PS5 Review: What Are Your First Impression?

The DualSense controller

As stated earlier, the Dual Sense is one of the controllers of the Play Station 5 with its accomplice being the Dual Shock controller.The DualSense wireless controller for the PlayStation 5 was revealed on April 7, 2020. It is based on the prior DualShock controller but with modifications influenced by discussions with game designers and players.

According to the haptic technologies, the DualSense controller has adaptive triggers with haptic (from the haptic technologies) feedback through voice coil actuators that can change the resistance to the player as necessary, supporting experiences such as virtually drawing an arrow from a bow. The DualSense maintains the same buttons as the DualShock 4, though the “Share” button was renamed to “Create” with additional means for players to create and share content.

A new built-in microphone array was added so players can speak to others using only the controller, and the included controller speaker has been improved. It has two-tone coloring, primarily white with black facing, with the black piece being easily detachable. The light bar has been moved to the sides of the touchpad. It has USB-C connectivity, a higher-rated battery, and an audio jack.

The Play Station 5 Performance

Capable of 4K/120fps gameplay as well as support for 8K/60
Faster loading times thanks to new SSD
Tempest 3D audio tech is like Atmos-lite
System runs cool and quiet nearly all the time

The following are some of the games in the Play Station5 and their load times compared to the Play Station 4

Game	PS5	PS4
Spider-Man: Miles Morales	17 seconds	1 minute, 27 seconds
No Man’s sky	1 minute, 34 seconds	2 minutes, 52 seconds
Final Fantasy VII Remake	35 seconds	1 minute, 29 seconds
Genshin Impact	59 seconds	2 minutes, 57 seconds
Ghost of Tsushima	1 minute, 4 seconds	1 minute, 10 seconds
Days Gone	1 minute,18 seconds	2 minutes, 54 seconds
Death Stranding	54 seconds	1 minute, 50 seconds

The Reception of the Play Station 5 According to Wikipedia

The PlayStation 5 was generally well-received at launch, with many praising its DualSense controller’s improved haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. Astro’s Playroom, which comes pre-installed on every PS5 and is designed to demonstrate the controller’s features, also attracted praise with Laptop Mag calling it “deceptively cute”.

The exclusive games line-up, including titles like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls were also heavily praised although some reviewers, such as TechRadar, felt the launch line-up should have had more content. The console’s user interface was generally praised for being fast and easy to navigate.

Many reviewers found the console’s black and white design polarizing, with CNET opining that it is “clearly meant to be a sculptural conversation piece”. The size of the console was also a main point of criticism, with Tom’s Guide calling it “inelegant”, while other reviewers noted that its large size can make it difficult to integrate into a home entertainment center. Many, however, acknowledged the reason for its large size is to keep it cool and quiet, with many reviewers noting that it accomplishes this. The relatively small size of the built-in SSD also attracted criticism, with only 667 GB being available for use out of the box.

More technical reviews, such as those by Digital Foundry, noted that features such as variable refresh rate and the advertised 8K video output mode were not present at the launch. The console’s inability to output a native 1440p video signal was also criticized, meanwhile features such as hardware-accelerated ray-tracing, the speed of the SSD, and its ability to output 120Hz were lauded.

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The Sales

Both models (The standard and the digital editions) of the PlayStation 5 were in limited supply after launch. Some people took advantage of the shortage, attempting to sell the console for thousands of dollars shortly after launch.

During the system’s first week of release in Japan, 103,901 standard PlayStation 5 consoles were sold, while 14,181 Digital Editions were sold in the same period. A combined total of 118,082 PS5s were sold in Japan during its launch week making it the best-selling console in the country for that week.

Here are the first-party games available as part of the collection:

Bloodborne
Days Gone
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Infamous Second Son
Ratchet and Clank
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us Remastered
Until Dawn
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

And here are the third-party games:

Batman: Arkham Knight
Battlefield 1
Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition
Monster Hunter: World
Mortal Kombat X
Persona 5
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

The PS5 has a brand-new user interface

The PS5 has a brand-new user interface with a number of new features that make it better than the PS4. Apps are divided into two sections which are the games and the media, and if you’re familiar with the PS4’s interface, then the row of app icons in the games menu will look very familiar to you. But when you actually select a game, there’s now a lot more information to look at which are not part of the PS4.

You can just hit the play button to dive into your game or look at the trophies you’ve collected or even twitch streams of that game. But you can also select from “activities,” which let you jump right into a specific mission or mode of a game, and games even offer in-game tutorials to help you through a certain objective even though that tutorial feature is only available to PlayStation Plus subscribers.

And in-game, whenever you press the PlayStation button on the DualSense, you can access the “Control Center” menu, which gives you access to things like notifications, settings, and parties.

The Specs of the Play Station 5