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PlayStation 5 Unboxing
NEVER has my faithful delivery man come with a more precious load. Like Brad Pitt at the end of Se7en, I hear you yelling “What’s in the box?” Fortunately, (spoiler alert) it’s not my wife’s severed head, but something so attractive.
Hidden as it is in the kind of nondisclosure agreements normally reserved for randy royalty, I still can’t tell you much about the PS5, although I can show the box. And while I may be spared from spilling the bean, rest assured that my thumbs have been stroking its gigantic shape in preparation for the November 19 release date.
Last week, the press could only confirm that they had the console and show its box. Now we are at the stage where we can free the Kraken from its moorings and treat it like a piece of meat, gazing at us at its smooth lines, pinching its buttons, without reporting what it does when connected to the television.
What I can say is that it is a beast. The great-great-grandson of the original PlayStation is the largest home console that has ever been installed in your bedroom. It beats me in two respects, it’s pretty and huge, and it comes with a stand, all necessary cables, and Sony’s new DualSense controller.
It’s not just the size of the thing – the curved shape of the PS5 means that a stand is required to give it a solid base, regardless of whether it is placed horizontally or vertically. On, its subtle lighting means you don’t feel like you’re in Times Square, and while the PS4 sounded like a Chinook landing in your backyard (causing 80s flashbacks in Northern Ireland), I can report that the PS5 is very silent. .
Unlike Microsoft’s Series X, whose controller essentially mimics the Xbox standard, its interface with PS5 feels like a genuine generational leap. Packed with features like haptic feedback and adaptive resistance, the way its triggers fight your advances is a game-changer on the dive.
Each console comes with Astro’s Playroom built in, and while it’s essentially a showcase of controller features, its lovely robotic platform is easily compatible with Mario’s 3D antics.
The box also goes to great lengths to reveal how easy it is for the newcomer to play their old PS4 games. The discs are a given, but for digital fodder you can re-download them from the store, transfer them from your PS4 via wi-fi, or in my case just plug in the external drive that houses your PS4 library. It’s that easy.
Expect a full teardown in the coming weeks, along with reviews of the biggest launch titles. In the meantime, rest assured, Sony promises a ray of light in the darkest of winters.
