Happy 5th Anniversary MY OWNERSHIP OF MY PS5

On November 12 2020, Sony released their PLAYSTATION 5 Console to the masses 

But it came at a time seen as most inopportune.

The COVID-19 Pandemic was still somewhat in full force and while some business were open, MASK MANDATES were still a must as the Vaccines hadn't been deployed yet.

And to make matters worse, shortly after the PS5, Xbox Series X, Nvidia RTX 30 series and AMD RADEON RX 6000 series were released, they were all subject to supply chain issues wrought out by both the semi-conductor shortage and scalpers who bought the stock of the console and GPUS and sold them off at higher prices.

So for people like me, we could only buy these newfangled consoles ONLINE and we had to act fast before the scalpers beat us to it.

Well, it was mid-February of 2021 when I looked at WAL-MART and bought this baby here.

It cost me about over CA$800 due to it being a TWO-Controller bundle and not because of price increases wrought out by the aftermath of the first TRUMP Administration.

But it was worth the 3 week wait for me indeed.

I remember getting notified by either my mother or my iPhone 11 that there was a package at the front door of my house. I stepped out and there was a bigass package at the entrance and there it was, my PS5.

I went to the kitchen and unboxed the crap out of the Console.

I was choked up because I was absolutely happy to have finally got the console after griping over the stupid scalpers and the equally stupid PANDEMIC.

And yes, All of these Photos were taken on my iPhone 11 which was my then-current phone at that time-period.

And even though I've now since upgraded to an iPhone 17 Pro Max, I still have the photos in my phone's Photo Library.

Anyway,

I hooked up the console to my then current at the time

32" RCA HDTV with a built-in DVD Player, 

pressed the power button and in came that first-time boot intro.

And throughout the Spring Break of 2021 while still Social Distancing, I played the crap out of my PS5, mostly on ASTRO'S PLAYROOM, DAY OF THE TENTACLE, KINGDOM HEARTS, etc.

And let's just say I'm glad I made the right decision to order my PS5 on that FEBRUARY 2021 as that when the original revision was still available.

Why am I saying this?

Because later on around AUGUST 2021, I read that Sony replaced the original heatsink with a lighter version during manufacturing as to make the PS5 lighter to carry.

But I also seen how disgruntled people were about the heatsink change as it ran the risk of making the console run hotter than it was designed to be.

I'm glad I ordered early before they changed the Heatsink.

Original Revisions of Game Consoles are always superior to the later revisions.

That's why I never replaced by PS5 with the newer slim or Pro Revisions that have come into retail in the later years.

As for my TV Setup, I've long since changed to my 43" HISENSE A68N 4K SMART TV and my PS5 is now set to both 4K & HDR is set to enabled.

Also what I didn't have at when I first bought my PS5 was my LG SoundBar but that's a blogpost for another time.