PlayStation 5 - Next gen is expensive

[rafaqat]

8 minutes ago, Disgraced Toblerone said:

Coming from someone that unironically used "SJW" as a derogatory term not long ago, please understand I don't really believe you're posting in good faith here.

 

Banned for misogyny too fairly recently.   Lovely bloke

[gospvg]

1 minute ago, Spacehost said:

I will not "chill out". I will, in fact, "chill in".

 

That's it! That is your answer!

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Spacehost]

7 minutes ago, sbrandon111 said:

My PS5 is a bit loud when the disk drive is spinning, and when the fan runs full tilt. It's certainly not silent but much better than the PS4. I've no reference point so hard to say if it's faulty

It'll be fine then. If you've not noticed anything then it's absolutely fine.

[Down by Law]

Mine's upright and at the side of my TV unit because it would never bloody fit in it but honestly it is unbelievably quiet.

 

Maybe if it's been in a hot enclosed space and this has started to make it noisy, it's irreversible no matter where you put it later?

 

Feel bad for you guys with noisy units. My original PS4 Pro ran so hot and loud it was like a harrier jump jet. I half expected Arnie to break in and mount the fucking thing

 

 

 

[CrichStand]

37 minutes ago, Spacehost said:

Aspen is a place in Colorado that is significantly more well known to me. I was grabbing at the nearest two words to your username. If I wanted to insult you I'd suggest you take your magic console-fixing rockstar Dumbo ears and flap over to my house with some acoustic panelling so we can build an enclosure for you and the console to sit in so I don't have to hear either of you.

Or how about dulling the sound of your faulty console by shoving it up your arse? Lol.

 

25 minutes ago, Disgraced Toblerone said:

Coming from someone that unironically used "SJW" as a derogatory term not long ago, please understand I don't really believe you're posting in good faith here.

 

I’ve spent years working with people that have severe learning difficulties. My brother has severe learning difficulties. My best mates little lad is Autistic. A few of my best mates themselves are Autistic. Think on.
 

16 minutes ago, rafaqat said:

 

Banned for misogyny too fairly recently.   Lovely bloke

 

Yep, I was banned for using a phrase that 99% of the 100s of women I know, use on a day to day basis in relation to both men and women and is very common in the midlands/north of England. Maybe you need to get out a bit more and interact with real women instead of your hand if it upset you? Lol.
 

It broke the rules of the forum though, so I was rightly banned. That’s a good thing. The rules should apply equally and fairly to all. I believe very strongly in free speech and equality and in being nice. That ones important. Be nice!

 

And yep......I am a lovely bloke!

 

Anyway......the PS5. Its fucking awesome! I’ve owned most consoles since the PSone from day one and the PS5 has easily had the strongest launch. Incredible hardware. Incredible backwards compatibility. Incredible controller. Incredible next gen games. Exceeded all my expectations so far. Love it!
 

 

[Ry]

6 minutes ago, Fully Aspel said:

 

 

 

Anyway......the PS5. Its fucking awesome! I’ve owned most consoles since the PSone from day one and the PS5 has easily had the strongest launch. Incredible hardware. Incredible backwards compatibility. Incredible controller. Incredible next gen games. Exceeded all my expectations so far. Love it!
 

 

 

Wish I shared this sentiment. Its the most underwhelming launch I have experienced for a Sony console. 

 

 

[Stanley]

6 minutes ago, Fully Aspel said:

Or how about dulling the sound of your faulty console by shoving it up your arse? Lol.

 

 

I’ve spent years working with people that have severe learning difficulties. My brother has severe learning difficulties. My best mates little lad is Autistic. A few of my best mates themselves are Autistic. Think on.
 

 

Yep, I was banned for using a phrase that 99% of the 100s of women I know, use on a day to day basis in relation to both men and women and is very common in the midlands/north of England. Maybe you need to get out a bit more and interact with real women instead of your hand if it upset you? Lol.
 

It broke the rules of the forum though, so I was rightly banned. That’s a good thing. The rules should apply equally and fairly to all. I believe very strongly in free speech and equality and in being nice. That ones important. Be nice!

 

And yep......I am a lovely bloke!

 

Anyway......the PS5. Its fucking awesome! I’ve owned most consoles since the PSone from day one and the PS5 has easily had the strongest launch. Incredible hardware. Incredible backwards compatibility. Incredible controller. Incredible next gen games. Exceeded all my expectations so far. Love it!
 

 

Mines a bit noisy, here’s my current set up - you can’t really see the PS5 cos I’ve hidden it behind some quantum shit, and the whole thing’s enclosed in a vacuum, any advice? 

[sbrandon111]

23 minutes ago, Spacehost said:

It'll be fine then. If you've not noticed anything then it's absolutely fine.

