- How ironic is it, David, that out of the two of us, I'm the first one with a PlayStation 5. - [David] Sad. - It's finally here. Launch Day PlayStation
5, ladies and gentlemen. And look, we even got a
special fancy package, which honestly I'm going
to discard immediately. David, do you want this
to put on your wall? - [David] 0%. - Would you frame it
and put it on your wall? - [David] Nope, I will not. - No, it's not cool enough? - [David] No. - Ow. Last bit came real easy there. We've got the disc version. So as you guys already know, the PlayStation 5 comes in two versions. For 500 US dollars, you get
the one with a Blu-ray drive, and for 400 US dollars, you get the one where you
have to buy full priced games instead of buying them second hand. Now, (sighs) okay, David, I know you're just a full
fat guy in the first place and you were gonna get the
disk version, no matter what. - [David] No. - No? Did you digital?
- I got the digital. - Shut up. - [David] Yeah, I didn't buy
a single disc for my PS4. - Really? - [David] Yeah. - So you're not gonna do the whole, like, you know, resell your games
that you've already played? You're a collector. - [David] I'm a collector
of digital things. - A collector. And you have no use for
it as a Blu-ray player? - [David] No, everything's on digital now. - Alright, so David's digital
transformation is complete. The key specs here are, of course, that it's running a new Zen 2-based SoC with much, much faster storage. Not to mention, a better, more advanced
storage architecture than any previous
console in Sony's lineup. And, of course, HDMI 2.1 connectivity, which is where... Oh yeah, all those fancy
logos in the corner. That's right. This thing can output 4K 120 hertz HDR, and even 8K. This is a terrible sleeve. It just, like, came apart. Look, hello. BK Audio, 4K HD. We're taking immersion. Let's get this puppy open. Box number three. I just wanna feel the controller that supposedly is so
advanced and game changing that they couldn't allow, like, plebeian PlayStation 4
controllers to work in PS5 games. Of course, the CPU and storage aren't the only things that are new here. The GPU is running the
same RDNA 2 architecture that AMD announced with their RX 6000 Series graphics cards. What we're expecting from
that is ray tracing support, although we don't really know anything about the actual performance compared to Nvidia's RTX series just yet, as well as extremely powerful, just more traditional
rasterized graphics performance. There's a stand? Really chunky HDMI cable. Why is this cool? No, you know what would make
me feel 2.1 and next-gen? Like, a super slim one that's, like, no broader
than the connector itself. Like, sleek. Ah, teach thorough. Power connector, internal power supply, which is nice. Both of the new gen consoles
have internal power supplies, though Sony had already pulled that off with the PlayStation 4, of course. And this is it, hey. It's heavy. It's surprisingly heavy. We'd be remiss if we didn't
pull out an Xbox controller for a comparison here. Now this has a couple
of AA batteries in it. And you know what? In fairness, the weight's not different. James pointed out that I should clarify this is a Series X controller. And I was like, "Oh, why do
we have to clarify that?" And I was like, "Oh, yeah, because, like, they
didn't change it. (laughs) It's hard to tell." I like the feel on the handle a lot better than the PS4 controller. Like, a lot. This is the first, first
party PlayStation controller that, to me, feels like
it's actually designed for human hands. Going back even to the
PlayStation 1, right? Like, how hard the lines
were on that thing. And PS2 was no better. It's like Sony had this light bulb moment that went, "Oh, the hand is curved. (David chuckles) Oh." I like it. And then what are all the fancy features of the pad up here now?
