PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

Markitron · 03-10-2020 07:36AM

Naked Lepper wrote: »

anyone know if u can get one on the day by queuing up?
no pre orders here so trying to find out what options are
tnx

Even some people with confirmed pre-orders aren't getting it day one, the odds are long. Your best bet would be places that aren't taking pre-orders, like Tesco, power city etc.

markcahill1985 · 03-10-2020 08:35AM

Anyone see the charging station available anywhere? Think I have tried all the usual suspects.

fixXxer · 03-10-2020 08:38AM

I know the consoles are going to be tricky at launch, but what do people think about the accessories? Probably want to get the wireless headset early on.

jones · 03-10-2020 08:41AM

fixXxer wrote: »

I know the consoles are going to be tricky at launch, but what do people think about the accessories? Probably want to get the wireless headset early on.

I preordered the headset from amazon. I bought the camera for launch day ps4 but literally never used it apart from messing around with astrobots or whatever it was called at launch. So dont think i'll bother with any other accessories

Cotts72 · 03-10-2020 08:52AM

fixXxer wrote: »

I know the consoles are going to be tricky at launch, but what do people think about the accessories? Probably want to get the wireless headset early on.

The charger Dock, additional controller and headset are the only thing appealing to me. I'd say following launch we should see a good bit of 3rd party accessories hopefully as I can't afford to be spending an extra 100e on the headset!

fixXxer · 03-10-2020 09:02AM

jones wrote: »

I preordered the headset from amazon. I bought the camera for launch day ps4 but literally never used it apart from messing around with astrobots or whatever it was called at launch. So dont think i'll bother with any other accessories

I got the camera on an impulse buy at the PS4 launch. Tried the voice controls for a bit then off to adverts it went

Cotts72 wrote: »

The charger Dock, additional controller and headset are the only thing appealing to me. I'd say following launch we should see a good bit of 3rd party accessories hopefully as I can't afford to be spending an extra 100e on the headset!

Headset is a lot of money, true. Only reason I'm thinking is because I used to have the Gold headset and the quality of the sound from it was briliant.

shrewdness · 03-10-2020 10:36AM

Looks like we should be seeing more of the PS5 tomorrow with the Japanese Youtubers having got them already

https://twitter.com/TDragon70/status/1312330980145782785?s=19

Mr Crispy · 03-10-2020 10:59AM

That lad at the top right looks to have gotten a defective DualSense. I hope blue sparks isn't Sony's Joy-Con drift.

HairySalmon · 03-10-2020 11:31AM

What a random way to start looking at the console.

It still baffles me why they haven’t been dropping videos on the PlayStation blog first and then letting YouTubers get a hands on.

sticker · 03-10-2020 01:25PM

Bigish American tuber actually mentions gamestop Ireland emails!

https://youtu.be/AvYyloVyKHE

bazzz · 03-10-2020 01:38PM

sticker wrote: »

Bigish American tuber actually mentions gamestop Ireland emails!

https://youtu.be/AvYyloVyKHE

This is a bit of a waste of time, there's nothing new here or worth clicking for.
Nearly half the video is a sponsor advertisement. Not having a go or anything,
just saving people generating clicks
If you do feel the urge to click on it, here's a timestamped version. Where he
waffles about nothing new in relation to. GS Ireland pre order mess.

EoinMcLovin · 03-10-2020 02:55PM

bazzz wrote: »

This is a bit of a waste of time, there's nothing new here or worth clicking for.
Nearly half the video is a sponsor advertisement. Not having a go or anything,
just saving people generating clicks
If you do feel the urge to click on it, here's a timestamped version. Where he
waffles about nothing new in relation to. GS Ireland pre order mess.

Here's the article he's reporting on
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/now-gamestop-ie-is-telling-some-ps5-pre-order-customers-theyll-have-to-wait-until-2021/

johnny_ultimate · 03-10-2020 05:58PM

Really interesting Digital Foundry video here about what you should and shouldn't expect from ray-tracing on next-gen machines (using Spider-man as a specific example). It's actually just a useful explainer on ray-tracing technology in general, honestly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crjbA-_SoFg

phill106 · 03-10-2020 07:37PM

I assume decent headsets for the ps4 will be suitable still for the ps5?
I have some astro a50's, apparently there will be some form of adapter available to purchase to allow it to work on the ps5.

Potential-Monke · 03-10-2020 08:00PM

I've the headset and camera preordered. With the push on the audio, I think the headset is a must, unless you have a proper surround sound setup. I'd also imagine that most top end headsets should work, but with the proprietary 'Tempest' audio engine, I don't know if other headsets would be the same (as I imagine the PS5 headset is designed to show off Tempest). The camera I'm getting in the hope that it'll improve the VR tracking some bit. Don't use the current one for anything but VR.

I think those with headsets they can program or download profiles for might soon get an update or profile designed for Tempest. Or maybe I'm overthinking things.

A quote from this article:

"In short, the PS5 should transform your gaming experience though 3D audio. Indeed, Sony says the effect is so powerful that you'll be able to hear where individual rain drops are landing in a game's environment. "

It's 3D audio, not surround, so if your current headset supports 3D audio, I think it should work.

