My PS5 Review after 2 Years - the Good & Bad! 

Hi Chaps! Best game on PS5 so far??

The most underrated upgrade from ps4 to ps5 is how silent the console operates.

The PS5 looks absolutely magnificent onscreen. We can tell the quality is more than enough to guarantee a full immersive experience.

No PS5 here. I grew up with a PS1, PS2 and PS3. Still have my 60gb PS3 which can play PS1 and PS2 discs without issues today. Skipped out on the PS4 and went strictly PC gaming back in 2013. Reason why? I don't wanna pay for online gaming which the PS4 and PS5 makes you do. Not to mention games like HZD, God of War, Spider-man are on PC with more exclusives coming, I'm not missing out. All the Xbox games since the XB1 have been on PC day 1. I am not crying myself to sleep because I can't play God of War Ragnarok day 1 when I already have a bunch of great games to play on PC. If it comes later cool, if not cool. Also my PC in the living room is set up as a console hooked up to my LG CX. Press the controller button on and it fires up straight into Steam Big Picture mode from boot and it never sees the Windows desktop environment.

I was wowed by the PS5 the first few months, then kinda left it on the shelf for the last year after the initial impression because I prefer playing on PC. Lately though with the PC hardware market I'm considering fully transition to PS5 and stop upgrading my PC. I will miss the controller customization and modding but other features on PS5 like the dual sense can make up for it.

I've been lucky enough to enjoy my PS5 since launch and I've been absolutely loving it. Also great way to fix the glossy plastic scratching issues is to get a matte black dbrand skin. Looks awesome with the red face plates!

I remember the first year it was very difficult to get a PS5. Fast forward, now I can find a lot of them in retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. I brought my PS5 from GameStop two days ago l. So far I’m enjoying it.

I got my hands on a PS5 back in August of 2022 thanks to an Amazon (US) lottery. Since then, I have barely used my Series X. I enjoy both consoles greatly, but the PS5 feels more decidedly "Next Gen" to me -- the Dual Sense alone is a huge boon. I'm sure that things will switch a bit as Gamepass Day 1 stuff drops, but man do I enjoy that PS5 -- Ragnarok alone was worth the purchase.

It's been 2 years already?! Yet we still can't get it at original price.. Great product but the availability needs to be improved.

Im a pc gamer, and I was open to buying a ps5 for the opportunity to go back and play the backlog of ps4 exclusives, as well as new exclusives, of course. But because so many of the games I wanted to play were released on pc, I find very little reason to buy one now. By the end of the console generation, I'm probably gonna have like 8 games total.

To be honest, I haven’t seen a jaw dropping difference between my PS5 and PS4 Pro. I have a 4K TV w HDR and all the goodies and no I can’t call it a huge jump. Just an incremental upgrade. Unless as you said, they develop full blown PS5 game.

Loving my PS5! I upgraded last Christmas from the PS4 and I’ve really enjoyed it all year. Great performance, much quieter and I like the controller improvements. My son has the Xbox series X and I also much prefer the menu interface on the PlayStation.

Great video, and you got me excited for when I finally get my one. It's been order.....just got to play the waiting game...! 😄👍

Having a PS4 is definitely a reason as to why I have not yet gotten a PS5, Basically like what you said having decent graphics and still getting the story and enjoying the game for just what it is, is enough. I have been saving for a PS5 for quite a while now. I was ready to put down the money as well however, as the rumor of another PS5 variant it makes me want to wait more just to see what the new variant will bring external and internal, at the same time though, if the original PS5 was hard to get (still is), then I assume the new variant will also be difficult to get my hands on. I am split 50/50 on whether to wait until April for (dead island 2) or the announcement/release of a new variant of the PS5 if there is one.

For someone that games for short duration at a time, usually between other tasks, I feel the shorter load times definitely are worth the upgrade. With my PS4 I found myself basically waiting for most of my 30 minute breaks rather than game.

