repeat the same approach, and they go back to the old way of doing things. 

Horizon has the shortest load times since the end 9f cartridges, which is great. God of War is probably the most impressive games I've played in the 9th gen, so far. The controller is cool.

I'm playing more on XB though. PS5 is currently sitting as my second most played system, ahead of Switch.

It has the same problem as XB Series right now: too few impressive games that really make me notice that its a 9th gen system.

The biggest change is faster loading times.  I cringe when I play on 8th gen now.  

But, yeah, the generational leap is really only noticeable by going backwards. My mind was not blown when I fired up either system for the first time.  That applies to the last few generations though.