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And there's me acting all pleased with myself for building a single-floored shack for myself😂

Had mine a little while now and still love it. It's so quiet compared to the jet engine that was my ps4, and hopefully with the extra cooling space it will stay that way for a decent while. I really enjoyed Astros Playroom and how it used the controller, felt like i was back on the wii at points lol. So far only have AC Valhalla as an actual PS5 game but the loading times are great, and completed God of War on it which looked great and played beautifully. I really want Spider-Man Miles Morales but really begrudge paying 60 quid for a 10 hour game. I got the media remote too which i am glad i did, and it looks like they will be adding voice control in the future which could be interesting.

Astros Playroom is a fun little game to show what the controller can do, unfortunately there's not a lot of games incorporating any of it yet. Demons Souls is great, particularly the 60 fps which I hadn't experienced before enjoy!

I do like this guy and I know others watch his stuff..

"Within her role, Miele oversees over 6,000 gaming developers from all kinds of backgrounds working on all sorts of projects." 6K developers under the EA's umbrella, that's a lot. No wonder why there's an actual (perceived) disconnect between the giant and its studios. "Since then, we have announced a slate of games that players asked for: a new Skate, College Football, a Command & Conquer remaster, the Mass Effect Trilogy and we developed free content in Battlefront 2 for several years to turn the perception of that game completely around." Yes, also because the games gamers want help generating additional revenues. "She also talked a little bit about how the goal is to have players involved in the conversation during development, which was a big push behind the reason to release the source code for Command & Conquer." Didn't know about the release of the source code. That's a step in the right direction I guess.

60fps makes a huge difference especially for a game like that. I couldn't even get through Bloodborne on the PS4 without feeling sick as the framereate was wobbling around the 25-30 mark and the smoothing was non-existent. There's a few games which are perfectly acceptable at 30fps like God of War, RDR2 and Spider Man but that jump up to 60 is so significant, it's almost a game-changer for console gaming.

Finally decided to unbox the PS5 as I picked up Demon Souls for £55 the other day. Haven’t played anything just yet and the interface is as shitty as ever from Sony but the controller feels absolutely amazing!

Well, where to start? The controller sucks, the menu sucks, the party system sucks, the lack of optical out sucks, the amount of launch titles suck, it's far too big, and the people I play with suck. Am I missing anything? Ok for realsies then: The controller feels a bit chunky and very Xboxy but this is probably just a case of getting used to it. The menu system is a bit odd at first but like the controller, I'm sure it'll become second nature soon enough. God knows how much I'd be whinging if they didn't change it, I'd be all "new content everybody" on their asses so they're never gonna win regardless. The party system can get in the sea, what the fuck Sony were thinking with that is anyone's guess. There's only one USB port on the front of the console, the other is USB-C which may or many not be the future, I guess Sony was also stuck between a diddums and a hard place here because we're sort of in this weird twilight era of transition between those bullshit USB plugs that only ever go in on the third try, in the same orientation as the first, and USB-C, so they need to cater to everyone and that's a bitch. We'll make it work I'm sure. There's a USB on the back which is nice, so when I eventually have to plug in an external drive because Sony's removed the ability to use any drive you want I won't have any cables hanging out the front which I don't need. I suspect these external drives will be quadruple the price of the exact same drive without the Sony logo because Sony tax but I'll whinge about that one when we get to it. The lack of an optical out has irritated me no end and seems like such a stupid oversight. This means I can no longer adjust the balance between the chat or game sound which is a massive loss for me as it effectively kills the most used feature on my £250 headset. Thanks Sony. Ah but there's a solution y'see, buy an HDMI to Optical out adapter for £50 (fifty fucking quid! can buy the whole of Yorkshire a cup of tea for that!) and even then we don't know if the console will simply output all the sound over it or split it like the PS4 did and I've no intention of spunking £50 to find out it doesn't work. Maybe there'll be a workaround, we'll see. The silence of the console is fantastic but then those fans and fins are all squeaky new and dust free so we'll see how that evolves over time. The snappiness and responsiveness of the system as a whole is amazing. It reminds me of the first time I installed an SSD, the zippyness of it all is excellent. Also doing a software update in a matter of a couple of minutes rather than hours was fantastic and this seems to be reflected in the download speeds too which are considerably faster than the PS4. The Playstation Collection or whatever it's called, you know, that last-minute shit we're gonna get pwned by xbox's game pass so make something quick! thing is great and has some good games on it too. I hope this is just the beginning and not just a ploy to sucker people in. The playroom game is fantastic and a proper homage to the legacy of Playstation, if you haven't played it, get cracking. Overall I'm happy, certainly worth the money and most of the little niggles are things that I will get used to over time, however the optical port problem is inexcusable and will need a solution.

My only thought is that this is a confusing purchase if it even happens. Are those studios even worth it these days? Or, do they intend to resurrect some of the games?