I literally just got my PS5 in this morning from the local USPS. I cant wait to get home and play it after work. It can join both my PC and my Xbox series X as battlestations that I can never wait to use.

Just got a PS5 last week as a gift. Playing GOW Ragnarok and Spider-Man. Absolutely beautiful. Ray tracing was something I never knew I needed. Cheers.

I upgraded from my ps4 in August. Must say just the quality of life improvements have been worth it for me so far. Could I have done without it and just stuck to my PS4? Yes it would have been fine. Do I want a great gaming experience yes so I got it. Upgraded my TV in 2020 in preparation for getting a PS5 so it all worked out for me. Waited a bit longer to get the console but im okay with that. Best game for me on PS5 so far is Returnal did went into it blind not knowing much about the game and it surprised me. Still to play Ragnarok and forbidden west. I will wait for Ragnarok to go on sale and still to redeem Forbidden west from the bundle I bought but after playing Ghost of Tsushima and now getting back into Elden Ring, im going to be taped out on open world stuff.

Great upgrade you've got...and that's just the Kef LSX 2 speakers on their stand's i'm talking about !

Final Fantasy XVI is going to be immersive, which is solely why I purchased a PlayStation 5 along with an LG G1. I’m so glad I did. Beating Final Fantasy VII Remake on it was unprecedentedly mind-blowing. The graphics were visually stunning like never before.

Hi. I had an Xbox series x but sold it recently to get a ps5 and I'm loving it so far my favourite thing about the ps5 is the controller I love the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers but I heard that having the controller speaker on and mic makes the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers weaker when playing games is this true?

just got mine in the mail today from playstation direct. can’t wait to try it out later tonight

Great video. I've been wrecking my head the past week whether to upgrade my Pro to a 5. Think I'll hold out another few months.

I think the loading times really make a huge difference. I played the first area of ER on PS4 before I got my PS5. And the loading was non existent. Also fan noise was no longer a thing.

I am mainly a PC gamer and recently bought a PS5 due to exclusives. After playing GoW Ragnarok, Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon FW, I can say it is 100% worth it.

I've had mine since Jan 2021 and have been impressed with its exclusives such as Ratchet & Clank and Returnal, especially the latter use of the Dual Sense controller. Also a bit disappointed but not surprised in some ways as many games are still cross-gen titles; although as you said having the SSD finally in a games console is excellent. Even though more fiddly in comparison to the Series X to expand; Sony allowing off-the-shelf (providing it meets spec requirements) versions of expandable storage has been great for the consumer; as their price has dropped once Sony enabled the slot. The huge fan has been another blessing, as I recall playing The Last of Us 2 and Spider-Man on my PS4; it was sooo loud and I had cleaned it out. I'd say Returnal is its best game, as it is not a sequel to anything and is at time of writing a PS5 exclusive. It is good but tough

It actually was yesterday for me! I love my PC but those PS exclusives just look incredible. That combined with the Dualsense and having a 120Hz VRR OLED TV made me pull the trigger for Christmas 🎄😁

My Tv does 4K HDR but not VRR or 120hz refresh rate and the upgrade from a ps4 pro is very noticeable. Ray tracing, maxed out draw distances and being true 4k is something I was looking forward to and please I recently spent the cash on it. Great buy.

The PS5 is one of my favorite video game consoles of all time, been gaming on console since the N64, yet the PS5 feels like the absolute perfect console, the dualsense, games, fun factor all are incredible , Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West are my favorite games 👏👏👏

I got one early release , I was very lucky because I actually participated in a lottery to get the buying right . I really love the load time and the games looks really nice . Dual sense is also a nice feature.