Thanks. I think i'm looking for a problem that isn't there. When people say their PS5 is silent or whisper quiet, i think "hold on, i can hear mine so it must be faulty". 

[Alex W.]

I think the noise level isn’t zero but it is unmeasurable for most of the outlets testing it, as it’s lower than the ~30db of background noise you get in an office, even at a few inches from the console. At least that’s what I saw in the few reviews that bothered to try.

[Eighthours]

1 hour ago, Alex W. said:

Did Fully Aspel just say his PS5 runs hot and sounds like a fridge?

 

This is what you get when you mess with Asp.

[Stanley]

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Karma police
Arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio

@Eighthours

[Harrisown]

1 hour ago, sbrandon111 said:

My PS5 is a bit loud when the disk drive is spinning, and when the fan runs full tilt. It's certainly not silent but much better than the PS4. I've no reference point so hard to say if it's faulty

When do the fan run at full tilt?

I mean what game are you playing? I get the impression my PS5 has never spun above *20% (digital console)

 

 

*this figure was pulled out of my arse

[rafaqat]

1 hour ago, Fully Aspel said:

Or how about dulling the sound of your faulty console by shoving it up your arse? Lol.

 

Yep, I was banned for using a phrase that 99% of the 100s of women I know, use on a day to day basis in relation to both men and women and is very common in the midlands/north of England. Maybe you need to get out a bit more and interact with real women instead of your hand if it upset you? Lol.
 

 

1 hour ago, Fully Aspel said:

 

And yep......I am a lovely bloke!

 

ahahaha.  lol   etc 

[sbrandon111]

20 minutes ago, Harrisown said:

When do the fan run at full tilt?

I mean what game are you playing? I get the impression my PS5 has never spun above *20% (digital console)

 

 

*this figure was pulled out of my arse

It got noticeably louder when i went in to the spiderman menu screen, and the disk drive is pretty noticeable when it's spinning up. As i said, i'm probably looking for something that isn't there.

[Shimmyhill]

I mean you come in here for a break from Boozeclown and Gooner in the #bants thread and spacemans and collarado are about to call a fight after school....

 

How are people getting on with internal storage and do any of the enhanced PS4 games have to run off that or can they all be played via external drives?

[Quexex]

2 minutes ago, Shimmyhill said:

How are people getting on with internal storage and do any of the enhanced PS4 games have to run off that or can they all be played via external drives?

I was doing OK but I haven't checked since I installed Spiderman Remastered and Mile Morales. So far all my PS4 games have run fine of the external drive. I don't think I've played any of the enhanced PS4 games yet. 

[CrichStand]

1 hour ago, Alex W. said:

I think the noise level isn’t zero but it is unmeasurable for most of the outlets testing it, as it’s lower than the ~30db of background noise you get in an office, even at a few inches from the console. At least that’s what I saw in the few reviews that bothered to try.

A totally quiet room is about 30db so, there’s no way people are measuring the output of the PS5, from a few inches away, as lower than that!

A TV at normal volume would be around 60db, as would the sound of someone talking. 60db is many times louder than 30db, not just double the loudness as many people presume. One inch from my PS5 whilst it runs Demon’s Souls gives a reading of 44db. It’s 33db when it’s sat idle. Never heard of anyone sitting one inch from their console whilst playing though! Hahaha. So basically, it’s around the same volume as ambient room noise. For someone’s console to be putting out enough noise to really bother them over the top of a TV, whilst playing a game, it would have to be pretty fucking loud. Unless people are saying their console is loud when they’re not playing a game? In which case, why are they spending their time sat listening to the sound their consoles make? Are they Brian Wilson or something? Just switch it off!

 

 

 

If anyone is bothered about the sound levels their machine is kicking out then, for fucks sake, just get a DB meter and measure its sound in a quiet room. Then you at least have some idea how it compares to other people’s machines in general. You will then also know if there’s a possible genuine problem or if it’s just totally normal for the PS5. I’d wager, that for the most part it’s the latter.

[gospvg]

[Alex W.]

I literally said that they couldn’t measure it.  Give it a rest!

[gospvg]

Fuck! I have the stupid song in my head now!

[Spacehost]

2 minutes ago, gospvg said:

Fuck! I have the stupid song in my head now!

 

[HarryBizzle]

I’ve been on the PS5 for a couple of hours now and really like it. Do you have to manually tell it to start copying from a game disc? Because I put Miles Morales in and it just sat there doing nothing until I did that.

Astro’s playroom seems nice. Looking forward to playing more of that later. Spiderman is lovely, too. Picking between performance and fidelity is hard. It feels wonderful in 60fps, but then you swing past a building at night in fidelity and see all the beautiful lights reflected in it, and I don’t want to miss out on that.