- Well, it's a touch pad. - You can, like, rock it. It's a touch pad. You can yell it. - [David] It's the same a PS4. There's also a mic on there. - And then the big killer
app here is, of course, these triggers having haptic feedback built into them now. So the idea is like, what, if you're on the throttle, you're ripping down the
road or whatever else, it really feels like it's, like, weighted. - [David] The haptic
feedback is the controller. It's resistive triggers. - Sorry, sorry, that's what I meant by... Isn't technically a
resistive trigger haptic? - [David] I know it's around, sure. - Yeah, so whatever,
whatever the terminology is, it's got the same kind of force feedback that you might find in
something like a driving wheel, except that it's built
right into the triggers on your controller. No complaints about the thumb sticks. I think thumb stick technology has pretty much reached peak,
you know, thumb waggle thing. I mean, everyone but Nintendo
can figure it out at least. Well, that's a fair criticism. - [David] Yeah. - Okay, the Pro Controller
is fine, you're right. When I said they were about the same, kind of nailed it. Wait, are you able to see that scale? I don't have my overhead.
- Yeah, I can. - Yeah, okay. They are, like, basically the same weight. I intentionally sequestered myself. I haven't looked at
anyone else's impressions of the PlayStation 5 controller yet. So my surprise is very real. I think this might be the
more comfortable of the two. D-pad sucks though. But then this D-pad sucks too. So, like, alright, let's have a look at the console. Let's see if it is truly as
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at lmg.gg/wirelessmodmic. What, did you open it? - I, well- - Did you come over here and open it and spoil it?
- No, James took photos. - You dick.
- He took photos. - You dick. You looked at my PlayStation before I got a chance to
look at my PlayStation. - [David] I ordered my
PlayStation first, okay? - Yuck. (David laughs) I gotta give Sony this, their product photographers
do a great job. From all the photography, I got the impression that these were a little bit more rounded, kind of like the front here, and a little less, like, "Yeah, I pop my collars
'cause I'm like..." Also I think they were going for, like, Alienware futuristic curve, but it actually just ends
up kind of looking warped. It just looks kind of defective to me. (upbeat music) Where are your hooks? Reveal your hooks to me. Ah!
- Oh. It falls down. - Yes, it's down. And the hook that I thought was the hook is definitely the hook. So you can see there's these little dots. These ones right here
act as like the lock. So that's the one that
you gotta bend back. So this, there we go. What do you think, David? It's worse. (chuckles) - [David] Yeah. - It's worse. (laughs) It's immediately worse. I love the two-sided
cooling fan intake though. That's pretty sick. Am I harping on it too much? - [David] No. - Does it really matter? - [David] It's ugly. Everyone knows it's ugly. - Yeah, okay, that's fair. At least it has USB Type-C. - [David] And an NVMe slot. - An apparently fast-charging
USB port on the front. Two more USB 3s on the back, hardline LAN, HDMI. That's freaking awesome. Look how accessible that is. Blows me away that Sony was the one. Sony. Out of Sony and Microsoft, Sony was the one to go, "You know what? Let's make the storage
upgradable on this thing via non-proprietary means." So Sony, if they're going to go, "Yeah, it's just a computer. Why don't you just put an M.2 in it?" I love this. I am so stoked. It can accept a 110 millimeter M.2. I'll talk about why that's
important in a minute here. But Sony is able to go, "Yeah, it's expensive today and a year from now, two years from now." Remember it's been seven years since the last PlayStation launch. Seven years from now, you will literally be able to
buy one of these gumstick M.2s that's fast enough for the
PlayStation 5 at Best Buy, chuck it in there, it'll probably be like 40 bucks, and you're off to the races. In the long term, that's the right move. So most M.2s are 80 mil, and you can see the mount
for that is right here. But if you step up to 110 millimeter, you can get some that
are higher performance. Like, for example, Intel has Optane-based M.2s
that are 110 millimeters. Now Optane doesn't have
the sequential speeds that the PlayStation needs yet, but the latency is extremely fast. So if we get a new generation of Optane and a Gen 4 M.2, like 110 mil, that would probably be the
Cadillac of storage upgrades for the PlayStation 5. Are Cadillacs even cool anymore? Doesn't matter. You guys understood what I was saying. And you can also get 110
mils in higher capacities because there's more room
for NAND flash chips on them. Sometimes. Now the fact that the
PlayStation 5 supports it means we're gonna see it, I think. 'Cause the thing is, even though console gamers tend to have this negative stereotype of being, you know, poor gamers
among the PC master race, well, the people who take
that stuff seriously, they're not. And I think we're gonna see
people spending, you know, literally double the price of this console on just massive storage upgrades for it, because unfortunately, only about, what is it, like, 675 gigs of the onboard storage?
