PlayStation®5 Digital Edition (slim)

The PlayStation 5 offers a powerful and smooth gaming experience. Games load incredibly fast, graphics look amazing, and performance is very stable. The DualSense controller adds a new level of immersion with its haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. Overall, the PS5 feels truly next-gen and is worth it for anyone who loves high-quality gaming.

I’ve been using this console for several weeks now, mainly for story-driven games and competitive titles, and the overall experience has been excellent so far. The most immediate difference I noticed was performance. Games that already ran well feel even smoother, especially during fast-paced scenes or large open areas where frame drops used to happen occasionally. Load times are noticeably faster, and switching between games feels more seamless than on my PS5 Slim. Visual quality is another strong point. On a 4K OLED display, games look sharper and more stable, with better lighting and improved clarity during gameplay. While some cinematic cutscenes still use artistic effects like motion blur or lower rendering resolutions (which seems to be game-dependent), actual gameplay looks consistently clean and detailed. Thermals and noise have also been well managed. Even during longer gaming sessions, the console stays quiet and doesn’t generate excessive heat, which is something I really appreciate. That said, the improvement is most noticeable if you already have a good display and play performance-heavy games. Casual players or those without a 4K setup may not see as dramatic of a difference compared to the PS5 base model. Overall, this feels like a solid mid-generation upgrade aimed at players who value smoother performance, faster loading, and improved visual stability. If those things matter to you, this console delivers.

The PlayStation 5 Digital Edition is amazing. The console is fast, quiet, and the graphics are incredible. Games run very smoothly, and the slim design looks modern and doesn’t take up much space. It’s easy to set up and a great choice for digital gaming. I’m very happy with this purchase.

Purchased for my girlfriend as a birthday gift. Works like any PS5 does. Great console and delivery was fast!

I have been thinking about getting this particular console for a while now. After seeing that it was on sale, I decided to pull the trigger on this purchase. Glad that I did. Games that I had on the PS4 Pro look so much better and load faster with the enhancements of the PS5 Pro. One game in particular, Yakuza Kiwami 2 just looks absolutely amazing. The PS4 Pro version looks good, but it cannot hold a candle to the PS5 Pro version. Load times are greatly reduced, colors are much more vibrant, and the image quality looks outstanding. The only issue that I have with the system is the lack of connectivity options. The PS4 Pro provided users with optical audio out. Since the PS5 Pro does not have this feature, I had to purchase new speakers and a bluetooth adapter (since SONY wants you to only use their products for bluetooth connectivity SMH). This is the only gripe that I have with their latest system. That aside, I am really enjoying my experience on the PS5 Pro. I can clearly see the leap from the PS4 Pro to the PS5 Pro. Despite the aforementioned, glad that I purchased this. Merry X-Mas to me!!!

It's the definitive way to play PS5 games. PSSR sharpens and enhances games nicely for crisper 4K visuals. It's too bad they only went for a slight overclock on the CPU instead of outright upgrading it for a larger performance boost. I think it's aesthetically the most pleasing-looking version of the PS5 as well. They also should have added the disc drive and vertical stand in the box to increase the value for money spent here.

A longtime PlayStation fan, I had been putting off getting a PS5 until the three following milestones occurred: 1) a reduction in size of the console 2) a reduction in the price of the console 3) a reduction in the price of games for the console I thought that the introduction of the PS5 Slim last fall would spur my purchase, but Sony didn't cut the price, and even older PS5 games were still selling for $70. But finally, during the Days of Play event this spring, Sony knocked $50 off the console's price -- I didn't want the Spiderman or COD bundles, not my favorite games -- and I decided to act. Four years is a LONG time to wait to play a new R&C title, after all! So here are my thoughts on the PS5, now that's in my house: 1) Setup is remarkably easy, including wirelessly transferring game save information from a PS4. It did take me a while to figure out how to turn off the female voice heralding all my actions (under Accessibility options). 2) The PS5 runs like a champ. So far, I have not been aware of any fan noises or clouds of warm air exhaust spewing out. 3) The DualSense controllers had weaker rumble than I expected. It turns out that the rumble motors default to the "weak" setting if you have the controller's microphone enabled. I turned off the mike, and the rumble was back at full force, but with more finesse than that experienced with the PS4's DUALSHOCK controllers. If I'm not mistaken, the precision of the DS controller actually seems to improve my game scores... 4) The new user interface is kind of a mess. In particular, leaving the POWER button off the Home page was a boneheaded move. One of my first issues with the new console was -- how do I turn this bloody beast OFF??? I wish that the controller battery gauge was on the Home page as well. 5) It was a brilliant idea making the disk drive detachable. The one problem I had with my PS4 involved the machine's failure to read disks after a few years, which I am guessing was an issue of a dirty reading head; I sent the console to Sony to be fixed, and it came back working perfectly in one week. Now I assume I can just repair or replace the removable drive without sending in the entire console for repair... 6) Now that the PS5 packs 1 TB of memory, I was wondering how soon I would need to add more memory. Currently, I have plenty of memory to switch back and forth between a number of games, including Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, plus several from the PS4, including WRC Generations, Far Cry 6, and Resident Evil 4, as well as the Pinball Arcade. One good reason I wanted the disk version of the PS5 was to minimize the size of game downloads to preserve memory. 7) The audio/video performance of the PS5 to play back DVD's and Blu-Rays is outstanding. And I was happy to find that the excellent Bluetooth PDP media controller I got for the PS4 works with the PS5 as well. Yea -- that made me feel better about spending $30 for the PS5's vertical stand instead! 8) And some of the PS5 titles are FINALLY coming down in price: Rift Apart and the latest Star Wars game, for example -- two AAA titles -- are now available for a far more affordable $30. So if you have been putting off upgrading to a PS5, it may be time at last to make the move, provided you can catch a special promotion. And to those who say, "Game consoles' days are numbered," I say -- as long as many of us prefer to play games sitting on a couch, enveloped in booming 3D sound and watching our dazzling big-screen TV's -- long live PlayStation consoles -- especially those that serve as a 2-in-1 machine, with built-in (or detachable) disk drives that also play DVD's and BR's!

