As one of the lucky ones to own a PS5 during the Sony launch in March in Vietnam, I used to feel very lucky, but after a year, is that still true?
What makes the PS5 more attractive than its predecessors is its backward compatibility with the previous PS4, which made it available at the time of its launch with a massive amount of games. Not only stopping at playing PS4 games, many old games when played on PS5 have certain visual improvements that make gamers fall in love. Not to mention the first time I touched the DualSense controller with the game COD: Black Ops (2021), Returnal made me feel that the money I spent was well worth it when my touch felt the experience. very new experience. But after a year of experience, the reverse side of this machine gradually revealed.
First of all, I have to talk about the game because I can play PS4 games, so during the past year, the number of outstanding games for PS5 is quite small, including: Deathloops, Returnal, Ratchet, …. the rest are mostly games. The game was released on two systems. The slow release of exclusive games doesn’t bother me to get them cheap anyway, but for those paying two or three times the list price, this isn’t something to be happy about. What makes me feel disappointed is that if at first the game makers were very focused on releasing graphics patches to make the PS5 version look more sparkling than the PS4 version, now they are quite lazy ( It may be due to the impact of the translation that the above studios do not have enough people to take care of the versions). The capacity in the machine is quite small with 825gb, but only 649GB is available, just enough for you to hold 3-6 AAA games (I had to consider upgrading the PS5 hard drive many times). Visuals are undeniably one of the PS5’s strongest points, but the requirement to have a device that properly supports HDMI 2.1 makes it extremely expensive to enjoy the full beauty of the game.
On the hardware side of the device, there are also many minor errors that can be mentioned such as disk jams, black screen, unexpected software failure, …. The most serious can be mentioned that the new Sony controller model is facing. with a serious error of analog drift after only 3 months of use (I’m lucky not but my friend got both hands because he is a loyal fan of PES), the repair cost is not too expensive, but it takes my time. gamers a lot. Not only has the problem of durability, the new features of the PS5 controller model have also had many problems in the past year, the Adaptive Trigger feature when using it for the first time you can feel happy, attractive but try playing games that require quick response like COD Warzone. The fact that the trigger becomes too hard or does not eat makes the game games gradually become a torture.
After those experiences over the past year, if I was asked if I should buy a PS5 at this time, I would answer frankly that if you can buy it at the list price, yes, but if you have to spend a lot of money. Better yet, buy a PS4 2nd hand to play with while you wait for these new generation gaming consoles to stabilize.