Definitely Horizon Forbidden West and Rachel & Clank Rift Apart are 2 of my top games on the PS5 right now, both are must play. Also, when I 1st got my PS5 I would toddle playing between both the PS4 Pro and PS5. As soon as I bought a 1 TB SSD (should be one of the 1st accessories you buy for PS5 btw!) I uploaded games like Jedi: Fallen Order, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man & RDR 2 among others. That is when I noticed the difference in much smoother gameplay running such games at locked 60FPS. I suddenly felt I went from apprentice to Master in my Jedi skills as my gameplay was more fluid and I really tore thru my second play through of Fallen Order on my PS5. 50 hit combos on Spider-Man are buttery smooth to execute and the motion Blur I would see from time to time on RDR 2 on my PS4 Pro was now gone on the PS5. Then there was Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut on PS5! This is how you are suppose to play Ghost of Tsushima! Plays, looks and sounds amazing (just need some kind of upgraded sound system like at least a 3.1 or a great set of headphones.) So as good as the new shiny PS5 games are don't neglect a 2nd play through of some amazing PS4 titles and see how much better they and you play!!!!

great review! love mine, makes me happy that I dont need a new gaming pc anytime soon

Still rocking a ps4!!! Gonna give it a year more before I try getting a ps5.

Just got my PS5 a week ago! I’ve been trying to get it for more than a year and I’ve been very happy!

I just got a 1440p 165hz monitor and I couldn't be happier playing on 120fps on supported games and the higher resolution. The TV I was playing on was a 65 inch 1080p.

What’s your monitor? Can you provide the link please

I am glad and lucky to have found ‘The Tech Chap’ channel. 👍 Thank you.

Great information as usual! I have the PS4 play mostly sports and open world games. I am waiting for a price drop... I do love the ps4 games that I play but having the upgrade would be good too..thoughts?

Excellent 2 year round up 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

Kinda tempted to get one now that they're available for sale. But idc much about fps or resolution. It'd be nice but til there's some exclusives, I think I should save my money. Plus I wanna wait for a slim

I think I just got lucky, happen to pop into my local game and it was one the few occasions they had both 1 physical and 1 digital in stock, got the disc version, they just had stock tricking in every so often. I completely skipped the PS4/Xbox One generation of consoles. RE Physical Discs, not just second market, I've seen some amazing prices on occasions. Managed to Purchase Rachet & Clank Rift Apart for £15 at Asda when its still going for near full price in Game today. I think it does open up more choices for purchases. The highest tier of PS Plus does seem to get the short straw these days.

I just got a 2nd hand PS5 and I am loving it. I am playing Cyberpunk 2077 patched rn and it is great. I have Elden Ring, Death stranding DC and Ghost of Tsushima DC coming. My first playstation since my trusty PSP. I am coming from a nintendo switch but ngl, my kids play that way more than me.

It's still extremely hard to get a PS5 in Germany. I ordered an Xbox series S and it's arriving on Monday and I'll use that until I can get a PS5. A video like this on the series S would be lovely Tom!

There's no merit to buying PS5 anymore more so now that cost of pc's is declining. And the best part is you can actually buy it. I lost interest in consoles now that there's no more time to play but it would have been great if I could buy it when it came out when I had the most time.

It's a great console with undoubtedly the better exclusives right now, no doubt, but the ecosystem is so crazy expensive now. The games, extra controllers, are just so pricey. I would love to play God of War: Ragnarok but it's hard to justify having it in addition to my XBOX/GamePass just for a few games. Hopefully it comes to PC like the first one did, otherwise I might spring for a pre-owned PS4 at some point.

Will you be testing the new Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED 34” monitor? Looks awesome…

The biggest misses on PS5 is the storage,

The sale shotrages cost them millions which is quite sad they needed to create like 30 million units.i had a ps4 for almost ten years, buying games that would cost me 95 dollars each from the store would cost me 30 dollars from stores literally the best decision to buy a physical copy

@TheTechChap What is your pick? A console or A PC. My point here is now PC peripherals are damn expensive and have impractical price tags on pc parts.

Great review Tom.

