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Get the one your friends have. You can’t pass up on making those memories.

You should get whatever is available at the moment. Basically time is limited. Better to play something at the moment and try to get the other one later.

Yeah maybe if God sent you one. Don’t know where you’ll even find a ps5…

Xbox

Yep, just like internal storage. In theory it might even be a bit faster than the PS5's SSD.

If you have an external hard drive, you can run PS4 games from it, and use it as cold storage for PS5 games too.

Thanks. And if I buy the recommended SSDs for the PS5 than that SSD can run games optimized for the PS5 right? Just like the internal storage

Depends on how it runs on PS4 to begin with. For games with framerate issues like say Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro, it'll run them pretty much locked at 60FPS by virtue of having a much better CPU, but there's no patching or change to the game itself, the PS5 is basically "brute forcing" the game to run better (these games behave the same way on Series X)

If the game has a PS4 Pro version, it'll run that version (usually at its max target resolution and framerate).

There's basically no difference between running discs and digital as the latest version is contained in updates and all games are installed to the SSD anyways.

Thank you. If I play a ps4 game on the ps5 will it automatically be enhanced or it will still run like it would on the ps4? Whether that be disc or digital.

Tried Fallout but stopped, will try to get into it later on. Haven't tried skyrim. Also, if I am interested in any bethesda exclusives I could always play it on my xbox 1 s or gamepass.

The SSD expansion for PS5 is pretty easy to understand. There's a bunch of them that sell consistently for that purpose, and there's also an "official" one (the WD Black), that basically has a bit of PS branding on it (the same one minus the branding works just as well).

Because Sony left it open to generic drives, it's usually much cheaper compared to the Series consoles expansion card. I bought the 1TB Samsung 980 Pro (with built in heatsink) earlier this year for €160. The 1TB Series expansion card was sitting one shelf down from it for €250.

The upgraded for PS5 situation is also easy to understand - PS5 games have a PS5 tag, PS4 games have a PS4 tag. There's a few games that have what I call PS4.5 patches - performance upgrades for running on PS5, but it's still the native PS4 version. A quick Google will list these titles (although they are mostly the Sony first party games that don't have native PS5 versions, stuff like The Last of Us Part 2, God of War, Days Gone, Infamous Second Son, etc.). This also means you can leave those games installed to an external hard drive, as the Series "Smart" Delivery forces the game to be installed to the SSD, which becomes kinda annoying as your drive starts to fill up.

Skyrim? Fallout?

I've tried some of the Bethesda exclusives but never really got into them.

Series X if you want to play Bethesda exclusives

Ahh ok.i was thinking disc so that way I can get some games cheap.

Yes and a Switch. I went with the PS5 digital since I like not having a bunch of plastic game cases lying around 😊. I’m all digital on the Switch too.

Do you have a ps5?

Makes sense to me. I’m going to get a Series S too just to play MCC. The OG Halos are my only tie to Xbox and I miss playing those.

Bro 💀

That's what I was thinking. Most my games on xbox are digital so a series s is what I was thinking later on. What do you think?

I'd say get a PS5 now since you seem to be more excited about the games. After a bit, get a Series S/X to regain access to your old library.

Get an Xbox

I don't have either but I've played the PS5 a bit and the controller is awesome

Well that would be an option, but i do not live in the US.

Pc