hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and can you believe it has been nearly 3 years since the PS5
launched and for the most part it's been awesome we've seen loads of new games new accessories and
updates that have made the PlayStation 5 even better we've had games like Horizon forbidden
West Spider-Man and Demons Souls as well as the release of PSVR2 the DualSense Edge controller
and not forgetting the upcoming PlayStation Portal and the new PS5 console I think after 3 years and
40 million sales worldwide is the perfect time to kind of reflect on the good and the bad as
well as the areas it could still do with some improvement so whether you've been lucky enough
to own a PS5 for the last few years and you just want to reminisce on your journey so far or you're
wondering if it's still worth picking one up today well hopefully this video will help you out now
before we jump in drop a like if you already have a PS5 so one of the biggest issues that we saw at
launch and for the first 2 years was the stock it might seem like a distant memory now but you
couldn't just walk into a store and buy one and some people will pay nearly double the RP which
looking back just seems unreal well fast 4 to 3 years and it's awesome to see that Sony have
finally been able to meet demand as these are readily available almost everywhere on top of
that the prices have actually come down a little bit since launch so if you've not got one yet now
could be the perfect time especially with a huge library of games we have available and
talking of games my ever increasing backlog tells me we've had a lot of great new releases over the
last few months let alone the last 3 years I'm not sure about you but I cannot help but jump
on every new release even if only to finish the main story before jumping on to the next game
I do keep telling myself that I will go back and finish those trophies but from what we've seen so
far it's been a great time for us Gamers I think 2023 has been incredibly strong for new releases
and here are some of my favorite first party games games I really believe every PS5 owner should at
least play once not only do they look good and showcase the performance of the PS5 but they
have great story lines and gameplay so Spider-Man Mars Morales is a must play especially if you've
played the first Spider-Man or the remastered version this game also has me super hyped for
Spider-Man 2 which is coming out later this month then we've had games like Horizon forbidden West
which was a brilliant game and only made better with the burning Shores DLC which was exclusive
to the PS5 we've also of course had God of War Ragnarok The Last of Us Part One remastered Grand
Turismo 7 and death stranding I could keep going but almost every PlayStation Studio release has
been awesome then we have the third party AAA games which although are technically available
on the PS4 as well they will play so much better on the PS5 Call of Duty Final Fantasy 16 star Wars
Jedi Survivor Elder ring and the crew motorfest and it's not just the visuals it's the load times
that have improved 3 years on you kind of take it for granted how quickly these games load but one
thing that's worth pointing out is although the PlayStation 5 does natively support 4K and 120
FPS there aren't a ton of games out there that offer both of these options we're still seeing
most games capped at 60 FPS but the games that do support the 410 look incredible and I think
as time goes on I would expect more games to give us both the performance and the visual
mode to swap between and not forgetting the huge library of PS4 games that are available
via backwards compatibility this means whether you're upgrading from your PS4 and you need to
transfer over your backlog or there are still games you've never played but you can still
play those on the PS5 games like Mafia The Last of Us Part Two god of war and days gone there are so
many incredible games out there that it's great to see that we can still play these on the PS5 on top
of that a lot of these PS4 games are seeing PS5 updates and this either unlocks higher resolution
or higher frame rates take red Dead Redemption only last week we got a 60 FPS update for the
PS5 now one of the most frequent questions I get from friends family and viewers is is it
really worth the upgrade from the PlayStation 4 to a PlayStation 5 and the short answer is yes
100% it is worth the upgrade sure there are still hundreds of new games released every year that are
still available on both the PS4 and the PS5 so the incentive to upgrade isn't really there but there
are noticeable advantages if you do now whether you benefit from The increased performance kind
of comes down to two things one is the games that you play are you wanting to play high demanding
games like God of War and you want it to run as smoothly as possible and two if you have a TV or
monitor that will support those added features I mean it's no good saying you want a PS5 for 4K
gaming if you're using a 1080p monitor or you say you want a higher frame rate but your TV is stuck
at just 60 FPS ideally you will have a monitor or a TV that supports everything that PS5 has to
offer but those two points aside here are the advantages that make the PS5 a worthy upgrade
the first is the fact that it won't sound like a jet engine how many times have you played on
the PlayStation 4 only to hear the fans over the sound coming from your TV or you're online and
you can literally hear the fans in the background of your friend's mic well on the PS5 it is silent
like whisper quiet also the low times you don't appreciate how fast the PS5 is until you go back
and compare it to the PlayStation 4 the bootup time menu navigation and loading games is so
fast obviously that is a massive help with the SSD versus the hard drive but the performance of
the PS5 just made makes everything so much easier and more enjoyable to use on top of that I think
we're going to start to see more and more games released at are PS5 only which means if you want
