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Yeah it's a bit clusterfecky now. MM crashed again, then made the whole machine run super slow for a while. And Demon Souls uninstalled itself, without pressing that copy button too.
What is the copy button all about? I saw it when trying to install cod again.
 

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It's on the machine side 100%, but they'll iron it all out in no time I'm sure. Still, it's annoying as it does seem very rushed compared to the X.
Sounds very annoying :( Touching wood(my guitar) my PS5 will be fine :lol: although it's already had a rest mode issue but thankfully no game crashes.
 

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Any news one stock would be appreciated.
 

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Working on Run Astro Run! For the plat. I did well on the first course, but getting all of these (especially the suit levels) under 50 seconds sounds like a nightmare
 

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No problems on my end with PS5.

- Wifi download speeds are plus 140 and sometimes as high as 160, and that's being upstairs away from the router. I'm with Virgin on the 200mb connection.
- Rest mode is apparently buggy, especially on SM:MM so I tried to rest mode it on that game and had no problems; not with any game.
- No crashes, freezing or errors of any kind so far.

Also, if anyone wants a really good headphone experience on this, try out Last of Us Remastered. It sounds superb with the hardware.
 

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Loving Spider-Man MM. No idea what I “should” be doing. Decided to go after the tech loot boxes.

I love just swinging around through New York though. The graphics are incredible.
 

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Spider-Man is brilliant and I like that it’s short, definitely feels like a game where 10-12 hours would feel right. I got the Ultimate edition so will play remastered original at some point too. I will move on to Watch Dogs and then Assassins Creed once I’ve finished, I tried both and visually they look stunning too. Obviously majority of my playing time will be in NBA, loving the new camera and the game feels super smooth. I tried COD as well, I still suck but I will play it every now and again.

Loading times are the biggest advantage of this generation for me so far. I have been working from home since pandemic started and often get those 10-15 minutes between meetings that I don’t really have anything to do with. On PS4/XO it was impossible to put any games on as it would have taken a few minutes to boot them up. Here it’s literally 10 seconds and you are playing. I never realized how much of a hassle those loading times were.

The pad is fantastic. Played Dirt 5 a bit and liked how they utilized it there, though I will trade the game as with Horizon 4 I don’t feel like I need any other racing games at all.
 

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Either you're an undercover Leicester Supporter or somebody is stealing your stuff...

I stole it from HUKD, Detective Pocco. Arrest me right now @horsechoker was right about the police being close.

You just need to look at where the image link comes from. I wish I had a TV like that though. But sadly for @Pexbo I don’t. Just like he doesn’t have a PS5.
 

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By the way - PS Now does not let you play FIFA online. Only PS plus does. Ah well. Loads of games. May not bother with online play until more people get the console anyway.
 

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By the way - PS Now does not let you play FIFA online. Only PS plus does. Ah well. Loads of games. May not bother with online play until more people get the console anyway.
On the plus side (pun not intended) some of the DualSense features seem to work on some of the games on the PSNow system - F1 2020 being the game I came across which had it
 

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PSA: For those who’ve had disc games uninstalling themselves Sony are aware of the issue so imagine a patch is incoming. BUT the fix is when you put a disc in don’t click ‘copy’ after a few minutes it will automatically copy over. From there on in it shouldn’t uninstall itself. I had the issue happen with all three games I installed and now I did that it hasn’t happened again.
 

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Encountered my first bug with PS5.

Completed the final cheeve on Astros. My first plat on PS5, my first Plat ever (I usually finish the story and log out, never really chased one before but I loved Astro) and the game crashed so the system didn't save a video or screenshot. Feels bad.

 

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Astros is simply fantastic. Really feels next gen and brings out the full potential of the DualSense controller.
 

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Astros is simply fantastic. Really feels next gen and brings out the full potential of the DualSense controller.
Totally agree. I expected to spend my first day with a PS5 playing Spiderman. Instead I spent the day 100% completing Astro.

And the DualSense really is a bit special. My partner isn't a gamer but she ended up playing a lot of Astro today, in large part due to DualSense.

I still have nightmares about Sixaxis controls on PS3, but in Astro everything from blowing on the microphone, to using the controller to guide the rocket/frog suits was a delight.

She was very disappointed when she found out most games won't use DualSense like Astro does. I know better than to expert support from the likes of EA, but hopefully first party games will continue to make good use of this impressive tech
 

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Totally agree. I expected to spend my first day with a PS5 playing Spiderman. Instead I spent the day 100% completing Astro.

And the DualSense really is a bit special. My partner isn't a gamer but she ended up playing a lot of Astro today, in large part due to DualSense.

I still have nightmares about Sixaxis controls on PS3, but in Astro everything from blowing on the microphone, to using the controller to guide the rocket/frog suits was a delight.

She was very disappointed when she found out most games won't use DualSense like Astro does. I know better than to expert support from the likes of EA, but hopefully first party games will continue to make good use of this impressive tech
It really is quality. I too was expecting to be playing Spider-Man MM on day 1 but I’ve been playing Astro’s pretty much non-stop since receiving the console on Thursday.

Will definitely be giving Spider-Man MM & Demon’s Souls a go tomorrow just to make a change.

