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[Giallo Corsa]

The wait is crushing... Where is my PROOOOO ??? . Wanna see what ps5 is all about and tackle my GOAT backlog.

Man, I've been without a console for 2 weeks now and I'm friggin' jonesing, I've tried to play a couple of games on my laptop via Amazon Luna, Amazon gaming and Epic store but A) my setup doesn't allow me to do so since my laptop sits in front of my TV on my desk and it's a clusterfuck with all the HDMI cables, Headphones cable, having to rearrange my laptop as to be able to actually look at the TV and B) my laptop obviously can't handle games well...

Being able to relax after a shitty day at work sure is a nice commodity, it's a "don't know what you got 'til it's gone" thing as stupid and dramatic as it sounds (1st world problems, I know).
Basically, I've been bored out of my goddamned mind...

Really hope that Amazon doesn't shit the bed with the delivery date which is still scheduled for the 7th

 

[mckmas8808]

Digital. I've used several. They're all the same. If you sit near your PS5 Slim it's one noisy bastard.

How close do you sit to it? 3 feet?

 

[Celcius]

Does the PS5 Pro have special new hardware that allows it to use PSSR that the regular PS5 doesn't have, or is it basically just locked behind paying more?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Does the PS5 Pro have special new hardware that allows it to use PSSR that the regular PS5 doesn't have, or is it basically just locked behind paying more?

It's hardware. Custom blocks for PSSR and better RT baked in the GPU similar to nVidia tensor cores.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Does the PS5 Pro have special new hardware that allows it to use PSSR that the regular PS5 doesn't have, or is it basically just locked behind paying more?

Yes, it has a matrix math unit with like 300 TOPS, like tensor cores

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

Pulled the trigger on a preorder today and took advantage of a PS5 trade in offer.

 

[Gamerguy84]

Pulled the trigger on a preorder today and took advantage of a PS5 trade in offer.

Nice. Who's doing trade ins that aren't robberies if I may ask?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'm not sure if it's a mistake or not, but I just chatted with my brother who pre-ordered the Pro as well, and apparently the retailer he pre-ordered from called him this morning to say they’ll ship his Pro on Monday or Tuesday, which means he might get it 1-2 days before the official release lol.

I pre-ordered mine from the same retailer, but no call from them to let me know they'll ship it Monday - Tuesday.

 

[Tajaz2426]

I’m hurting ladies and gents. The damn box won’t be here till the 11th. I even had my wife who runs over 20 post offices in the Beaufort SC area and has contracts with Amazon, call the distribution hub and find out if I could drive to Tennessee and grab the damn thing. It didn’t work out boys.

I was blown up in Iraq in a stinking desert, my wife told me for years I was worthless to the family because I did nothing but volunteer to deploy to the Middle East for a decade every other year, one of my children are now adults and buys microtransactions, but getting the email today and finding out I will not have that weekend with the box has truly cut me down to my soul.

It hurts, dammit.

 

[AteBitWolf]

Off topic, but can I just take my 4TB nvme from my PS5 and install it in the PS5 Pro and play games from the get go?

 

[near]

Off topic, but can I just take my 4TB nvme from my PS5 and install it in the PS5 Pro and play games from the get go?

I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't be able to do that.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Off topic, but can I just take my 4TB nvme from my PS5 and install it in the PS5 Pro and play games from the get go?

of course, but I think it would be formatted and you would need to re install everything

 

[AteBitWolf]

of course, but I think it would be formatted and you would need to re install everything

I hope not! Over 3TB of games on it right now

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I hope not! Over 3TB of games on it right now

As long as you don't live on a submarine it will be fun!

 

[AteBitWolf]

As long as you don't live on a submarine it will be fun!

But you can just swap nvme to different PS5's today without formatting, right?

Edit: as long as it's on the same profile

 

[DaleinCalgary]

But you can just swap nvme to different PS5's today without formatting, right?

I'm not sure. I remember old PS models had a 3 digit code I believe that each unit was assigned that if you installed a new HD it needed to be formatted. Someone here must have tried swapping or google would have the answer.

 

[omegasc]

I read in another thread here that you only need to set it up first with the account, then transfer the SSD, and no formatting is needed.

 

[Elios83]

Off topic, but can I just take my 4TB nvme from my PS5 and install it in the PS5 Pro and play games from the get go?

Ummm I'm not sure about that but on my current PS5 I had to completely reinstall the full firmware with a USB dongle and format the internal ssd and after I was done with it it didn't ask me to format the M.2 drive. It recognized the games already installed on it.
It should be a similar situation to putting the hard drive on another PS5 but I guess I'll find out as well next week.

