WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.360 Lots of people say that they bought every PlayStation ever, but no one has ever actually done it and 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.720 For good reason see there are way more 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:15.000 Playstations than most people realize and many of them are darn near impossible to get your hands on 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:19.480 So I asked the team to take a shot at buying one of every 00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:25.520 PlayStation ever for me to play on and this is gonna be a lot of fun because as a lifelong PC gamer 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:29.080 There are machines here that I straight up didn't even know existed 00:00:29.400 --> 00:00:33.800 But we'll get to those later because first up is the OG the daddy 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:41.760 The PlayStation Now we already did a succinct and if I do say so myself 00:00:42.400 --> 00:00:47.760 Adorable rendition of the story of how Sony entered the gaming world in our console tier list video 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:53.960 So today we're gonna focus on the hardware and on the games the original PlayStation came out December 3rd 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:57.640 1994 and thanks to its franchise defining exclusives 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:06.000 Innovative hardware not to mention aggressive price it quickly took the gaming world by storm becoming the best selling home console ever 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:10.880 But there were a lot of different playstations that contributed to that number in fact 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:16.640 There are over 10 fat models 20 plus if you consider a region lock a model 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:23.160 But don't worry if your collection is missing a few of them the differences between many of them are very hard to spot 00:01:23.360 --> 00:01:31.040 So bottom line if you're on the market We would recommend one of the later models that fixes some major issues with the earlier ones 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:33.480 But still remains fairly moddable 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:38.560 7500 is the best or hear me out if compatibility with mods 00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:44.560 PSIO or a game shark doesn't matter to you. There's always the ps1 not that ps1 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:51.200 This ps1 this smaller lighter version of the original PlayStation cost just 200 dollars 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:58.080 Which made it a great entry point into Sony's ecosystem an ecosystem that got some pretty cool accessories like check out 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:04.320 This little LCD screen attachment with this you can play even when you're away from your station 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.560 Okay, but this was probably the bigger deal while the DualShock is 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:18.000 Pedestrian looking at best by today's standards It was the first ish controller with two analog sticks which kicked off a controller design paradigm that 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.660 Outside of small refinements has remained largely unchanged to this day 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.280 Just like I'll never change the way I segue to our sponsor 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:40.440 Our third specimen is one of this generation's biggest collector's items the net Eurose 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:44.120 Not only had I never heard of this thing. I'd never heard of the concept of it 00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:50.080 It's a dev kit see but it's targeted at hobbyists rather than at professional developers 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.440 And the aim was to spark interest in game development 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:57.040 It was only available via mail order and cost about 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:05.120 750 us dollars which that sounds like an awful lot for a matte black palette swap and a couple of matching controllers 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:12.480 But here's the kicker it also had no region lock and came with everything you needed to run unsigned software 00:03:12.920 --> 00:03:17.840 Directly from a PC. It's hard to imagine modern Sony doing anything that cool 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:24.920 But back in those days Sony had a very try anything twice mindset, which was reflected in the games as well 00:03:25.320 --> 00:03:32.360 Now we just got a pick one to play We could go with an obvious choice like Final Fantasy 7 or Tekken or Crash Bandicoot 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:38.320 But that'd be too predictable. We chose Parappa the rapper, which I've never actually played. I'll prepare yourself 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.120 Okay, man, what shape did they think people's hands were? 