Wizz-Art
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As the thread title says, I'm not that happy with my newly bought Spiderman 2 edition PS5 which is about 3 months old now.
After getting the platinum on Days Gone a few days ago, I yesterday received the new drive to expand the storage. I installed it, and when reconnecting the PS5 everything looked good, so I get to move stuff over from the external HDD to the new NVMe (a Samsung Pro 990 4TB) I just installed.
There I encountered my first issue, on my Xbox's I'm used that the task of moving and copying stuff from one disk to another is a background task and that I still can use the system in the meantime for everything else, playing games, streaming or using an app etc. On the PS5 it completely locks you out and the task is prominent on screen with only the option to cancel the task and nothing else. I had close to 1 TB of moving to do, so I figured; well I'm going to use the XSX in the meantime to watch something until it finishes moving the stuff.
A couple of hours later I switched the input of my receiver to the PS5 again, in the meantime the system was turned off by itself. So I started it up and was greeted by a notice that said something like; 'something went wrong!' whatever I tried, I couldn't get the PS5 to boot normally, it just was blinking blue and didn't display anything on screen, so I tried a hard restart by holding the power button long enough until it signaled a beep. Disconnecting from the power outlet for ~15 minutes. Starting back up in safe mode, but the same issue. when in safe mode I had a picture and a couple of options, so I decided maybe there was an update and I missed it because it was running the task of moving stuff between drives.
It downloaded a new firmware update but when it needed to restart, it went to blinking blue again and no picture on the TV. After an hour going over the same proces again and again I grabbed an USB stick, downloaded the PS recovery file to reset the PS5 back to it's factory settings, which ment everything was lost – my savegame of Days Gone as I wanted to try New Game+ after completing it the other night...really sucks balls – as I don't have PS Plus (and don't plan to get it as I do all my multiplayer gaming on Xbox anyway) and of course couldn't make back-ups because I couldn't even get into the main menu. In this day and age cloud saves should not be locked behind a paywall, I'm not paying for something that Xbox offers for free.
Well after the reset to factory state with the USB, the system booted up like it was when I got it. Had to login to my PS account, manage some settings and download my whole library again.
Next problem, and currently the biggest problem I have. The library icon which was on the the taskbar above, is gone. It's not there anymore, WTF!? So I had to go through my PS account purchases to find everything again and start the download by going through the store again. Now I'm thinking of going through the factory reset again, but first I move all the downloaded stuff to an external HDD first and safely disconnect it before I start that whole proces again, to see if it fixes it. I'm skeptical but it removed it after a factory reset so why would it come back after doing another you know...
Am I just unlucky with PS stuff? I had an OG PS a year or so after release – As a SEGA fan I bought the Saturn first on day one. That's the only PS console I had no problems with. I bought a PS2 once GTAIII released, it had disc reading problems. I had to eject discs a couple of times before it started to read a disc. Had a PS3 I barely even used and the Blu-ray drive suddenly decided not to work a year and a month out of the 1-year warranty, they (PS CS) quoted €150 for repairs and that's when I swore off Sony products untill I got the PS5 recently, thankfully my brother gave me his slim when he moved abroad. My OG Xbox had Rrod, but MS fixed it over 2 years out of warranty and I never ever had one single problem with my Xbox's except for that OG 360. I also had the black with the revision Jasper chip (IIRC), it still was working when I unplugged it to make room for new tech. I also have the limited edition Star Wars R2D2 one. I have a white Xbox One (released with Sunset Overdrive), an One S currently connected at my parents place, used almost daily as a streaming device, have the first black One X and couldn't resist getting the limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 One X console which is a beauty. I also have a XSX. All of them work without a flaw. The only thing I had was stick drift on the white OG One controller and on the black XSX controller, both drifted on the left sticks a couple of years after I got them. Otherwise none.
Another thing, if I want to shut down the Xbox I press the Xbox guide button for a second, press up on the D-pad and confirm with A. Very easy, I can do it blindly. To my knowledge there isn't something like that on the PS5, I first press the PS guide button go all the way to the left and select the shut down right?
I hate that the controller needs to re-charge daily if I use it for a couple of hours, I have a lot of eneloops laying arround so to switch them out is always better than to connect a cable IMHO. So I bought a second controller and the charging dock last week when they had a sale on the PS store. So that way I'll always have at least a controller charged.