I just upgraded today. The UI seems interesting. I'm curious to see the load time on GT7 when i play it in PS5.

loads of them in Canada now in stores. I just bought the PS5 (March 23/ 2023) with the new God Of War 2 game with CD slot for $650 Canadian ($455 US) . A pile of ps5 box were on the floor at "The Source."and "Best Buy" Get the CD slot version ps5 so you can buy used bargain bin ps4 games like my Red Dead 2 CD for $10.

Just got myself the ps5 and I’m so excited!

Thanks for the video mate as always! Don't have one ... why ? can't afford one :D to be honest

I saved up £650 which was initially going to be towards a gaming PC but last week i thought you know what there is no way im getting a pc that does what ps5 does so i went and bought god war of edition ps5 disc version and spiderman miles morales. Ive gamed for 33 years now and i can honestly say this is the best console of all time without a question. Graphics are simply beautiful, system runs superbly and the controller is lush. I honestly dont know if ill go on my Xbox Series S now because it pales in comparison. The PS5 has given me so much joy over christmas so far ive never stopped smiling. Merry Christmas All.

I’ve had mine for a year and a half and one of the greatest part of must have been the very fact of been able to find one when it was sold out in almost every store.

Honestly , Everybody remembers waking up early on a school day to play fortnite or any other game really in 2018 - 2019 . What really broke my heart is they removed communities. I wanna go back to 2018 and 2019 and stay forever A. W times . I could remember playing with friends meeting people , A memory stuck in my head forever

Are you doing a 2 years later for the series x?

There have been alot more PS5’s lately. I’ve helped my friend get one and our local target and wal-mart had a good amount in stock. We ended up going to PC Richard’s and got the GOW bundle there because it was the closest store we could bust a move too. Finally lightening up

0:37 god of war games are the first reason for me to buy a playstation, like buying PS3 for GOW3, ascension, gow 1a2 collection and ghost of Sparta and chane of Olympus collection, playing 3 months this serial, that was good time

That fridge joke got me weak😭😂

Thank you, bro. Im about ti pick up a ps5. But I realized I still have a lot of backlog games in my PS4. So meh, imma wait for a year or two more

what if you have a ps4 slim - and have an LG C2 oled which supports 4k, VRR, 120 hz refreshrate. Would you upgrade to get the most of the TV :-D

MUHAHAHAAAAaaa... @ 6:36 The NEW FEATURE HELPS YOU TO DIE MORE OFTEN LOL 🤣😂😅👍👍

I have both and play ps5 more , I can also switch off crossplay on call of Duty ps5 which is a big plus for me. Glad we got 1440p finally

What TV do u have? It’s so clean

I’ve had my ps5 for a little over a year, I got ragnarok for Christmas and I can already confidently say that it is my favourite game I’ve played on ps5 so far!

Numerous reasons I am leaning towards getting a 5 and not a series x is due to mainly the no need to connect to internet out of the box. I recently upgraded homes, and my internet provider has not reached having services in my area so I am really going towards ps5. No nonsense. Just take it out and play.

Just ordered a ps5 comes in next Friday can't wait

Im getting a digital ps5 console next month on my bday, August 10th... I have one external hardrive with ps4 games on it but I'm going to be using the same account as my ps4 so I'll just download the 60+ games I have in my library

How would you scratch the black part on the ps5?

​​​got both series x & ps5 twice sold both twice . just sold bought series x & ps5 got a 3090ti + i9 13900k 32gb 6000mhz , 4tb ssd . for cost 6000usd . :) i may upgrade to 4090 gpu later . i miss ps5 & series x not used to pcs . i may get one of these consoles just a one thrid time . i grow with consoles way better then high end pcs . for easy access easy controll using controller to navigate on menu then on windows way more relaxing to do everything from bed with controller .

Hi tom can you do a review on the lenovo "82r1005huk" as you can see it has a uk model number bought one a few days ago but its so cheap and such high specs there must be a catch somewhere and also can you find out if you can upgrade the ram .The 82lx0050us with intel has a spare slot to do this .if it is true then this laptop is the ideal present for alle students on budget in the uk .Thanks Ben

PS5 have set a new standard for me in terms of cooling noise while gaming.