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:49.720 Oh, no, I figured it out games were for kids. Yes. So the curvature is so tight for an adult hand 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.000 Which didn't bother me back then because we were kids now 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.960 You have a lot of fond childhood memories of this particular game. It's one of my favorites of all time. Sony binger back. I'll pay anything 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:08.200 I'll find it myself We are 30 seconds into this game and I've seen multiple like white American stereotypes that 00:04:08.880 --> 00:04:14.680 Make me amaze that this console ever sold overseas. I'm impressed it has voice acting 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:21.320 Yeah, well, that was the power of the CD. You could finally fit voice actors into your game. Oh, hold on. Okay. Oh God 00:04:21.320 --> 00:04:25.920 I don't know. I don't know Sony buttons. So this is gonna be really hard. Oh 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:32.440 God Wow, you lost that's the fastest I've seen anyone lose at this game even when I was a baby. I 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:36.760 Could do better than that. That was the tutorial. What's the spot? What spot? 00:04:36.760 --> 00:04:39.200 What where in the which star am I trying to hit it on? 00:04:39.960 --> 00:04:44.840 Where the thing is but there's three stars, but the stars have nothing to do with it 00:04:44.840 --> 00:04:48.800 Look at the thing is that's all you have to hit what I did it that early. Yeah. Oh 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:56.760 Oh, I get it Yeah, you're getting it. I thought as the one went across the thing 00:04:56.760 --> 00:05:01.200 I didn't notice that the the icon is the character who's supposed to do it 00:05:02.520 --> 00:05:06.960 It's a small screen. It's a really small screen. Okay. I can do this. I can do this 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:12.720 I think one thing that's brilliant about this game is that it's a great tutorial for learning where the buttons are on a PlayStation controller 00:05:12.760 --> 00:05:17.920 That's actually genius. Oh, oh, what is that square right the thing? 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.880 This is probably enough of this that's probably enough parappa for all of its first generation jankiness though 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:28.600 The PlayStation really was a revolution in the game industry 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.920 Get it because spinning discs not cartridges 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:37.120 Of course, all good things must end and the ps2 made the ps1 00:05:37.760 --> 00:05:46.960 Completely obsolete doing everything its predecessor did but better not only did it have very complete backwards compatibility with both ps1 games and 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:51.200 Controllers thanks to what was essentially a built-in ps1 CPU 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.400 But an even bigger selling point for the mainstream buyers was that the ps2 was also one of the cheapest 00:05:57.800 --> 00:05:59.880 DVD players on the market at just 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:08.160 $299 and all of that ignores the Technological jump that this sixth generation beast offered for next-gen games 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:14.680 It's powerful custom hardware not to mention much larger game discs meant not only better graphics 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:21.520 But also more ambitious game worlds mechanics and stories this time in an attractive black shell that 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.800 Especially in its vertical stance exudes monolithic power 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.800 That is unless you opt for the slim ps2 though 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:35.800 It is worth noting that thanks to the expansion slot on the back the original fat is still the most desirable 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:40.640 PS2 model for many gamers with the 3900 range being the sweet spot 00:06:40.760 --> 00:06:44.680 Thanks to its improved laser reliability out of the box hard drive support 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:49.360 Not to mention its ability to use free mick boot to load privateered games 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:54.800 With that said if you aren't planning on sailing the seven C's and you don't care about these 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:00.640 20 or so ps1 games most versions of the slim are also pretty great choices these days 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:06.400 What's a poor choice these days unless you're a hardcore collector is the PSX 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:13.080 This Japan only white behemoth was a harbinger of Sony's next-generation ambitions and 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:20.600 Included alongside a full-fat ps2 a ton of extra features most of which are basically 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:30.940 Useless today. I'm talking media functionality like video audio and image editing not to mention a digital video recorder to pause and play back live 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.880 TV on the built-in encrypted hard drive which 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:38.960 Sadly has yet to be cracked and takes out the entire console when it dies 00:07:39.640 --> 00:07:48.360 Perhaps most importantly though the PSX introduced the cross media bar before it became the iconic UI of the PSP and the PS3 00:07:48.520 --> 00:07:59.000 Which we will get to in a moment, but first There's another ps2 that only the true aficionados will know the Bravia KDL 22 px 300 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:03.960 This is a truly unremarkable 720p class LCD TV 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:09.400 But it has a PlayStation 2 built into the stand man 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:14.720 You would think this thing would have made some serious headlines and who knows maybe it would have 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:20.440 Except that it was released four years after the PlayStation 3 came out 00:08:20.440 --> 00:08:24.720 But still we have got to use this for our ps2 gaming. