PS5: 8 Features You Must Try On Your New PlayStation

the PS5 it’s a simple day from launch and while Games are by far the most important part of any console launch., the new user interface of the PS5 is also quite impressive. We took an in-depth look at the options and found some tips and tricks to help you enhance your PlayStation experience.

Some handle seamlessly during setup, but others are buried in a mountain of settings and options. We thought it was worth breaking it.

Here’s what we think is worth doing when you first turn on your PS5, to help you tailor your PS5 experience to your specific preferences.

1. Check your privacy settings

During the initial setup of the PS5, you will be asked to select from a series of four different privacy settings with names like “Social and Open” or “Solo and Focused.” Basically, it allows you to control your online profile and what others can see.

But those settings can be further broken down within those categories, giving you complete control over whether you will appear in search results or who can add you as a friend, etc.

These settings can be found on the “Users and Accounts” tab in settings.

2. Select your power settings

The PS5 gives you the ability to better control the amount of power your PS5 draws, especially when you put it in “sleep mode.” As with the privacy settings, you’ll be able to choose between profiles during setup, with presets that can be split even further if you feel like diving deeper. Those presets determine how long it takes for your PS5 to shut down when idle and also whether the console will automatically download updates, which is very useful if you want to avoid the dreaded system update when you want to play something online.

3. Play with the HDR sliders

If you have an HDR-capable TV, you will definitely want to make sure you have these correct settings.

Again, the PS5 allows you to play around with contrast and brightness during setup, but personally, I switched with this setting several times, mainly because if you change the settings on your TV after setup (say, to a mode of game) those HDR settings will be affected. It makes sense to go back and optimize. Especially if you are as picky about image quality as I am! (I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time fixing these settings.)

4. Experiment with the submenu

Possibly my favorite part of the PS5 UI is the submenu that you can open while in-game. Basically, if you press the big PlayStation button in the middle of the controller, this submenu appears in-game. Very ingenious.

Older consoles have had some variation of this feature for a while now, but I’m a huge fan of the PS5 version. It is discreet, subtle and allows for customization.

You can access the settings, play around with the sound levels, and add additional devices like headphones. You can even link your Spotify account and choose music from the submenu. VR options are also available from here, which will be of great help to those trying to troubleshoot VR problems on the go.

You can also easily switch between recently played games in this submenu, eliminating the need to go to the home page to start a new game.

But my favorite part: you can customize your submenu. You can even add the accessibility options of the PS5 to the sub, which I imagine will be incredibly useful for disabled gamers.

5. Choose between performance and resolution

Those of you with a PS4 Pro probably know that gaming is getting a bit PC. Games like God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn let you choose whether you prefer the PS4 Pro to focus its additional processing power on resolution or performance (which essentially means frame rate).

Personally, I always prefer to focus on performance rather than resolution. And if you have a TV that doesn’t do 4K, safe prefer performance over resolution.

Either way, to save you the hassle of selecting your preferences again with each game, the PS5 allows you to select a default option in settings. Head to game / app save data settings and select game presets.

6. Choose your default difficulty

In the presets section of the game, there are a lot of good things; you can even choose which difficulty you prefer by default.

Personally, that’s not something I’d be doing. I think the difficulty of the game is too subjective and differs wildly between games. But I know that there are people who like to go immediately to the most difficult stage and, vice versa, people who just like to play for the story.

7. Check your controller settings and play

This is an absolute must.

This isn’t exactly new, but the PS5 allows you to configure default controller settings that apply to all games. First of all, you can make “invert” your default in first person shooter games or third person games with camera controls.

I constantly have to dive into the game settings to change that, so that’s a must for me.

You’ve probably heard that the PS5 DualSense controller is a huge step forward in terms of its adaptive triggers and vibration features. You can also make changes to the intensity of the effect. Personally, I wouldn’t touch it. I’m very happy with the default, but it’s there if you want to modify it.

8. Choose your spoiler settings

I couldn’t believe this one existed, but it exists!

In fact, you can control the level of spoilers you will see when browsing the PlayStation Store. You can select to remove “all” potential spoilers or remove spoilers as determined by the game developers.

So if you are incredibly sensitive to spoilers, you can head over to the Game / Save Data Application section of the settings and click on Game Presets. The option is there.

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