By the way, I don't care for trophies at all, but after reading the old Days Gone OT and getting to know that the platinum for that game unlocks a dynamic theme I knew I had to get it, it was my first and probably last platinum. My XSX has the State of Decay 2 dynamic background which was my favourite and most played game last gen, that's also why I picked Days Gone as my next game to play to scratch the post-apocalyptic zombie itch. Very nice game, but I like the base building and survival mechanics of State of Decay 2 better and it's a real shame Sony doesn't greenlight a sequel which could've added better survival mechanics and building. But before drifting too far off, after getting the platinum trophy I went to settings and try to change the background... well to my surprise you can't. PS5 doesn't allow it... and people were claiming the PS UI was better than the Xbox? This is not true at all, not even close! On Xbox I can customize nearly everything, from background, colors and pin the games/apps I play/use most to the homescreen. And I can find everything with ease because the UI is intuitive, at least I can go to my games library without a problem...
Talking about games.
I did it also with the Switch, I bought almost every damn exclusive on that system. On PS because I missed the PS4 gen I've done the same. I only didn't get the Final Fantasy exclusives because I have no interest in them and the WipeOut collection isn't available to buy in the store but only playable through PS+ in which I have no interest. The PS is my exclusives console, I might buy games that I liked on Xbox when they are really cheap like the NFS games which were under €5 each for the deluxe editions to maybe one day replay them again, lol like that'll ever happen.
Another thing what I'd like to ask about is how does the suspend and resume work, it's really hit and miss thus far with at least Days Gone, sometimes it remembers where I was and I could continue right where I left off, and other times I had to start the game from the start again and load my last save? I really miss quick resume a lot when I'm on other consoles.
So that were my first 3 months with the system, a mixed bag because I have some issues that I explained thoroughly. I like the fact that for the price of a 2TB Xbox expansion card €319, I've bought the 4TB NVMe Samsung 990Pro. So that's double the memory for the same price, I didn't like the fact that is wasn't as straight forward to install as on the XSX though and that it created an issue so severe I had to factory reset the console. And the damn game library icon is completely gone now, I'm really hesitant to go through a whole factory reset again and maybe doing it for nothing, anybody with advise?
After getting the platinum on Days Gone a few days ago, I yesterday received the new drive to expand the storage. I installed it, and when reconnecting the PS5 everything looked good, so I get to move stuff over from the external HDD to the new NVMe (a Samsung Pro 990 4TB) I just installed.
There I encountered my first issue, on my Xbox's I'm used that the task of moving and copying stuff from one disk to another is a background task and that I still can use the system in the meantime for everything else, playing games, streaming or using an app etc. On the PS5 it completely locks you out and the task is prominent on screen with only the option to cancel the task and nothing else. I had close to 1 TB of moving to do, so I figured; well I'm going to use the XSX in the meantime to watch something until it finishes moving the stuff.
A couple of hours later I switched the input of my receiver to the PS5 again, in the meantime the system was turned off by itself. So I started it up and was greeted by a notice that said something like; 'something went wrong!' whatever I tried, I couldn't get the PS5 to boot normally, it just was blinking blue and didn't display anything on screen, so I tried a hard restart by holding the power button long enough until it signaled a beep. Disconnecting from the power outlet for ~15 minutes. Starting back up in safe mode, but the same issue. when in safe mode I had a picture and a couple of options, so I decided maybe there was an update and I missed it because it was running the task of moving stuff between drives.
It downloaded a new firmware update but when it needed to restart, it went to blinking blue again and no picture on the TV. After an hour going over the same proces again and again I grabbed an USB stick, downloaded the PS recovery file to reset the PS5 back to it's factory settings, which ment everything was lost – my savegame of Days Gone as I wanted to try New Game+ after completing it the other night...really sucks balls – as I don't have PS Plus (and don't plan to get it as I do all my multiplayer gaming on Xbox anyway) and of course couldn't make back-ups because I couldn't even get into the main menu. In this day and age cloud saves should not be locked behind a paywall, I'm not paying for something that Xbox offers for free.
Well after the reset to factory state with the USB, the system booted up like it was when I got it. Had to login to my PS account, manage some settings and download my whole library again.
