Chukhopops
Member
Wait is the lack of quick resume confirmed? That is imo the absolute best part of this gen from a usability improvement point of view.
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PS5 doesn't let you store PS5 games on external HDD
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Quick question.
Why even get a system at launch when all you want to do is play old games/ports?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Really comes down to how much you value Sony's first party games and your PS profile/friends list/trophies list.
If you value that stuff a lot, probably better to stick with PS5 as some of the things you listed could be added to PS5 in a systems update.
If you care more about feature set and you don't really care about Sony first party games and your profile on PSN, then grab an SeX, pay for 3 years of gold (assuming you do MP), and do the Game Pass Ultimate $1 upgrade.
You'll get GPU for 3 years. And GPU includes EA Access too starting on launch day so you got all their Xbox games that are about 1 year old and older. Even SW Fallen Jedi is being added soon.
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Ceadeus
Gold Member
Lol with call of duty being more than 200gb, those SSD gonna be filling fast af
captainraincoat
Banned
Oh wow....what a fuckup
Have people confirmed how they treat the cross gen games?
Have people confirmed how they treat the cross gen games?
Jigga117
Member
People need to stop using FreeSync for a feature concern when VRR is standard for HDMI 2.1. Which is fine for TVs that support it
Moogle11
Banned
I doubt for many that is "all" they want to do. But launch window lineups are usually pretty thin, many are still playing current games but would like to sell off the old console since there's BC on the new ones etc. So it's definitely a nice perk, and many were looking forward to also getting faster load times in those BC games etc.
Yep. I'll get both since I don't plan to upgrade my PC where I played Xbox/Gamepass stuff this gen, but I'm more invested in Playstation at this point. There first party games make up a lot of my favorites the past couple of generations and the few real life friends I game with are all on Playstation and sticking with the PS5. I do tend to prefer the Xbox experience in terms of OS, controller (Dualsense may change that, haven't used it yet) so I may end up playing more single player multiplats there if they run better than on PS5. I don' care about trophy/achievement score so that doesn't factor into where I play.
Jigga117
Member
Isn’t that the same thing buyi
Isn’t this the same as buying a new GPU card just for better FPS and graphics features? No game is built for a 3080.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Wow, that's pretty bad to not even have the internal SSD working. Nice brick you've got there Sony!
Ps5 doesn't have been either lmao
New Yorks Finest
Banned
FrankWza
Member
Who bought drives without knowing if they’re approved? I mean, you can just return the drive, can’t you? It’s not like prepaying for say, Netflix for 2-3 years and having no new movies to watch. Netflix wouldn’t do that, but maybe a different subscription service with no new content. If that even exists. I doubt it exists, but it may. That would be an oversight.
N1tr0sOx1d3
Given another chance
I find it utterly baffling that clearly you hate Playstation and yet, for reasons known to no man, you can’t resist jumping in to each PlayStation thread and finding faults at every opportunity you can.
What excites you? What really gets you pumped up? A new pair of sock perhaps?
I’m a fan of PlayStation, but I can find the positives that both Xbox and PlayStation bring to this new gen. Has Sony really done nothing that excites you? Even a tiny bit?
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
It's confirmed
PS5 Doesn't Feature Xbox Series X/S-Style Quick Resume Game Swapping
At least at launch, you'll need to boot up your games from scratch when jumping from one to another.
www.gamespot.com
PSNplanetcolony
Member
Good thing I stick old school with physical discs!!
Because anyone with any sense knew already that PS5 games could only be stored on the expansion drive or internal. PS4 games internal. Wait till you find out it's the same for Xbox Series only games.
Chukhopops
Member
Yeah I saw that in another thread. I guess it will be supported eventually but won't it make the available space even smaller?It's confirmed
PS5 Doesn't Feature Xbox Series X/S-Style Quick Resume Game Swapping
At least at launch, you'll need to boot up your games from scratch when jumping from one to another.
Nobody expected that you could run those games on an external SSD/HDD, but being able to store them was kind of expected. It will save you some time downloading if you can back up your games on a cheap USB SSD or HDD.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Yeah for sure, it's definitely worth it but you'd have to hope external storage is sorted for PS5 before that.
THE DUCK
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Xbox Series X games can be stored on external drives.
If you want to play them at Series X speed and perks, you have to have it in the internal SSD or that Seagate card. But in terms of storing it, all old gen and next gen games can be stored on an external HDD.
But you cannot store PS5 games on an external HDD. Nobody knew till now just simply storing PS5 games had to be on SSD.
Xbox Series X external storage tests: USB HDD vs. SSD vs. NVME
You can't play next-gen games from Xbox Series X external storage, but that doesn't mean your USB drive is useless. But will they get a speed boost?
venturebeat.com
By now, you probably know that to play next-gen Xbox Series X games, you need to store them either on the internal SSD or the official $220 Seagate 1TB expansion card. When it comes to backward compatible games, however, you can load them from an external USB drive. And if you don’t want to redownload an Xbox Series X game later, you can even store them on external media.
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lachesis
Member
I wonder why... and pretty sure it's fixable and doable.... unless it's part of copyright protection?
This is pretty terrible news.
I wonder if DF is going to do SSD speed test for the PS4 games like they did with XSX? Depending on the result, I may end up getting external SSD/HDD for PS4 games.
This is pretty terrible news.