to play them you will have to upgrade eventually take Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine huge games that
are releasing and they will not be coming to the PS4 so at launch it was clear that the PlayStation
5 was designed for the covers on the side to be replaced and shortly after that we started to
see those third party plates popping up then in early 2021 we did get the first official
Sony covers available on their store these were the midnight black the cosmic red and Galactic
purple but since then we've had a total of 12 colors announced or released this has included
the Starlight blue Nova pink and the gray camo as well as a few limited edition options like the
Spider-Man 2 I did actually miss out on these when they went up for pre-order but I did manage to get
the console instead then more recently we've got the new deep Earth collection where we get these
three new colors I'm already liking the look of the sterling silver is giving me those PS1 gray
vipes but for PlayStation to give us the option to change the look of the console simply by swapping
the plates is such a great idea it's easy for us to do and doesn't ruin the original covers
then as well as the covers we've also seen the matching controllers as well we're up to about
15 controllers now including the same galaxy range a few gaming themed ones like the God of
War Ragnarok Hogwarts Legacy and the Spider-Man 2 as well as this one here from LeBron James I
mean there's really no need to buy them all but it's great to see a wide range of designs and
colors to suit everyone now we're just missing the translucent range like we had on the PlayStation
4 the big one though was the Dual sensor Edge this is the Pro Controller that PlayStation brought out
in January 2023 it's essentially a dual sense that's been heavily modded so we get the same
great features like adaptive triggers and haptic feedback but we get so much more this comes with
adjustable triggers you can swap between standard and instant at a click of a button this is perfect
for those FPS games where you need that instant response but of course you can still swap back
to a normal mode for your racing games it also has these two rear mappable buttons so you can
click buttons that you'd normally need to remove your thumbs from the thumbsticks to press and the
fact that you can swap out the entire thumbstick module for a new one is a real game changer we've
all heard of stick drift and this is one way to increase the lifespan of the controller as it's
likely the very first thing to go wrong and then back in February 2023 PlayStation released the
psvr2 a virtual reality headset that works with the PlayStation 5 this has been one of
those accessories that are used a lot during the winter months then over summer I've hardly used
it but this is probably driven mostly by the game releases but the games that we've had so
far have been in awesome essentially we get two sense controllers to navigate the VR world and
the headset which needs to be plugged into the PS5 now most of the games are exclusive to VR
so games like Moss or pistol weapon Horizon call of the mountain but we have also seen some normal
PS5 games updated with VR features so games like Resident Evil or even Grand Turismo 7 is one of
those games it's completely changes the way the game looks and feels and it blows me away just
how impressive it is so combining the whole list of accessories that we now have available for the
PlayStation 5 it feels like we've got a complete package from A Game's console point of view I
don't think there's much else we could possibly need so another feature worth talking about is
PlayStation Plus this has had an overhaul since it first launched and over the last few years
we've seen it completely redesigned into a new tier system whether you think it's worth buying
comes down to if you see value in the offerings from each tier but I think this is something that
just adds to the overall experience on the PS5 it means you don't always need to buy the latest
AAA games as there are hundreds of games here to play personally I'm on the premium package
but that's only because I was automatically upgraded when they merged both PS now and ps+
together but basically this is what we get in each package essential gives us monthly games
online multiplayer discounts and cloud storage this is what we got in the original ps+ back in
the day then we have the extra plan which comes with the same as essential with the added benefit
of hundreds of games in the game catalog and the Ubisoft plus Classics so games like Spider-Man
Mars Morales Horizon forbidden West and back for blood are all included in this plan and
the top plan is premium this has all of the other perks plus the classic games catalog game trials
and Cloud streaming this essentially gives you another few 100 games that you can either download
or stream including PlayStation 1 PlayStation 2 and Playstation 3 games now these plans were not
cheap to begin with and very recently PlayStation did increase these by$ 20 to $40 per year and it
wasn't clear why at the time but I think as time goes on we will start to see more benefits added
to justifier it or at least that's what I'm hoping to see but only last month we did see the new Sony
pictures core platform announced which will be included in the extra and the premium plans
this is Sony's new movie streaming platform and will include about 100 movies at no cost to you
it'll also give you early access and discounted prices to some Sony Pictures movies I would kind
of compare this to Apple TV where you can stream and buy rather than Netflix which is for streaming
only another big feature is the ability to Remote Play It's Not Perfect by any means but it allows
us to play games stored on the console to any Remote Play enabled device things like your phone
tablet or laptop can all be used then controllers like the backbone one brings proper game controls
to your phone while devices like the Logitech g-cloud And Rog Ally are awesome handheld consoles
that do it all now the benefit is you can pick up and play without needing to sit at your desk