Next problem, and currently the biggest problem I have. The library icon which was on the the taskbar above, is gone. It's not there anymore, WTF!? So I had to go through my PS account purchases to find everything again and start the download by going through the store again. Now I'm thinking of going through the factory reset again, but first I move all the downloaded stuff to an external HDD first and safely disconnect it before I start that whole proces again, to see if it fixes it. I'm skeptical but it removed it after a factory reset so why would it come back after doing another you know...
Am I just unlucky with PS stuff? I had an OG PS a year or so after release – As a SEGA fan I bought the Saturn first on day one. That's the only PS console I had no problems with. I bought a PS2 once GTAIII released, it had disc reading problems. I had to eject discs a couple of times before it started to read a disc. Had a PS3 I barely even used and the Blu-ray drive suddenly decided not to work a year and a month out of the 1-year warranty, they (PS CS) quoted €150 for repairs and that's when I swore off Sony products untill I got the PS5 recently, thankfully my brother gave me his slim when he moved abroad. My OG Xbox had Rrod, but MS fixed it over 2 years out of warranty and I never ever had one single problem with my Xbox's except for that OG 360. I also had the black with the revision Jasper chip (IIRC), it still was working when I unplugged it to make room for new tech. I also have the limited edition Star Wars R2D2 one. I have a white Xbox One (released with Sunset Overdrive), an One S currently connected at my parents place, used almost daily as a streaming device, have the first black One X and couldn't resist getting the limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 One X console which is a beauty. I also have a XSX. All of them work without a flaw. The only thing I had was stick drift on the white OG One controller and on the black XSX controller, both drifted on the left sticks a couple of years after I got them. Otherwise none.
Another thing, if I want to shut down the Xbox I press the Xbox guide button for a second, press up on the D-pad and confirm with A. Very easy, I can do it blindly. To my knowledge there isn't something like that on the PS5, I first press the PS guide button go all the way to the left and select the shut down right?
I hate that the controller needs to re-charge daily if I use it for a couple of hours, I have a lot of eneloops laying arround so to switch them out is always better than to connect a cable IMHO. So I bought a second controller and the charging dock last week when they had a sale on the PS store. So that way I'll always have at least a controller charged.
By the way, I don't care for trophies at all, but after reading the old Days Gone OT and getting to know that the platinum for that game unlocks a dynamic theme I knew I had to get it, it was my first and probably last platinum. My XSX has the State of Decay 2 dynamic background which was my favourite and most played game last gen, that's also why I picked Days Gone as my next game to play to scratch the post-apocalyptic zombie itch. Very nice game, but I like the base building and survival mechanics of State of Decay 2 better and it's a real shame Sony doesn't greenlight a sequel which could've added better survival mechanics and building. But before drifting too far off, after getting the platinum trophy I went to settings and try to change the background... well to my surprise you can't. PS5 doesn't allow it... and people were claiming the PS UI was better than the Xbox? This is not true at all, not even close! On Xbox I can customize nearly everything, from background, colors and pin the games/apps I play/use most to the homescreen. And I can find everything with ease because the UI is intuitive, at least I can go to my games library without a problem...
Talking about games.
I did it also with the Switch, I bought almost every damn exclusive on that system. On PS because I missed the PS4 gen I've done the same. I only didn't get the Final Fantasy exclusives because I have no interest in them and the WipeOut collection isn't available to buy in the store but only playable through PS+ in which I have no interest. The PS is my exclusives console, I might buy games that I liked on Xbox when they are really cheap like the NFS games which were under €5 each for the deluxe editions to maybe one day replay them again, lol like that'll ever happen.
Another thing what I'd like to ask about is how does the suspend and resume work, it's really hit and miss thus far with at least Days Gone, sometimes it remembers where I was and I could continue right where I left off, and other times I had to start the game from the start again and load my last save? I really miss quick resume a lot when I'm on other consoles.
So that were my first 3 months with the system, a mixed bag because I have some issues that I explained thoroughly. I like the fact that for the price of a 2TB Xbox expansion card €319, I've bought the 4TB NVMe Samsung 990Pro. So that's double the memory for the same price, I didn't like the fact that is wasn't as straight forward to install as on the XSX though and that it created an issue so severe I had to factory reset the console. And the damn game library icon is completely gone now, I'm really hesitant to go through a whole factory reset again and maybe doing it for nothing, anybody with advise?