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, yeah 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:30.120 But first there's one more novel variant of the ps2 that we dropped from our procurement list 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:35.480 But Phil should get an honorable mention anyway the audiovox VOD 10 ps2 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:40.120 It's an all-in-one ps2 gaming system. That's meant for in-car integration 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:44.080 Which sounded so cool, and I wanted it so bad 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:51.320 Until we looked a little closely and realized it's really just a retail ps2 slim that slots into a folding display 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:57.040 That makes it more of an accessory than a console, so it didn't need our criteria for inclusion 00:08:57.920 --> 00:09:02.160 Now all we got to do is pick a game not easy on a console with over 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:07.720 4,000 of them many of them on the all-time greatest list. I'm gonna choose the incredible 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:13.800 Medal of Honor European assault because that's the European game that we do have and this is a PAL TV 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:16.800 great 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.840 Wow 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:26.300 Holy crap, I forgot how bad early LCDs were 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:30.680 This is shocking like yes ps2 games don't look great 00:09:31.560 --> 00:09:39.800 But everything moving in the distance is just like this mirroring. Yes slow motion how smeary it is the smearing is horrible 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:48.040 Wow, it's not helping matters that it's running at 30 FPS. Yes, how could you? 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:58.000 Possibly hope to beat this game like this Still even on this trash TV you can see what a massive improvement in fidelity the ps2 offered over the ps1 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:05.920 Not right out of the gate necessarily the first ps2 games famously did not really look much better than the last ps1 games as 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:11.920 Developers really unlocked the full potential of that first-generation console, but by the time it was well into its life 00:10:11.920 --> 00:10:21.000 It makes per app of the rapper look like Early concept of what 3d gaming might look like hey, there's propper 2 on the ps2. I bet it looks a lot better 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:27.960 It does look slightly better. Yes making my aiming issues worse is the fact that these analog sticks appear to have about 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:35.200 20% of their movement as a dead zone. Yeah, that's just the way things were but there were some improvements like 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:42.040 Analog face buttons so in like Gran Turismo. That's how you would accelerate as you'd press harder on the X button to go faster 00:10:42.640 --> 00:10:46.640 Okay, that's pretty cool. I prefer the triggers. We have today 00:10:47.160 --> 00:10:53.640 Me too. I also prefer the displays we have today where I'm not seeing six ghost images of this tower 00:10:54.520 --> 00:11:00.920 Truly awful while this is probably a worst-case scenario the ps2 overall existed during that 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:11.040 awkward transition period between CRT where the games definitely looked better and flat panels that were sexier not to mention more expensive, but 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.640 Really did have crap image quality and input latency 00:11:15.640 --> 00:11:20.600 Of course flat panels wouldn't stay crappy forever and with the rise of high definition TVs 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.960 Sony's next move would be to raise the bar for home consoles once again 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:29.920 Delivering a leap in visual fidelity that blew away our 2006 eyes 00:11:30.520 --> 00:11:34.760 Not to mention our 2006 wallets 00:11:34.760 --> 00:11:40.320 That's right. Despite its impressive cell architecture or maybe because of it 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:46.520 The big bad glossy blu-ray machine. Oh, it's heavy landed on the market with a resounding 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:55.760 Out of the gate its cost made it unattractive to gamers and its complexity made it unattractive to developers 00:11:55.760 --> 00:12:04.440 Who really struggled? I mean even compared to last gen to differentiate their early ps3 games from the best-looking ps2 titles 00:12:04.920 --> 00:12:10.320 Of course by once again including last-generation hardware in the early ps3s 00:12:10.560 --> 00:12:14.640 Sony made sure that you could at least still play those older games, but 00:12:15.280 --> 00:12:20.360 Here's the thing the ps2 is still the best-selling console ever 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:26.200 So if you really wanted to play older games, you could just you know pick one of those up on craigslist for next to nothing 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:33.520 Now the final ace up Sony's sleeve was supposed to be support for high definition blu-ray movie playback and for that 00:12:33.520 --> 00:12:39.240 It did offer a compelling value, but that was only for the handful of folks who cared 00:12:39.760 --> 00:12:48.040 Slow adoption of high-definition TVs not to mention the much higher prices of blu-ray discs meant that DVD would continue to be the dominant 00:12:48.040 --> 00:12:51.920 Format for years to come in spite of all of this though 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:56.920 Sony stuck it out and the ps3's appeal steadily grew over the course of its lifetime 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:07.440 bolstered by a growing library of Phenomenal exclusives with the real breakthrough moment coming with the introduction of this the less glossy and perhaps more importantly 00:13:07.880 --> 00:13:10.500 less expensive ps3 slim at 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:15.100 299 I don't know seems like the price of a game console might be important 00:13:15.800 --> 00:13:24.240 Nintendo or not who knows this external shrinkage was made possible by Sony slowly eliminating feature bloat like extra 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.960 IO and backwards compatibility along with some major 00:13:28.520 --> 00:13:31.000 transistor-sized shrinkage on both the CPU and 00:13:31.680 --> 00:13:39.600 GPUs and thank goodness for that because those early model ps3's produced much more heat than their woefully inadequate cooling solutions could move away 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:42.680 Which contributed to a plague of yellow light deaths? 