 

My console doesn’t seem noisy, but it’s not silent, but where I keep my consoles, I can’t hear them anyway.

 

I’m not overly impressed by the controller, strangely enough. It feels a bit cheap in places, the HD rumble is slightly distracting, and I think I just prefer the Xbox controller in general. I’m a bit baffled by the lavish praise journos were pouring over it. Jeff Gerstmann is basically the most cynical person on the planet and was gushing about it.

 

Anyway, looking forward to playing more tonight, and can definitely see my plan on PS5 as my main console and Series S for Game Pass being fine for me. I can certainly see my anxiety getting the better of me at some point and me trading it in at CEX in about a month and picking up a console in a month or two in the hopes it has some of these weird hardware issues ironed out.

[Dudley]

2 hours ago, gospvg said:

 

That's it! That is your answer!

 

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Like anyone has a fridge that size.

[Quexex]

Anyone notice any resistance in the triggers while playing Demon's Souls? I'm getting nothing (playing the Knight) I've played a couple of hours so far, every time I successfully parry it feels like that would have been a great moment to get a bit of resistance from the triggers, but nothing. 

[CrichStand]

37 minutes ago, Shimmyhill said:

I mean you come in here for a break from Boozeclown and Gooner in the #bants thread and spacemans and collarado are about to call a fight after school....

 

How are people getting on with internal storage and do any of the enhanced PS4 games have to run off that or can they all be played via external drives?

Internal storage has about 120gb left for me. Got about 15 games on there such as Ghost of Tsushima, Tetris Effect, Demon’s Souls, WRC9 etc. All decent sized games. Only got 2 disc games so far and can’t play either of them, as Ubisoft or Sony have screwed the PS5 upgrades up, and they’re not selectable on the store.........which is properly shit.

 

17 minutes ago, Alex W. said:

I literally said that they couldn’t measure it.  Give it a rest!

What are you even talking about now youth? They clearly can measure it! I’ve measured it! I’ve done that using a DB meter app, which is what I’ve advised others to do, if they’re worried about the noise their machines is kicking out and want to have something they can use to help them get a handle on things. 
 

My PS5 - 44db one inch from the rear vents whilst playing Demon’s Souls, which amounts to standard ambient noise in a quiet room of around 30db, when sat at a normal playing distance from the TV.

 

There ya go. Some useful info for people to compare their consoles with if they need help. What’s your problem?

[gospvg]

1 minute ago, Fully Aspel said:

Internal storage has about 120gb left for me. Got about 15 games on there such as Ghost of Tsushima, Tetris Effect, Demon’s Souls, WRC9 etc. All decent sized games. Only got 2 disc games so far and can’t play either of them, as Ubisoft or Sony have screwed the PS5 upgrades up, and they’re not selectable on the store.........which is properly shit.

 

 

If you check your storage what is your other size? Mine has gone back up to 45GB but I have not installed any other games.

[CrichStand]

4 minutes ago, Quexex said:

Anyone notice any resistance in the triggers while playing Demon's Souls? I'm getting nothing (playing the Knight) I've played a couple of hours so far, every time I successfully parry it feels like that would have been a great moment to get a bit of resistance from the triggers, but nothing. 

Yeah, same here. Not sure if it’s coming off the back of playing Astro Bot and WRC9, which are both amazing in terms of getting the most out of the controller or what. It’s definitely crossed my mind that Demon’s Souls could utilise the Dual Sense more though, especially the adaptive triggers.

[Spacehost]

There's a setting for the triggers in the options menu, so I dunno when they come into play but you'd expect them to. Would be great to have them rebound back on you when you parry.

[CrichStand]

12 minutes ago, gospvg said:

 

If you check your storage what is your other size? Mine has gone back up to 45GB but I have not installed any other games.

Have the full rundown!

 

Free space - 129.8gb.

Games + apps - 450.8gb (about 15 games plus Disney, Netflix YouTube).

Media Gallery - 1.58gb (must be just from achievements as I’ve not took anything myself).

Saved Data - 1.29gb (manually brought all my PS4 saves for each game I’m using over).

Other - 83.79gb.

[Harrisown]

1 hour ago, sbrandon111 said:

It got noticeably louder when i went in to the spiderman menu screen, and the disk drive is pretty noticeable when it's spinning up. As i said, i'm probably looking for something that isn't there.

Well I crawled on the floor with mine off. I turned it on while my nose was pretty much touching it. You can almost hear some fan noise and then a more pronounced buzz which then went away 20mseconds later. I played some Demon’s Souls and then crouched down to listen and all I could hear was the rather pleasant sound of air flowing through. Completely unnoticeable from 7 feet away. Infact barely audible from 1-2 feet away.

The enteral passport drive which is functioning as normal is much more audible.

Maybe the digital versions are just more “Pro”