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[Skifi28]

I always like having a backup, you never know what might happen one day.

 

[FrankWza]

I can give away my ps4 then

"Any reason to keep PS4 when having a PS5 ?"​

Remote play on a 1080p tv in another room.

 

[sainraja]

Hum... really ? I was sure the DS4 doesn't work on PS5 that's why I am not sure the PS move work for PS5.

For info the PS move in question are from the PS3 era. ( I was already surprised to see them work on PS4 actually)

DS4 will work on the PS5 for PS4 games, just not for PS5 games (since Sony wants you to use the Dualsense controller.)

 

[Rambone]

Depends on your use case. I usually try and keep my consoles. I ended up moving my PS4 out into the living room which is where old consoles end up going after they have retired from my office/gaming room. I have regretted getting rid of my older consoles such as my original playstation, xbox and PS2, so now I just keep them as one day I might want a trip down nostalgia lane and fire them up. For now, at least the PS4 is still useful and serves me well in my living room.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

You can keep it to run later a potential custom firmware and much more
Firmware 9.00 has been hacked.

 

[Ebidramon]

Awkshuwally- many 30FPS PS4 games run at 60FPS on PS5.

I gave my PS4 to a needy family when I got my PS5, haven’t regretted it yet

Why didn't you give them PS5, and kept PS4 for yourself?

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

P.T.

 

[Gamerguy84]

Yes remote play with your PS5, I use it. Also yes PS4 is still a good console.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Something else you can do on PS4 but not PS5 is if you own the PS Gold headset, the only way to change the digital sound profile is with the PS4 app.

 

[Physiognomonics]

P.T.

Yes this would be the only good reason IMO. Interestingly P.T. was working on PS5 for reviewers before the first day one updates.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Its very handy if you have VR

 

[Kerotan]

Not really. I keep my original ps4 in my parents so I can use it to watch now TV there when the ufc is on and join and play with my friends when I'm down there watching it.

I sold my pro for like 400 including the controllers so my ps5 only cost me 100 lmao.

 

[Rayderism]

The only reason I can think of to keep my PS4 Pro around is that it's the only way to see the latest DLC/addons every week in a single list. As far as I can see, PS4 PSN is currently the ONLY way you can still do that without going game-by-game.

Honestly, not having the ability to see all the latest DLC/addons on the PC, PS App or PS5 PSN in a single list just seems friggin' ignorant on Sony's part. I mean, they do WANT to sell that stuff, right? They get a percentage of those purchases, right? So why not make them easy to discover? There's quite a lot of little "hurr-durr" things like that about PSN.

Other than that, I don't really see any other reason to keep my PS4 hooked up anymore.

 

[Gameplaylover]

Prices for used PS4s are quite high (at least in western europe), i would sell it. Right now i could sell a PS4 Slim to a commercial reseller for nearly 230 Euro.

 

[Esppiral]

Phantom pain.