Yep, I hope the developers really do utilise this controller to its full potential as it really is something special.
 

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Ordered PS5 Thursday morning, completed Astros Friday afternoon. Good stuff John Lewis.

What a gem of a game.
 

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Anyone in here buy from amazon UK?

I had my preorder placed by 9.05 on opening day and yet I'm sitting here empty-handed

Received despatch notification for the 18th, then a second notification of a delay until the 19th. Then yesterday I get one stating they are unable to find the stock for my order and cannot advise a date. I'm fuming here :mad:

I'm hoping it's just admin mess and it will arrive today or Monday, if I've missed out entirely I'll be writing some very strongly worded emails. Very strong indeed

Can anyone give me hope? Did you get similar notifications but it eventually turned up?
 

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Anyone in here buy from amazon UK?

I had my preorder placed by 9.05 on opening day and yet I'm sitting here empty-handed

Received despatch notification for the 18th, then a second notification of a delay until the 19th. Then yesterday I get one stating they are unable to find the stock for my order and cannot advise a date. I'm fuming here :mad:

I'm hoping it's just admin mess and it will arrive today or Monday, if I've missed out entirely I'll be writing some very strongly worded emails. Very strong indeed

Can anyone give me hope? Did you get similar notifications but it eventually turned up?
Same...
 

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Anyone in here buy from amazon UK?

I had my preorder placed by 9.05 on opening day and yet I'm sitting here empty-handed

Received despatch notification for the 18th, then a second notification of a delay until the 19th. Then yesterday I get one stating they are unable to find the stock for my order and cannot advise a date. I'm fuming here :mad:

I'm hoping it's just admin mess and it will arrive today or Monday, if I've missed out entirely I'll be writing some very strongly worded emails. Very strong indeed

Can anyone give me hope? Did you get similar notifications but it eventually turned up?
I’ve heard nothing but horror stories regarding Amazon’s handling of this launch from delays to consoles being stolen and duplicate items sent out, I think the whole thing has been a huge mess.
 

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Anyone in here buy from amazon UK?

I had my preorder placed by 9.05 on opening day and yet I'm sitting here empty-handed

Received despatch notification for the 18th, then a second notification of a delay until the 19th. Then yesterday I get one stating they are unable to find the stock for my order and cannot advise a date. I'm fuming here :mad:

I'm hoping it's just admin mess and it will arrive today or Monday, if I've missed out entirely I'll be writing some very strongly worded emails. Very strong indeed

Can anyone give me hope? Did you get similar notifications but it eventually turned up?
Saw this on the Guardian this morning - hope you don't get a dozen tins of beans.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2...ers-of-playstation-5-for-rice-and-other-items
 

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I’ve heard nothing but horror stories regarding Amazon’s handling of this launch from delays to consoles being stolen and duplicate items sent out, I think the whole thing has been a huge mess.
Yeah, what makes it worse is a good friend of mine works at smyths and sorted several of my friends out with PS5s but I turned down the opportunity as I was confident I'd be OK given how early I got my preorder in :annoyed:

Surely they've only taken preorders to cover their incoming stock and mine will eventually arrive. If they've oversold it that's unacceptable!
 

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You managed to get any decent correspondence? I had a frustrating and ultimately pointless Web chat last night which essentially boiled down to 'tough shit mate'

Been unable to get through on the phone
I got them to confirm it hasn't been stolen, but then they confirmed it would be delivered yesterday and the day before, sooo.... If I don't get it by Monday they are going to get it!
 

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Yeah, what makes it worse is a good friend of mine works at smyths and sorted several of my friends out with PS5s but I turned down the opportunity as I was confident I'd be OK given how early I got my preorder in :annoyed:

Surely they've only taken preorders to cover their incoming stock and mine will eventually arrive. If they've oversold it that's unacceptable!
Their website seemed a bit dodgy at times, I wonder if it's accepted 1000's of extra orders and they've not bothered to actually allocate them, then when time for delivery whoever missed out was the unlucky ones.

Add that to the reports ones going missing in the factory or out for delivery, it's not a great look. Feel very frustrated for you guys right now!
 

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Anyone in here buy from amazon UK?

I had my preorder placed by 9.05 on opening day and yet I'm sitting here empty-handed

Received despatch notification for the 18th, then a second notification of a delay until the 19th. Then yesterday I get one stating they are unable to find the stock for my order and cannot advise a date. I'm fuming here :mad:

I'm hoping it's just admin mess and it will arrive today or Monday, if I've missed out entirely I'll be writing some very strongly worded emails. Very strong indeed

Can anyone give me hope? Did you get similar notifications but it eventually turned up?
Seems to me that they gave your stock to someone else and they've realised only when they ran out of PS5s to package up.
 

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Appreciate the responses but im not getting the hopeful feeling I was hoping to get from them.

I'm banking on more UK stock landing pre Xmas but even that's unconfirmed atm right?

Guess I can always give some prick on ebay a grand for one :(
 

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Did the ps4 have as many issues at launch as the ps5 has had?

Are the bricking reports overstated? Sounds more like annoying inconvenience than anything worse?