Edit: Further quote:

"But while the Pulse 3D headset could be the only wireless headset to fully support PS5 3D audio in the early days, it's our understanding that you'll also be able to get the effect by plugging standard, wired headphones into the PS5 DualSense controller.

But the fact remains, to get the best out of 3D audio you'll need specially-tuned hardware that has been configured to work hand-in-hand with Tempest 3D AudioTech."

JimBurnley · 03-10-2020 08:15PM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I've the headset and camera preordered. With the push on the audio, I think the headset is a must, unless you have a proper surround sound setup. I'd also imagine that most top end headsets should work, but with the proprietary 'Tempest' audio engine, I don't know if other headsets would be the same (as I imagine the PS5 headset is designed to show off Tempest). The camera I'm getting in the hope that it'll improve the VR tracking some bit. Don't use the current one for anything but VR.

I think those with headsets they can program or download profiles for might soon get an update or profile designed for Tempest. Or maybe I'm overthinking things.

A quote from this article:

"In short, the PS5 should transform your gaming experience though 3D audio. Indeed, Sony says the effect is so powerful that you'll be able to hear where individual rain drops are landing in a game's environment. "

It's 3D audio, not surround, so if your current headset supports 3D audio, I think it should work.

Edit: Further quote:

"But while the Pulse 3D headset could be the only wireless headset to fully support PS5 3D audio in the early days, it's our understanding that you'll also be able to get the effect by plugging standard, wired headphones into the PS5 DualSense controller.

But the fact remains, to get the best out of 3D audio you'll need specially-tuned hardware that has been configured to work hand-in-hand with Tempest 3D AudioTech."

I'm with you on the headphones, seems like sound is going to be one of the biggest leaps forward so can't resist trying out fir myself.

Re the camera, info is vague but I understood the ps5 camera available for order now is NOT compatible with psvr. They'll be a different adapter free for psvr users to use with existing camera and ps5

Potential-Monke · 03-10-2020 08:44PM

I can't see anything saying that, but I also kind find anything confirming or otherwise. All I can find is the PS4 camera will require an adapter to work with the PS5, which Sony are apparantly giving PSVR users for free at "some" stage. So to me that reads that you can't use PSVR Day 1 with the PS5 unless the PS5 camera can be used, which I imagine it should. Link

Would be a huge oversight if the PS5 camera doesn't work with PSVR. And they haven't announced anything about the adapter yet so don't think it'll be available on launch. Also, Boost Mode should improve framerates and load times on PSVR. Should.

rob808 · 03-10-2020 08:48PM

I want to get the 3D audio headset but there all sold out guess I have to wait till launch see if they have any spares to sell.

JimBurnley · 03-10-2020 09:08PM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I can't see anything saying that, but I also kind find anything confirming or otherwise. All I can find is the PS4 camera will require an adapter to work with the PS5, which Sony are apparantly giving PSVR users for free at "some" stage. So to me that reads that you can't use PSVR Day 1 with the PS5 unless the PS5 camera can be used, which I imagine it should. Link

Would be a huge oversight if the PS5 camera doesn't work with PSVR. And they haven't announced anything about the adapter yet so don't think it'll be available on launch. Also, Boost Mode should improve framerates and load times on PSVR. Should.

Agree would certainly be an oversight if it doesn't work. But since psvr came before the ps5 camera, maybe it's a comparability issue. Anyhow, still not confirmed either way (just had a quick google myself too) more just a note of caution before we know either way.

Looking forward to the loading screens improving, iron man was worst example on ps4, immersion was completely destroyed by the loading screens

LauraW7746 · 03-10-2020 09:16PM

I also have Astro A50s for my PS4 but preordered the Pulse 3d headset for PS5...
Found the A50s a bit bulky anyway

CastorTroy · 03-10-2020 10:09PM

Was just reading the rumour that the PS5 will have 664GB of useable space

billybonkers · 03-10-2020 10:31PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

Was just reading the rumour that the PS5 will have 664GB of useable space

Xbox only has 800 so not outside realm of possibility

https://twitter.com/Okami13_/status/1312365328752615425?s=19

Here it is booting up, could be fake

https://v.redd.it/bi0x7bqezrq51

CastorTroy · 03-10-2020 11:25PM

The 664 would be full after a few CoD updates

wes · 04-10-2020 01:29AM

Well I hope those super fast SSDs prices drop quickly. We will be needing replacements soon enough.

billybonkers · 04-10-2020 07:05AM

200 for the Xbox is kinda crazy too

What's an OS on Pc. Think Win 10 is about 20gb for 64 bit version

billybonkers · 04-10-2020 07:05AM

200 for the Xbox is kinda crazy too

What's an OS on Pc. Think Win 10 is about 20gb for 64 bit version

But these ssd will use a lot of that space for textures etc I presume to make it super fast

ShaneU · 04-10-2020 08:06AM

Remember when the series X was first revealed and we thought it looked like a huge chunky speaker?

Holy sheeet PS5 looking like the biggest router in the world

Zero-Cool · 04-10-2020 08:14AM

I'm not saying the ps5 isn't that big but that pic is definitely photoshopped. Looking forward to the actual reveal videos today for a proper look. I do remember thinking how huge the xbox was when first revealed, never thought the PS5 would actually make it look small.