While the state of the box it arrived in was less than stellar, having been damaged quite a bit likely in transit (both the Amazon box it was in and evidence of possible drop indentation on the actual console box on the corners), the console itself arrived in working order with no visible damage to any of its components.While I am in the lengthy process of downloading and transferring system data and games, I have had time to review the OS of the system, and while I find that some design decisions are somewhat questionable, such as having the “close game” option hidden behind the start button while highlighting the active application, the general layout and speed of loading, specifically tested with Granblue Fantasy Relink, are significantly faster than the PS4. Which is to be expected I suppose, but being as ignorant as I was before purchasing, I wasn’t quite expecting such a significant upgrade.I had delayed my desire to own a PS5 for a long while in part due to the sheer difficulty of sourcing one when they first came out and due to the lack of games that were interesting me at the time, but I believe had I actually looked into what the console offered, specifically backwards compatibility with it’s PS4 library, I very well may have made an attempt at obtaining one sooner.All in all, I am quite pleased by my purchase and I am looking forward to when it is done downloading my games so that I can enjoy my gaming experience to the fullest.