00:13:43.280 --> 00:13:48.860 That's a big reason why we would actually recommend targeting an early slim for your collection 00:13:49.180 --> 00:13:56.260 Yes, yes, both the CEHA and E can play ps2 games natively, which is pretty cool 00:13:56.620 --> 00:14:01.460 But in our mind, that's really not enough to overcome the price difference 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:08.980 Which is so big that you could buy a ps3 slim and a ps2 and a good retro scalar all for less money 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:16.940 Not to mention that it would deliver a noticeably less leggy ps2 gaming experience that recommendation though assumes that you might be interested in 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:23.080 modding if all you care about is playing legal discs late model slims or even the super slim can be a great 00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:31.860 Reliable option see instead of a front disc loader We have the back-to-basics top-loading disk drive that kind of reminds me of Buckley's cough syrup 00:14:32.380 --> 00:14:36.620 It's ugly, but it works immediately. I have a bunch of thoughts 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:41.300 But I'm not sure if you'll be able to hear them over this freaking console. Is that normal? 00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:45.700 They get louder with age as there's more and more dust, but there was always a very loud console 00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:51.100 To its credit though, this is the first game that I've looked at and gone 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:57.100 Yeah, I could just sit down and enjoy this with no distraction. Looks like a switch one game looks good enough 00:14:57.100 --> 00:15:01.700 Well, I shouldn't say no distraction I have this cable pulling on my controller 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:08.700 Which I shouldn't because the six-axis was the first wireless controller that was ever packed in with a Sony console 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:14.060 It had no rumble out of the gate due to ongoing litigation with the DualShock 3 coming about a year later 00:15:14.260 --> 00:15:19.260 But hold on a second then. How's the cable Sony's fault Linus? Well because Sony 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:23.660 Integrates batteries into their controllers, which always die 00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:29.700 Because batteries die you can buy replacements from places like Ali Express, but most people aren't going through that 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:35.980 So if you're buying used ps3 controllers, just expect it to be dead. This is why I always liked the Xbox approach 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:41.980 Yes, the controllers are heavier because of the double-a batteries, but I never have to deal with this certainly for longevity 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:48.460 It's way better. Oh We didn't mention the analog triggers yet. I really don't like the shape of it. It feels off. No, it's a modern one 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:53.980 No, that's a terrible analog trigger, but having an analog trigger definitely better than not having an analog trigger 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:59.220 This is also one of my least favorite controllers of all playstations. I don't like the wireless latency 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:04.780 I think that it was time for an improvement. I my dream project is rebuilding the boomerang 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:12.220 Controller the banana that they they released when they announced the console, but they never released it because there was too many people 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:15.580 Making fun of it. Apparently it's like the most comfortable controller over the time 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:25.220 Keep juggling you down the road It's crazy that through this entire era of gaming performance was barely even it like a issue on our mind 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:32.100 This is like running at a solid 30 FPS, but racing games now that's almost unacceptable. Oh almost 00:16:33.380 --> 00:16:39.300 Another thing we've stopped accepting these days is the brown filter over everything even this game feels like it has like a 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:45.260 Gritty brown filter over all the vegetation. Yeah, everything is just a little gray and brown. I 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:54.900 Get it. It was HD. They were trying to make it look realistic Now movies are going through a similar thing at the same time. Yeah realism in my games not always what I'm after 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:59.780 All right, it's time to move on to the next generation. No, it's not. No, it's not 00:17:00.420 --> 00:17:03.660 You may not know this, but Sony released another 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:10.020 Little tiny home console right around the launch of the ps4 the PlayStation TV 00:17:10.020 --> 00:17:18.820 This little hundred dollar box was marketed primarily as a remote play device in Sony's big push into the game remote streaming world 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:23.340 Stupidly what they should have done is focus on its best feature 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:28.700 The fact that inside this box is basically a ps Vita just without the screen 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:34.580 I mean it wasn't officially that of course, but once you hacked it and added compatibility back for most games 00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:41.300 You could enjoy a surprisingly excellent big screen experience or so. I'm told I never had a Vita. What am I gonna be playing? 