- Yeah, available. - Is user accessible for installing games. I mean, if you're playing
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" or whatever... You got "Red Dead Redemption 2," you got "CoD," you got like, what- - [David] It's definitely
two with expansions. - Yeah, like, three
more games, you're done. That's it. Now just like the Xbox, you can hook up USB bay storage and copy your games to and from it, but it's (sighs). You can do it on a PC too. Nobody likes doing it. You know, you can have a
Steam game somewhere else. You can, like, back up your
Steam game somewhere else and then just copy them over
when you're gonna use them, but it sucks. It's not the best. - [David] You can't use that
for PS5 games, only PS4 games. - Oh, they don't even allow
you to put PS5 games on it and copy them? - [David] Not yet. I'm sure it'll come, but not yet. - Just like M.2 upgrades. (David laughs) Does that not look like a defect? Oh, this is nice. Look at this. They've got a little
PlayStation logo embossed here so that you know which spot
it's supposed to go in. - [David] Look at the texture on the inside of the white thing though. - Oh. Oh, that's cute. It's got little Xs, Os,
squares and circles. You will not be able
to see that from there, but it's adorable. You'll have to take my word for it. Okay, this was easy once I
figured out how to do it. A slot, why? Why? Slots grooves should not exist. The year is 2020. The are literally the worst. Why does it need a stand? There's no ventilation down here. Oh, there's a little bit actually. Torx?
(David laughs) No, it should be Phillips. Hello? Oh, there's a little cover. There's a cover nubbin. Why can I not turn this again? I no longer care. I'm sure other people will figure it out. That's not better. I think I'd probably go naked. I don't think I'd put
it on the stand, man. Maybe we're thinking about
this all wrong, David. Maybe Sony is just big-brain
way out ahead of us on this one. 'Cause think about it. Think about the evolution of the console's role in our lives, like, in our families. It used to be a toy for the kids. Then it turned into like
something that adults would own, but they would hide away
when company came over. And now it's something that
you wear loud and proud, like, you know, I'm a gamer. You wear, like, T-shirts that
are like, "Oh, look at me. I use keyboards and I think that's cool." You know, like that kind of thing. lttstore.com. So maybe this is Sony's way
of saying, "Loud and proud. It doesn't fit in your media console, and, dammit, it's not supposed to. It's supposed to be on a
pedestal next to your TV as a monument to what a gamer you are." Nothing? No applause? That was my- (David claps) (audience cheers) - Thank you. There it goes, yeah. (David cheers) - Of course, it's a ShortCircuit so that's as far as we go today, but make sure you're
subscribed to "Linus Tech Tips" because we will of course
be putting the PlayStation 5 through its paces. So knowing what you know about
how the Series X and Series S compare to each other
in terms of performance, 'cause this is what, like, 12 teraflops and the Series S is like four? - [David] Yeah. - So it's like three times the teraflops. Does it concern you at all that the PlayStation is 10? Knowing that they are in terms
of the actual CPU and GPU architecturally similar, which is not the same as the entire system
architecture and the software, do you think the gaming experience is going to be noticeably different? - [David] Oh, it'll be 10% sharper for multi-platform games on Xbox, but it always just comes down to games. - Right. I mean, there is the fact
that Sony has offloaded, what, is it audio? - [David] Audio, that's the audio and the I/O.
- And I/O. That's a big oops. And can you even lay it down flat? Like, both Xboxes are designed
so you can put them flat. No, you could- - [David] With the stand, you go flat. You can take the stand
off and then put it on. - I mean, you can, but like...