How can you use your Xbox for flight sim???

I love my PS5. Love the high Quality. I'm such a pixel peeper, I'm glad to see how good these PS5 games look and play. The PS5 games are too fun though I play too much competitive modes that make me turn off the triggers and vibration. Overall I'm so glad to have it. Real issue is the Dualsense Analogs...on my 4th controller...

One thing I really wish my Series X had that the PS5 has is an internal m.2 for upgradable storage. The proprietary seagate expansion card is highway robbery.

The last 2 years felt like there are no games for both consoles. I played more PS4 and Xbox One when they came out than I did with the PS5 and Series X.

So glad I got mine early 2021. This console is amazing

In terms of subs between PS+ vs GamePass, at least PS offers annual subs which works out cheaper. But I like that GP enables you to play on mobile phones independently, whilst PS remote play is a bit clunky.

Great Video 💪🏿📱

12 true PS5 games in 2 years is a disgrace. Mine has been sitting in a box in the closet for months.

So far the best games I played are GOW on PS5 & Elden Ring on XSX …. It has been 2yrs … need more AAA games running 4K @ 60Hz

I love 60 fps and fast loading times. But, still waiting for those next (current?) gen games to blow my mind with visuals and gameplay.

I love my PS5, but I can't understand why Sony can't put more reliable joysticks in the dualsense controller or at least on the Dualsense edge. My original controller started having drift issues after only around 400 hours of gameplay. I hope we get some decent third-party controllers that bring the DualSense features along with Hall sensors. Great video as always, cheers!

An amazing wrap up that touches at about every single salient point of the current Sony playstation ecosystem. Well done! And yes my ps5 I had since day1 is amazing and gets way more use even though I have a 4090! The exclusives, the dualsense, the convenience, everything just pieces together seamlessly!

If you have a 4K tv then yes PS5 does make a huge difference

I just got one today!

Which TV are you using in this video? Please

Out of curiosity what is the game at 3:30

I'm currently on the fence between buying PS4 or PS5 for playing on my 720p projector. I definitely understand that PS5 would be overkill for that resolution, but it's much more future-proof, and doesn't sound like a jet engine when rendering complex scenes like PS4. However I can swap HDD to a massive and relatively fast SSD in PS4 for the cost of a ramen, so do I really want to pay $300 extra for that silence (based on the second-hand market prices in Australia)?

I've got a rescue cat, lol. I need o know what game that was with the cat? Please and thank you!

+The Tech Chap I have a PlayStation 5 and I think my favorite game is Spider-Man Miles Morales. I love that game.

What tv do you use?

Having a PS4 is definitely a reason as to why I have not yet gotten a PS5, Basically like what you said having decent graphics and still getting the story and enjoying the game for just what it is, is enough. I have been saving for a PS5 for quite a while now. I was ready to put down the money as well however, as the rumor of another PS5 variant it makes me want to wait more just to see what the new variant will bring external and internal, at the same time though, if the original PS5 was hard to get (still is), then I assume the new

Just got my PS5 earlier this month . Great console my favorite game although old because I missed it right now is The Last Of Us Part 2 and I finished that now I’m playing Ghost Of Tshimu and it shocked me it is a great game!

Should i get a series x if i have a ps4?

I’m a hesitant gamer who loves the older games, and it hesitant with the new games. But maybe I just need to bite the bullet and dive into the newer games. Newer as in post ps3. I’m primarily a Nintendo nerd. And I sort of prefer not overly bloody and gory games. Maybe I just need a little education. Lol. Is final fantasy worth starting from the beginning? I’ve never played any of them. My fav games of all time are kingdom hearts, smash bros series, stardew valley, I do like elder scrolls Skyrim tho it terrifies me a little lol. Maybe I’m a light hearted type of gamer. Any suggestions?

I actually got it 24th december for christmas!

Are the graphics really that much better, or is performance that is most improved