or in your living room but the downside is you do need to have your PS5 switched on and running for
it to work it doesn't actually use cloud gaming it literally streams from the PlayStation 5 now
there's obviously been enough interest in this way of playing for PlayStation to announce the
PlayStation portal which is Sony's own handheld streaming device this works in the same way as
the Logitech g-cloud in that it only streams games rather than stores them locally but it gives us a
massive benefit of the dual shot controls already built in now I know this device has had a lot of
hate since it was first announced but I think with a few tweaks this could be a perfect device the
fact that it needs to connect your PS5 to work is a huge downside however I really believe that they
will eventually unlock cloud gaming and this will allow you to stream games and bypass the need for
a PS5 maybe it's wishful thinking but until then streaming from the PS5 will still be awesome while
at home when it comes to the UI and menus of the PS5 I still think it's one of the cleanest uis
that we've seen not much has changed since day one and we still have the game tiles and a full screen
wallpapers behind as you navigate through but what we have seen are small tweaks that have made using
the PS5 that little bit easier originally you didn't know if you had a PS4 or a PS5 version
of the game installed whereas now we do have those little PS4 and PS5 icons next to each one and the
trophy list has been updated to be more user friendly they even added the ability to enable
system haptic feedback so you can fill a vibration As you move around the screen the fact is over
the last few years each beta or public software update that they have pushed has a dozen or so
new features that most of us are asking for things like 1440p support Dolby Atmos increased storage
Discord and the big one being able to mute your PS5 startup sound it's such a small feature but
for some it means you can turn on your PS5 without waking or annoying others in your house as for
the storage while by default the PlayStation 5 comes with 825 GB of which just 667 GB are
usable PlayStation did initially lock the internal expansion Bay so you couldn't add any more storage
but they have since allowed up to 4 terab ssds to be inserted then within the last month they have
increased that to now 8 terabytes this means you can literally have more than 10 times the storage
inside your PS5 that is incredible that being said there are still a few areas that I want to
see improved or at least added to within the next update let me know if you agree with any of these
or if there are any of your own that you'd like to add below firstly I want to see folders added to
the home screen yes the game lists are great but I want folders I want to see these on the dashboard
not hidden away in the game Library secondly I want themes I have been saying this since my
launch day unboxing video but I still want the ability to add my own themes I know games have
their own backdrops and music as you hover over them but wouldn't it be cool if you could create
your own or download game related ones from the store and finally I would like to see a
web browser again this was on the PS4 so it would be really useful to have it on here as well other
than that the PS5 has seen some awesome updates so far slowly rolling out features that we've all
been asking for but if there are still some that you're wanting to see drop them below as you never
know who's reading these comments so what does the future of the PS5 look like today well the fact
that we are 3 years in means there's a good chance we're about halfway into the life cycle of the PS5
or at least halfway in until we should expect to see a ps6 announcement that's taken into account
the usual 6 to 7 years before each major console update and then only this week we've just had the
new PlayStation 5 announced essentially this is the PS5 slim which will come out in November it's
going to be 30% smaller have a 1 TB SSD and four removable panels it will also have an attachable
disc drive which you can swap out or add at a later date to the digital version this new
model will eventually replace their PS5 as we know it today so if you want the original PS5 now is
the time to to get it then of course we have the rumored PS5 Pro which we will likely see sometime
next year but I imagine that to be considerably more expensive and it's for that reason that I
still feel the PS5 is in its infancy it feels like it's only just getting started we've got new games
on the horizon like Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine the PlayStation portal cloud gaming and streaming
as well as of course the recent news of Jim Ryan stepping down as CEO he is retiring after 30 years
with PlayStation now this alone will potentially take the company and console in a whole different
direction now only time will tell but I've got high hopes that the future of the PS5 is looking
good for me the PS5 is one of the best consoles that we've ever seen released I say one of as the
PS2 and the Xbox 360 will always have a special place for me but value for money performance the
game catalog PS4 backwards compatibility psvr2 and the upcoming games pair that with the movie
streaming options and the PS5 is a solid buy as a central entertainment system and from what we've
seen so far I think we've got a strong f few years ahead I'm actually really excited to see
what PlayStation have in store for us next so that was a recap and update on the PlayStation
5 and what it's been like after 3 years and why I think it is an awesome game console that
every gamer should own now tell me do you own a PlayStation 5 and drop a PS5 in the comments
and I'll give you a thumbs up for staying right till the end and if you did enjoy today's video
check out my top 10 games to playay video next as it covers 10 games releasing in October that you
don't want to miss well thanks for watching please like and follow me everywhere until next time