Straight to the point - PS5 Pro is going to benefit the games that are tailored, by Sony / other developers, to utilize the PSSR enhancing feature. When that Pro enhancement exists, you can expect a near / at 60 FPS for the game using this feature. Prime point, Star Wars: Outlaws; it's pro performance mode now incorporates the Fidelity Mode of the base PS5 while boosting the FPS to 60 - it's noticeable and if your TV or chose Gaming Monitor has the appropriate specs for Variable Refresh Rate (up to 120hz), then you're getting even more out of the Pro. As someone who is using their Pro as an extension of what I play on my rather robust PC (RTX 4090), it's nice to go into the living room and have my eyes not experience a jarring Technological Friction with way lower FPS than what I am accustomed to gaming with on my PC. Yes, this is a first world problem, yes, I have immense gratitude for the PC I own and now PS5 Pro, and for folks who want more consistent performance, then the PS5 Pro is phenomenal. Here's the catch, and all buyers looking to get one, PLEASE be aware: All games are NOT going to benefit from the PS5 Pro right out of the box. They have to be patched and or tailor-made upon release to utilize the features of this system. As of this writing there are a number of titles that benefit from said Pro / PSSR enhancements, but you have to research and make sure those are games you currently own. Take Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5; CDPR have chose not to (as of this writing) to craft a PS5 Pro enhanced mode for the game. When you boot it up, the Fidelity (ray trace mode) still runs at a jarringly low framerate. Performance mode still has the FASTER framerate everyone has been accustomed to. It's this kind of example that folks, myself included, temper their expectations with currently until more titles are released using the PSSR feature to boost FPS in more graphically demanding games. As someone who plays Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with an RTX 4090 and further enhancements being provided by Nvidia's DLSS, my frames are above 200 FPS and higher; it's kind of wild - yes, I could be playing at 1440p / 4k, but having everything maxed out with Path Tracing on (which is being boosted by DLSS) is truly a sight to behold, even at 1080p on a 25 inch monitor with proper Gsync (Viewsonic Elite XG251G - 25 inch - 1080- 1 Ms - 360Hx - with Gysnc). Coming from this to the PS5 Pro is a night and day comparison, but again, at basic performance mode the game is running at 60 FPS; would it be nice if CDPR added a PS5 Pro patch, yes, but again, unless it is advertised as such, your game is not taking advantage of the price you're paying to get this shinier system. Which brings me to the end - is the PS5 Pro absolutely necessary at this point, NO, not at all. You're buying the system now as a way to boost the games you have that are advertised to be taking advantage of the Pro with a "Pro" Enhanced mode - again, research the game you are playing and see if it does. On top of this, it's for what's to come in the 2025 and beyond as we get closer to PS6. The hope is PSSR will boost games that are robust and will need the added bit of horsepower the Pro can afford on top of the aforementioned PSS5 boost. Think Grand Theft Auto 6; that game is going to be BEEFY and even on PS5 Pro I anticipate the FPS is going to struggle so any added boost, such as that from PSSR, will probably move more people to consider a mid-gen upgrade like this. While not necessary, hopefully Sony learns to competitively price this system in a way that doesn't feel so OBSCENE as it does now. I sold my OG PS5 Digital and utilized some gift money I happened upon this holiday season; if it wasn't for that, I would not have bothered to buy the Pro. For the games I play currently that benefit from the Pro / PSSR enhancement, it's great (SW:Outlaws; Horizon Remastered; Hogwarts Legacy; Alan Wake II). If you get one, enjoy, if you don't that's cool too!