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:46.540 You're gonna be playing Batman Arkham Origins because it's a game that shows off some of the technical capacity of this 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:50.980 This looks surprisingly good on the big screen. Yeah, the scaling is not ideal on it 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:54.300 You can only do 720p or 1080i and we currently have 720p 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:59.900 So it's really good on like an HD CRT But who's got in one of those these days? 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:07.300 Dude the Vita was so good We should do another one of these videos just about the Vita like the textures are obviously a little lo-fi 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:10.460 But like it looks not bad not that far off from ps3 00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:17.260 It also was the only way to play persona for golden on a big screen for a long time 00:18:17.260 --> 00:18:20.700 But now they've sold that on every marketplace, but for 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:26.980 Five years it was basically this neat, but more of a side exploration 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:30.660 Now for a storyline quest Sony's ps4 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:36.060 Parallelogram got off to a very strong start in large part by just keeping it simple 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:42.500 While Microsoft was hanging a connect-shaped elbatross over its confusingly named do-it-all 00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:49.160 Xbox one Sony was laser focused on creating a gaming machine for gamers 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:57.540 Released in late 2013 at 399 The ps4 was Sony's first ever console to contain an AMD x86 00:18:57.860 --> 00:19:07.260 APU meaning that Architecturally it was more like a gaming PC than any generation that came before it that meant that it was that much 00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:12.100 Easier to develop and port games for and boy did we ever get some games 00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:17.660 In fact, it was such a strong lineup of exclusives that it would be hard for Sony to evolve beyond it 00:19:17.780 --> 00:19:25.060 The ps4 would be followed up by the die shrunk slim and then eventually the pro which was touted as the first true 00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:27.340 4k console machine, but uh 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:36.140 Our tests determined that that was a lie as it turned out the pro was basically a moderate GPU upgrade with nearly 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:41.460 Everything else remaining the same probably because Intel was too cool to make console chips and 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:45.740 AMD couldn't build a decent CPU to save their lives back then 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:49.860 No, the true 4k console. It's still not true 4k 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:56.300 the ps5 would arrive in 2020 priced at 399 with a 00:19:57.180 --> 00:20:05.360 Unique design that made it a little hard not to worry about Sony and a best-in-class storage solution promised that long loading screens 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:15.340 Would be a thing of the past But aside from that Sony's fifth generation lacked the unique accessories and gameplay innovations that helped previous generations stand out 00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:20.380 Oh wait this You have got to be kidding me with all of that said 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:26.620 Being kind of bland but better isn't necessarily a terrible thing and the ps5 fully 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:35.020 Embraces the trend of consoles becoming more PC like which made multi-platform ports much easier and higher quality than ever 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:41.900 While also providing important creature comforts not to mention an attractive price-to-performance ratio that made it a 00:20:42.260 --> 00:20:46.820 Solid choice for gamers. This has led to an environment where there are fewer true 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:55.540 exclusives than ever before But the trade-off is that the ps5 can play thousands of games and is often the best place to play them 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:59.100 Other than a high-end PC of course and that's true 00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:03.020 Whether you're playing on a fat ps5 or the newer slim ps5 00:21:03.020 --> 00:21:09.420 Which sadly is the first big size reduction that we've seen that didn't have a significant jump in efficiency 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:12.300 But hey, at least it fits nicely in our commuter backpack 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:17.340 Lttstore.com now for our biggest baddest 00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:22.460 PlayStation yet the true 4k console still not native 00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:29.420 The ps5 pro we've got another GPU focused upgrade here with improved raw performance 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:32.460 Improved ray tracing and a new fangled 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:38.460 PlayStation specific upscaling technique that to Sony and AMD's credit can look pretty close to native 00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:42.700 Even if it still isn't and even if it's about to be replaced by fsr4 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:49.020 The only question in my mind is are we being too hard on the ps5? I mean we called this thing a 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:54.940 moderate performance bump and sure compared to like the ps2 to the ps1 00:21:55.500 --> 00:22:03.660 kind of is but I kind of remember those ps4 games looking kind of sh**. Can we compare these two already? I'm