 

[digdug2]

I'm not sure. I remember old PS models had a 3 digit code I believe that each unit was assigned that if you installed a new HD it needed to be formatted. Someone here must have tried swapping or google would have the answer.

As of today, you absolutely can. My wife got a new PS5, so I put the NVME from my PS5 into her console and upgraded mine. I booted up her PS5 and it worked instantly with no issues.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

As of today, you absolutely can. My wife got a new PS5, so I put the NVME from my PS5 into her console and upgraded mine. I booted up her PS5 and it worked instantly with no issues.

Excellent to hear as I'm moving my 2TB to the new one. Copying to backup USB drive would work but take forever.

 

[Sethbacca]

With all this NVME talk, has anyone seen any updated videos about slower SSDs with modern games? Is all that still a non issue, do the videos from back around launch still hold true? I sold my 2 ps5s with the ssds that were in them, so will be looking for another over black friday sales and hopefully just throwing a 4tb in the pro.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I read in another thread here that you only need to set it up first with the account, then transfer the SSD, and no formatting is needed.

Ah, so don't install the drive in the new ps5 pro until you set up the new console.

got it, thanks

 

[digdug2]

Excellent to hear as I'm moving my 2TB to the new one. Copying to backup USB drive would work but take forever.

It would be absolutely awful. You can do a PS5 to PS5 data transfer too (provided you didn't... ya know... trade-in your PS5 haha).

 

[jm89]

I'm seeing some peoples orders on twitter move to prepared to ship on ps direct.

Argos better not make me regret it if ps direct folks get it earlier

 

[Putonahappyface]

I'm seeing some peoples orders on twitter move to prepared to ship on ps direct.

Argos better not make me regret it if ps direct folks get it earlier

I was going to go with Argos, but they wanted £7 delivery when I spent £800. I thought that was really cunty not giving me free delivery so stuck with PlayStation Direct.

 

[mayham2199]

Man, I've been without a console for 2 weeks now and I'm friggin' jonesing, I've tried to play a couple of games on my laptop via Amazon Luna, Amazon gaming and Epic store but A) my setup doesn't allow me to do so since my laptop sits in front of my TV on my desk and it's a clusterfuck with all the HDMI cables, Headphones cable, having to rearrange my laptop as to be able to actually look at the TV and B) my laptop obviously can't handle games well...

Being able to relax after a shitty day at work sure is a nice commodity, it's a "don't know what you got 'til it's gone" thing as stupid and dramatic as it sounds (1st world problems, I know).
Basically, I've been bored out of my goddamned mind...

Really hope that Amazon doesn't shit the bed with the delivery date which is still scheduled for the 7th

This is why I didn't sell mine. I knew I would be bored out of my mind when the weekend came and my wife worked. I'll just wait to sell it after.

 

[King Dazzar]

I read in another thread here that you only need to set it up first with the account, then transfer the SSD, and no formatting is needed.

I assume you can pop it in and then set up your account though? Saves faffing if I can install it and then power up and do profile etc. I'm assuming also I can do saves import from my usb backup from base PS5 too...

 

[MikeM]

I assume you can pop it in and then set up your account though? Saves faffing if I can install it and then power up and do profile etc. I'm assuming also I can do saves import from my usb backup from base PS5 too...

You should boot the Ps5 and sign into your profile first. Games will be locked to your profile on the SSD.

 

[King Dazzar]

This is why I didn't sell mine. I knew I would be bored out of my mind when the weekend came and my wife worked. I'll just wait to sell it after.

Kept mine until I know the Pro is good and also all saves etc have transferred over properly.

You should boot the Ps5 and sign into your profile first. Games will be locked to your profile on the SSD.

OK man, will do.

 

[gerth666]

Just noticed ps direct have taken the money out of my account.
Anybody know who they use as curriers? I'm in the UK.
I'm hoping for no issues, I've booked Thursday off work

 

[mayham2199]

Kept mine until I know the Pro is good and also all saves etc have transferred over properly.

I need to remember my saves. They don't seem to save for my sons account and I felt bad he had to start over on minecraft dungeons. Might do that tonight just to be safe.

 

[Gerdav]

Just noticed ps direct have taken the money out of my account.
Anybody know who they use as curriers? I'm in the UK.
I'm hoping for no issues, I've booked Thursday off work

DPD

 

[CloudShiner]

I'm seeing some peoples orders on twitter move to prepared to ship on ps direct.

