Snazzy PS5 Trailer Encourages Upgrade from PS4

2023 is going to be the 2021 PlayStation never had.

Yet, the absence of a PSVR2 trailer feels strange now that we're 3 weeks away from launch.

For anyone wondering, it is a giant upgrade. I’ve been playing on my PS five since launch and I had to use my PS4 Pro the other day because my daughter is using the PS five. I was playing destiny and the 30 frames per second was almost unplayable. Once you get used to that smooth 60, it’s really hard to go back.

this year we will hopefully see the end of most games being cross gen and available on ps4

Honestly the way less clunky menu and faster load/download times alone have been enough for me to be satisfied with my PS5. I used to want one of those TB hard drives cause downloading and deleting games on PS4 was god awful. Now it's relatively fast, so much so that I don't need one anymore. I love it

Also I still haven't played a single exclusive on it lol and still find the system very much worth it. I plan to rectify that tho

Hopefully this is the start of purpose built next generation games instead of developer's trying to shoehorn a PS4 version on to make a quick buck

Good to see Sony moving on from PS4 and making it PS5 only now. Nothing against PS4 but I don't like to see PS5 games being held back because of it.

Players rather want a showcase with new games for PS5 to fancy the new system.

Until they start making PS5 only games, I can see a lot of people not bothering to upgrade.

@ShogunRok finally! Covid well and truly messed up their plans. With that now behind us let’s hope they can put in the work.

pushing the install base before the MS/ABK merger?

can see Sony advertising hard in next 6month

This is the year lads, this is the year I also join the PlayStation 5 family.

Im waiting for a decent bundle, hopefully a smaller model PS5.
I did it with my PS4 and got it halfway through its lifecycle with a bunch of games in a Xmas sale.
I'll do that again for the PS5.

I have a massive backlog so I've got enough to keep me busy in the meantime.

@ShogunRok I think that overall 2023 is the 2021 we never had 🤣

I often think about 2020, 2021 and 2022 being the same year because of the pandemic.

Next gen still isn't worth it yet when a new game is released and not rehashes or remakes I might finally upgrade until then I'm happy with my ps4

@jrt87 I expect it but I will freak out if we're forced to 30fps with no option. I didn't used to mind it but once you get used to 60 it's very hard to go back, plus my display macks a flickering, jittering abomination of 30fps that makes it very hard to watch.

@IOI That's true, 20-21 are like a blur to me and I imagine most other people.

Cool add, i was never a big PS4 fan, it just didn’t do much for me, had the PS4 then got the Pro and outside of a few exclusives, it wasn’t one of my favorite PlayStations. But man oh man do i love me some PS5. PS5 has a chance to move into my number one spot of PlayStation’s. Has some work to go software wise, but outside of PS1, i have largely hated PS controllers, and the online experience. PS5 is such an improvement. Got an Edge on order and that is a big thing for me, seeing as the Xbox Controller is near perfect to me and my play style. I hope Sony is able to bring lots of players over to the 5 from the 4 and remember sony normally explodes sale wise when the cheaper slim’s come out. So if PS5 gets a slightly smaller and cheaper slim model, watch out !!

@Snake_V5 agreed about it being time to drop ps4 support, but has this been confirmed? i won't be surprised if spiderman 2 also gets a ps4 port and is held back by the old tech.

There's like 4 games on PS5 out at the moment only that haven't been announced to go to PC. One of them is a remake. There are only three more with firm release dates so far, two of which are VR, and require a peripheral more expensive than the console you need to use it.

There is still no incentive to upgrade beyond perhaps some marginal improvements to your existing PS4 games.

I want one!!!!

Oh hang on a sec, I've already got a PS5...

I want another one!!!!

Did they mention the main reason I went with PS5 -VR? If not then it’s a massive missed opportunity to actually promote their headset and show they are all about advancement and innovation in the face of the competition’s steadfast resolve to just provide subsidised basic gaming.

ya, ditch your PS4's ya lazy lima beans.

@thefourfoldroot1 you seem to promote it more than they ever could though...

Nooooooo. PS4 is for life as Sony will be making games forever! It’ll outlive PS6 as it never ends 😜😜😜

@Deljo
Lol, fair point. Although I would call it more public service that corporate promotion. Plus it’s pretty much all I care about in gaming at the moment. Why wouldn’t it be after so many years of the same old generic flats?

