Consider that Sony is phasing out discs on January 2028 and beyond, meaning any upcoming game after then is no longer being released as a physical copy (neither will the future PS6 contain a disc drive at all) marking the PS5 as the final iteration within the generational lineup on having a disc. All versions of the PS5 inherit the same performance regarding games but the PS5 slim is compact while the PS5 Pro has a better CPU.
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Definitely no. Maybe if you can find it second hand at 400$, maybe. But even if it’s worth it, I wouldn’t wanna support Sony rn.
The only reason I can think of is if it’s the platform your friends are on and the games you want to play together aren’t cross platform or don’t allow cross play.
Well, I have a ps5. It gets almost daily use.
I still sometimes regret getting it instead of other options because of Sony.
That being said, that’s really the only issue. In terms of the device itself, it’s the best console I’ve had or used. If Sony got out of the way and didn’t limit what you can do with the damn things, it would be a no brainer for causal gaming. Alas, they won’t. So I can never recommend it.
There’s nothing that can be done on a PS5 that you couldn’t do with a PC, and the PC isn’t a walled garden.
… Yet. Game, OS and hardware manufacturers are doing their worst.
Meh, as long as my PC can boot Linux, I’ll be fine. If future PCs don’t, then I’ve still got 50 years worth of gaming history to work through on the hardware and software I own, and that’s not counting the many, many tabletop systems that exist. I’ll die long before I run out of games to play.
No, absolutely not.
For one, it’s gone up in price and down in value. Sony has basically adopted the position that they can take your purchases at any time, for any reason, and that “reasonable” consumers know they are getting a rental. However, not only are they not charging rental prices, they are charging more for games than ever before. And yet it’s just a “rental”?
Sony has been user-hostile for a long time, and they aren’t very friendly to developers, either. Developers who work on both platforms find Xbox easier to work with, because it’s basically a PC shaped like a console. (That being said, developers who invest in PlayStation find tricks to squeeze better performance out of the machine, which makes PlayStation seem more capable… because, in a way, it is. They just make it tricky to work with.)
The problem has never been the discs/lack of a disc. Many games won’t run without an update, so if the update is removed from the store, having the disc doesn’t give you jack shit, but the moral high ground to pirate that game. (Hint: you don’t need that much moral high ground to pirate games from companies that not only steal digital property from consumers, but brag about it.)
The issue is being able to play it in the future. The Xbox Helix, the code name for the next Xbox, will likely do away with a disc drive as well. However, Xbox is doing something really cool here. They tried to do this when the Xbox One generation started. Each game gets a unique serial. That serial gets associated with your account. It was a confusing system, Sony made fun of them for it, and the PS4 won that generation, so Microsoft buried the feature. However, they did not stop serialising the discs. Soon, they will put out an update that lets you register any disc to your account, and that gives you a full digital entitlement. So, therefore, you can get a used Xbox One (which can read, but not play, Xbox Series discs, and this is important) and then buy a bunch of discs, register them on the disc to digital program, and then you have that digital entitlement to the game. The catch is, if someone else registers the disc, you lose your access. Also, you have to be online every so often to verify you’re still the last Xbox gamer to touch that disc. So if you resell the games, eventually someone will buy them and take your digital entitlements. The other catch is, a few developers aren’t participating, which means the game won’t scan to your digital library (you can still run the disc though). So it’s worth finding a list.
If you want a modern console and you want value, I wouldn’t recommend either modern console. They’re both too expensive. I’d recommend grabbing an Xbox One (or One S), registering a bunch of games, and sticking with indie and 360 (/PS3) era games. Those games were better, anyway. When you spend new console money, spend it on the next-generation Xbox, which will be able to play all the past-generation games.
Of course, if you can afford a proper gaming PC… well, that’s a whole other story.
No
Depends on your needs. There are a whole lot of great games for the PS5 (my partner finished Blood of Dawnwalker just a few days ago) and most of them run really well but let’s be honest, 95% of what you want to play is also available on PC.
If you are looking for something to just plug into your TV, sit back and play a game, go ahead, buy a classic or slim PS5 they are great. I wouldn’t recommend the PS5 Pro. Sure, it has a bit more power but so far I haven’t encountered any game that would have needed it and I doubt many will come out before the end of this generation. If you have enough budget for a PS5 Pro, you probably have enough budget for a Steam Machine instead.
No. To add to all the other bullshit, Sony don’t seem to be able to make good games anymore either.