I wonder if DF is going to do SSD speed test for the PS4 games like they did with XSX? Depending on the result, I may end up getting external SSD/HDD for PS4 games.
danielJackson
Banned
Console gamers dont usually need 1440p, yeah it would be nice but most play on TV and those are 1080p or 4k. 1440p is niche and even pc gamers still play on 1080p screens and higher are rarer
Quick resume vs loading games in similar time from zero, not a big deal. And 1 game in quick resume is enough for many
BC = maybe they fix it later, still not a big deal as difference is small
Same with resume, it is not slow by any means and probably gets faster later
Freesync = same as 1440p, good to have but many console gamers dont have it, and if they say officially that it never comes then it is sure. As feature it is not ground breaking for consoles, stable 30/60hz is as good as variable + Sync (on consoles)
Stop trying to turn tiny annoyences into big problems and it is easier
Knightime_X
Member
I definitely made the right choice going Series X
X gon give it to me and I want it!
inb4 cringe LULHAHAHA
X gon give it to me and I want it!
inb4 cringe LULHAHAHA
01011001
Banned
it is basically confirmed. there is no mention of it by anyone and nothing on the dashboard points towards it being there either.
Sony is counting on developers using their card system for quickly starting up certain activities, which is not really comparable but also has its benefits over quick resume. both features are very different in nature tho. Quick Resume lets you quickly jump back in where you left off, and the cards system lets you quickly start a certain level or jump into a Multiplayer mode or something like that, which many games will not really be able to use... say Assassins Creed for example, that game has no "levels" or specific modes you could quickly jump to.
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PlayerPurple
Member
What's the size limit for external HDD's on PS5 then?
CrashNBurn_281
Member
Wow, not happy about this at all.
Thought the ssd size would be a non issue due to being able to offload my games to the external drive if needed.
Why the fuck did Sony not mention this???
Thought the ssd size would be a non issue due to being able to offload my games to the external drive if needed.
Why the fuck did Sony not mention this???
Javthusiast
Banned
A patch is coming...
Maybe
Maybe
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Gravemind
Member
Same reason they were very quiet on a lot of other features. People figured they were just waiting to drop all the "good news" at once, but it's been obvious to unbiased observers that theyve been quiet because they just dont have these features.
Clearly their plan was to try and launch the console without touching on these things and deal with the potential backlash later.
It's pretty pathetic that they're not allowing people to park games on an HDD. No excuse for that.
01011001
Banned
it is clever tho, their first badge is basically sold out by now anyways.
Gravemind
Member
Oh dont get me wrong, it was definetly the smart play for them. I'm just surprised that so many people honestly thought they were being quiet on important features for any other reason than they just dont have them.
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MISTER INVEIGLER
Member
Patch coming soon is the new "wait for E3"A patch is coming...
Maybe
Javthusiast
Banned
I mean they couldn‘t even include a basic ass ps4 feature like folders on day one.
MarkMe2525
Member
Because they will perform and look better. This is why I always wanted a gaming pc, but have never budgeted for one
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Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
All of these things are true, but to be fair Sony did prepare a few games for the launch. Arguably more important than any of these things.
MrFunSocks
Banned
Why didn’t they mention it? Because it’s a negative. They wouldn’t mention it because it hurts them. Sony haven’t been super secretive about the ps5 because they wanted to drop surprise good news bombs on release like people have been trying to say lol. They’ve been secretive because they don’t want to release bad news, so they just say nothing and let their shills spread rumours of secret sauce.
NXGamer and Digital Foundry especially were the causes of a lot of this secret sauce ps5 bullshit.
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
Has anyone tried it with a fresh HDD and not one formatted by a PS4? I wonder if they both have different filesystems or something so they need to be separate.
I'm sure they'll patch it eventually, if not I'm screwed because I'm all digital and 600GB of storage ain't going to cut it.
I'm sure they'll patch it eventually, if not I'm screwed because I'm all digital and 600GB of storage ain't going to cut it.
quickwhips
Member
No only stability for you.
MrFunSocks
Banned
Doesn’t help when they had people like NXGamer telling people that there were “huge surprises” he couldn’t wait to talk about in regards to the PS5. That “huge surprise” was that BC works lol.
I dislike it but Sony know that they can just say nothing and their vocal fanboys will do all the work for them, from making secret sauce stuff up to slandering the competition with outright lies. They threw a flash name like Tempest Audio out there and told their team that it’s revolutionary, and people even on this “enthusiast forum” ate it up and shouted from the rooftops that the ps5 is the only console that can do 3D audio ffs. They’re working their crowd up to do free marketing and defence for them, and it works a treat unfortunately.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
It will be a $10 upgrade to the UI.
MrFunSocks
Banned
Do people really want back up of saves to USB? Why? Why not just use cloud saves?
ManaByte
Gold Member
Because you have to pay for those with PS+.
People just assumed it would. Look at threads here and people just say "of course it'll support that".
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tryDEATH
Member
What the fuck is Sony thinking and doing at this point, I though this was going to be on of the solid advantages Sony would have over Series X when it came to SSD space as Sony would be able to transfer games at a much faster speed than Series X from external to internal thus making the internal capacity of 625GB not a big issue now it certainly does become a issue that Sony gamers will have to cope with.
Jibran#one
Member
Black ops and warzone would like to have a word with you ,
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
USB drives can store more than the cloud. Cloud requires PS+ subscription. USB allows you to edit saves and use cheats.
MrFunSocks
Banned
Oh, didn’t know that lol. People should probably be questioning Sony about why that is.
eyesabitdull
Banned
That's it guys, that did it for me.
Pre-order cancelled.
Never ever buying a PS5.
I'm just really concerned about this.
Pre-order cancelled.
Never ever buying a PS5.
I'm just really concerned about this.