Argos better not make me regret it if ps direct folks get it earlier

Yeah, UK here and just checked PSDirect - was showing as 'processing order' earlier today, but not now!

 

[Putonahappyface]

Just noticed ps direct have taken the money out of my account.
Anybody know who they use as curriers? I'm in the UK.
I'm hoping for no issues, I've booked Thursday off work

I'm pretty sure it's either FedEx or UPS.

 

[gerth666]

DPD

Nice one pal, DPD are not so bad.
Fingers crossed there's no hiccups

 

[jm89]

I was going to go with Argos, but they wanted £7 delivery when I spent £800. I thought that was really cunty not giving me free delivery so stuck with PlayStation Direct.

Oh that's surprising. I got free delivery.

But i got the cost down to just over £500 with vouchers i had, don't know if the cost determines free delivery or something.

 

[Gerdav]

I'm pretty sure it's either FedEx or UPS.

They could possibly use multiple couriers, I grabbed a disk drive before they were out of stock from PS Direct a few weeks ago and DPD delivered it.

 

[lh032]

hey guys, is the below process the the correct way to transfer data from ps5 to ps5 pro?

base PS5 data transfer via lan cable to PS5 pro > log out from base PS5

Do you have to log out from PSN on base ps5?

 

[Codeblew]

Yeah, UK here and just checked PSDirect - was showing as 'processing order' earlier today, but not now!

I just checked. Mine says "Preparing to Ship" now also (US West Coast).

Also, just noticed that I got charged for it like 10 hours ago.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Nothing from Amazon yet here in spaghetti-land, I should have ordered it from PS direct, shouldn't i ? Fook meeee

 

[CloudShiner]

Even though my order now says 'preparing to ship', Sony could well just specify a delivery day of the 7th with the courier, DPD. Seems unlikely that they'd break their stated release date with purchases off their own site. But we live in hope.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Oh that's surprising. I got free delivery.

But i got the cost down to just over £500 with vouchers i had, don't know if the cost determines free delivery or something.

I wanted click and collect, but they only had home delivery for £7.

 

[Codeblew]

Even though my order now says 'preparing to ship', Sony could well just specify a delivery day of the 7th with the courier, DPD. Seems unlikely that they'd break their stated release date with purchases off their own site. But we live in hope.

Yeah, I don't expect to get it early. Maybe a day at most but that is probably unlikely.

 

[DeepEnigma]

one of my children are now adults and buys microtransactions

Damn, you have my deepest and sincerest condolences.

 

[Poppyseed]

How close do you sit to it? 3 feet?

About 5 feet. I can hear it easily 15 feet away.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I wanted click and collect, but they only had home delivery for £7.

I mean, just for the convenience I'd have caved, besides, that's the price of a pint nowadays in the good ol' UK, isn't it ?

Still, I get it, it's a morals thing so...

Cheers love

 

[jm89]

Disc attachment in stock in the uk at very. GO GO GO.

https://www.very.co.uk/playstation-5-disc-drive-for-ps5reg-digital-edition-consoles/1600959521.prd?utm_campaign=other&awc=3090_1730475622_0ab2e71db6b0b3108bb9db498866a348&aff=awin&affsrc=429199&cm_mmc=awin-_-429199-_-Contextual+Targeting-_-0_0&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehotstock%2Eio_429199&utm_content=na

 

[Markio128]

Disc attachment in stock in the uk at very. GO GO GO.

https://www.very.co.uk/playstation-5-disc-drive-for-ps5reg-digital-edition-consoles/1600959521.prd?utm_campaign=other&awc=3090_1730475622_0ab2e71db6b0b3108bb9db498866a348&aff=awin&affsrc=429199&cm_mmc=awin-_-429199-_-Contextual+Targeting-_-0_0&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehotstock%2Eio_429199&utm_content=na

Sold out….

 

[Putonahappyface]

I mean, just for the convenience I'd have caved, besides, that's the price of a pint nowadays in the good ol' UK, isn't it ?

Still, I get it, it's a morals thing so...

Cheers love

Argos only delivered and wanted £7. PlayStation Direct are delivering for free. Fuck Argos.

 

[Teh Chosen Juan]

finally got charged and "preparing to ship" status in US (central). looks like everyone's are locked and loaded! now we wait. and play our ps5 games imagining how great they're going to look in a week. only to then be let down by the minimal increases in fidelity. but hey, at least i'll have the latest in console technology!