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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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!

Great item. So far working well.

"A great decision. Honestly, the difference is very noticeable. If you're coming from a PS4, this is a leap you are going to love. The Speed is Brutal. The first thing that impressed me was the loading times. You barely have to wait for anything anymore. This is thanks to the ultra-fast SSD the console has. Going from the home screen to actually playing a game is instantaneous, and doing "fast travel" in games is a matter of seconds. The graphics quality is spectacular. The PS5 can reach 4K resolutions and up to 120 frames per second (120 FPS) in some games. This makes everything look sharper and feel super fluid. Plus, it uses Ray Tracing technology, which makes the light, shadows, and reflections look much more realistic. The 3D audio (Tempest 3D AudioTech) is amazing, especially with headphones. You can feel exactly where the sounds are coming from, which completely immerses you in the game. The controller is the best part. It's much more than just a vibration. It's a powerful console and very quiet (nothing like the 'jet plane' the PS4 sometimes sounded like). Yes, it's big, but I like the futuristic design. Excellent purchase, it absolutely earned 5 stars!"

After updating my setup to my new OLED TrueBlack gaming monitor, I figured it was only right to upgrade my PS5 system to the Pro version. Coming from the PS5 slim, I noticed a difference in system performance and graphics. System Performance: The game system seems to perform a bit quicker than the slim mode. Menu selections don’t seem to lag, load times are slightly quicker, and the system doesn’t make as much fan noise like some people say it does. Graphics: With the new PSSR upscale resolution, and Performance Mode for FPS is where I noticed the difference between the Slim and Pro PS5 modes. Of course, the games I’ve played were before the PS5 Pro came out, so the upscale version of the games is amazing. Even at 60fps, details are great, and in 120fps, games are still good in detail while mostly staying consistent in 120fps mode. Would I say quickly upgrade to the Pro if you have the slim? No, I would suggest upgrading your gaming TV or monitor first to take the full advantage of the PS5 Pro system, and then make the jump to the upgrade to the PS5 Pro. 👍🏾