Cool looking ad! I can't believe it's been 2 years already. It's a really nice machine. I loved my PS3 but it was really ready for an upgrade at the end. The PS4 was great but the fan noise was a real bummer. The PS5? I'm nothing but impressed. What a great system. So quiet, so powerful, supremely playable. I'm super impressed.

I still have my emails from my pre-order. I had to go to the shop on the day of release, It was locked and they were opening the door for specific people. I felt so special when they called my name and the walk to my car with the box in hand was insane, i felt like everyone was looking at me with jealousy!

Still no Motorstorm... I know they closed evolution studios... It seems to promote Drive club which went no where. but still ...

I have ps5 but if they did Motorstorm with streaming open world games. Pacific risk but with nanite. Then I'd really look up

Probably not. There aren’t enough 5 games that I don’t already have for the 4, or are exclusive to the 5 that would entice me in themselves. I can live with weaker hardware, and even Ratchet & Clank isn’t a $500.00 game for me. I’ll no doubt still think about it, but I’m not a performance wonk.

BC is a selling point, however.

@jrt87 Yip 60fps was prob only available on ps5 as a lot of games were made for cross gen, ps4 got 30fps, ps5 60fps. Going to ps5 only will bring back the 30fps games.

i still mostly use my ps5 as a suped up ps4 pro (which was the main reason to buy it at the time) so it is a good angle to get people to upgrade. though i got mine long before price increases.

@crypticc if they did MotorStorm on PS5, i would dang near cry with excitement. I didn’t even like PS3 that much, the controller was trash. But I would play MotorStorm and just awe at it at the time. It was so much fun, outside of Mario Kart and maybe Forza Horizon, MotorStorm is an all time favorite racing game of mine, and every time i see someone mention it i get excited.

@Sxio as someone that loved PS1 and PS2, i didn’t much care for PS3 or PS4, i had them, bought the sony exclusives and played everything else on Xbox. PS5 is awesome to me. The fixed the elephant in the room for me, the controller. Six axis and Dual shock 4 to me were trash. If someone wants to say DS4 was good to them, fine, but if anyone thats a serious gamer says the Six axis on PS3 was better than the 360 pad then they are hating Xbox harder than most. But you are spot on in saying the PS5 is playable. It just doesn’t focus on much other than getting in and out of games and loading quickly and i love it. PS5 if the games come to it that suit my play style, I believe will be there or overtake my love of PS1 and PS2. Sony did a great job this gen so far. I even got a Dual sense Edge coming in the mail this week and that is more money than i spent on PS controller is 15 years combined.

The load times are what means I don't go back to my PS4 pro anymore, really. And the silence. They should promote the near silent fans like crazy!

I had this idea that I'd still fill my Pro with games that still look good on it, as a way to have a tonne of games accessable at any time, and keep the PS5 fresh for my PS5 games, but the last thing I played on the pro was Mafia 3 on extra, and I've not turned it on in the months since : ( I could have loaded the game at least 3 more times in all that time too 😬😁

I do miss load screen tips though. End of an era 😢

Really should have shown the PSVR2 alongside those other accessories at the end IMO

Sony Marketing is goat lol

If I didn’t already have one, this song would make me want to for sure.

They should mention all of the PS4 games of those 4000 that "exhibit errors" on PS5 and how after 2+ years they still haven't improved their backwards compatibility support at all even though they said they would. Even their own beloved Shadow of the Colossus has texture issues. Super Stardust Ultra too. Not to mention major 3rd party titles such as Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Batman Arkham City. And don't get me started on the issues with the PS2 catalog. It's appreciated that the individual teams patched some of their titles, but many never received a patch. For example, The Last Guardian can run locked at 60 fps if played from the disc and patches are deleted. They can't be troubled to patch the game with official support for unlocking the frame rate—a feature that was present at the game's launch and was subsequently removed. They simply don't care about their legacy catalog, unfortunately. Xbox is way ahead in this department.

@Green-Bandit Ah Motorstorm. Its a series that means I still keep a PS3 plugged into the telly. I genuinely still think its best of breed, and the overall package is as slick and good looking as any modern game, and better than most!

@Titntin I’m jealous wish i wouldn’t have sold all that off, cause i would love to play some MS on the Oled. At the time that was easily the best looking racer, no doubt it still holds up today. The audio on the game was top notch also. Overall just a blast to play and a series that if it came to PS5 with the Dual Sense it would be a Forza Horizon killer for me.