having the ps4 experience 00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:11.500 Yeah, let's do a new game three two one go. Hey, there we go. There we go. I could have skipped a long time ago 00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:15.580 Yikes 00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:26.140 Okay, that is a lot sharper. Yeah a lot smoother 00:22:26.540 --> 00:22:30.380 I gotta say for its age though ps4 looks not bad in this game 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:35.820 The cutscenes look really good on ps4 once we get to gameplay it'll be a little more clear to be clear 00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:39.340 The one on the left looks like it has vaseline over the screen 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:44.300 I could finish this game at the time is taking you to load in 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:53.260 And you'd have a much more enjoyable experience Another big difference going from the ps4 to the ps5 was unlocking 120 FPS performance modes 00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:58.780 Yes, the visual fidelity does go down, but particularly in more competitive titles 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:04.300 It can be a major advantage Even the addition of vrr on PlayStation consoles was a huge deal where 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:14.380 Now games can have a little bit of stuttering But it doesn't matter nearly as much and I've really liked the addition of the 40 hertz modes that are somewhere in between balanced 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:21.900 60 hertz modes and 30 FPS, but they look great and they're you know, just 33 smoother a little bit more playable 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:27.020 Okay, not bad But then I pan the camera 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:35.820 And I gotta say look I never played ribbon west, but I did play zero dawn and that was a freaking 00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:42.940 Hard game sometimes when you have to like use a particular kind of arrow to snipe the eye of a particular 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:47.020 bird flying around and doing that with this level of blur 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:53.420 And at this level of input latency Okay, I shouldn't say I don't know if I could beat it because I beat it on a steam deck 00:23:53.900 --> 00:24:02.380 Um But it would be harder Yeah To their credit both of these generations support HDR, but even the modest performance impact is 00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:10.380 Definitely going to be less felt on the ps5 to be fair. I think the ps5 pro is a little overkill. Like it's so sharp and so 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:15.980 Yeah, we're showing how much we've shown how much uh from the beginning of this 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:20.380 Super generation to the end of the super generation and how it how much improvement there is 00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:24.860 Is that how you would describe the ps4 ps5 the super generation a hundred percent? 00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:32.540 Yeah, I think that's fair Yeah, like we've had so much improvement that it probably totals more than a generation, but it's still like 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:36.940 You're playing ps4 games on your ps5 like there's very few just ps5 games 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.980 Oh, hi 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:46.140 Oh got him again Oh 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:51.020 With that said there's more to this half generation than just performance 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:56.060 That controller is the first PlayStation controller that has ever tempted me 00:24:56.860 --> 00:25:00.780 I do not love the ergonomics of any previous dual shock controller 00:25:00.780 --> 00:25:07.260 But the dual sense with its better haptics Including these like sick triggers that make your bow really feel like 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:17.500 Drawing a bow, of course you'll pay the price for all of that The ps5 pro is in raw dollars the most expensive console we've ever seen from sony and even adjusting for inflation 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:21.980 Only the launch ps3 exceeds it, which was notoriously 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:28.220 Not very successful and even within the same parts We've seen price increases across the globe and they've kind of 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:34.380 Discretely in the us raised the price of the slim by 50 bucks over the launch even as lifelong pc gamers 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:40.380 I think we can both agree that there's never been a better time to enjoy the tens of thousands of playstation games 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:46.940 Both present and in the past Especially if you're not shy about privateering them for those of you watching 00:25:47.020 --> 00:25:50.620 If you want to get an idea of which playstation you should buy in each generation 00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:55.020 We're going to put up our chart with recommended models Now 00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:57.020 We're also going to segue to our sponsor 00:25:58.220 --> 00:26:00.220 Now 00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:04.860 If you like this kind of looking back at the history of gaming 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:09.980 Why don't you check out the time we had several young people try some of my favorite childhood games 00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:13.740 Video games Have they really changed for the better? 00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:18.220 Yes But also in some ways no 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:21.500 We should do another episode of that. 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