I’ve had this PlayStation 5 Slim now for approximately a month and I’m very satisfied with the quality overall. I’ve never owned a PlayStation in my life and for the past couple years, I’ve been very curious to try one out (I’ve always had Xbox and Nintendo). This is technically my second PlayStation I purchased, the first one I bought from Best Buy back in December 2023 and unfortunately it had technical issues so I had to get another one. Normally, with this being my first experience with a product, I would just give up if something broke on me that quick. I know however, that PlayStation has a great ecosystem of video games and I didn’t want one bad system experience to deter me from enjoying PlayStation altogether. So far this PlayStation I have is holding up great and I’m very happy about that. The first thing I noticed after getting everything set up was how amazing the dual sense controller is. When you’ve been playing on an Xbox controller since 2003 for the most part, it’s quite the experience going to something different like a PlayStation controller, especially with all the features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. That in itself is almost worth buying a PlayStation because of how a lot of games take advantage of these features. Additionally, once you get the system set up, you HAVE TO PLAY Astros Playroom that comes included with the PlayStation. This game will help familiarize you with your new system and the controller and all it’s features. In my opinion, this is a gold mine for PlayStation and I hope to see they do more with Astros Playroom in the future. I also recommend at the very least getting external/additional storage as games now are getting quite large and you really only get approximately 800 GB after all the updates out of the box. Getting an additional controller and a charging station is also essential. The battery life on these controllers are not the worst but also not as good as Xbox controllers with batteries from what I’ve noticed and it’s always good having an extra one on standby so you never have to take a break from gaming if your controller needs to charge. The official PlayStation charging stations are relatively inexpensive and it’s something you should get if you plan to use your PlayStation for any meaningful amount of time. You will also want to subscribe to PlayStation online service (PS+) if you plan to play any games online or record anything. There’s different tiers depending on what you need for your subscription, but a my opinion, it’s essential if you want to get the full experience out of your PlayStation.

I ended up selling my ps4 for this and I'm glad I did. I was holding off on buying a ps5 for a bit and good thing I did because they came out with the ps5 slim versions. It's not as bulky as the original ps5 which is a big bonus for the space I have. The system itself (besides the games that try to make you subscribe or pay for DLC's) is great. In my opinion this system is better than ps4 and/or the original ps5.
Now, the things you need to know.

- At first the system does not heat up but eventually your better off buying a cooling fan.

- For better cooling/air flow I purchased a cooling fan for the back of the system and a cheap stand that slides in on both sides of the ps5 slim, so that it lays flat. The plastic stand that comes with the ps5 slim is not good in my opinion. [=--==]

- I also purchased a separate charging dock, not one that is attached to a cooling stand. I find that the cooling stands do not work as well as the clip on cooling fans that connect to the back of the system. The ventilation design on the bottom of the ps5 slim does not match up with the design of the cooling stands that have been made so far.

- You also have the option of switching back and forth from digital to the cd version buy purchasing the ps5 slim disc drive.

- Before purchasing make a list of the items you will need for the system because to get an estimate of what you will actually need to pay.

- If there is a game that you are interested in purchasing but think it is too pricey, ps5 slim has an option now for the online ps store that allows you to set games of interest as a notification and once the price drops your system will get notified. I've set a few games up like this and within a few weeks I received notifications some better than others like from $90 dropped to $42.

- Also know that a lot more games on ps5 now are asking that you have a ps plus membership to play online, so inquire about the game that you want to purchase for your child if there are any further in-game payments that you will need to pay instead of finding out when your child is trying to start the game up but you have to make another payment.

- I may have missed a few things, so search the web on things to know about ps5 slim to have a better experience with your purchase.

This is far better than the Xbox series consoles, I was having WiFi Glitches which now are completely gone. The PS5 is incredibly fast and frame rates are really smooth. There is no Lag too. The amount of features is incredible to the Xbox you can tell why the PS5 has outsold Xbox around 2.3/1 I would recommend this over both there Series S and X, purely on hardware and build quality. As I mentioned earlier there is no glitches which is down to the hardware. Also the controller you get doesn't need a separate rechargeable batterie as it's built in. The controller is really good. There is the PS Plus which is Cheeper than the Xbox Game Pass (£13.49 PS Plus Vs £14.99 game pass) and there is tons of nostalgia with the Playstation Classics Catalog. Most games people grew up with are on there all the big PS1 such as Resident evil, Syphon Filter and so on. Even when you update the console it has the old playstation boot screens and when you switch off there is a PS5 downboot which is a Really nice touch makes you feel as your honoured as a consumer. All in all 10/10 well worth the money I paid even with The £70 discount I had. Fully reccomended

This digital model is perfect. I bought it to replace a previous ps5 from the early generation (those early ps5 models were equipped with faulty wireless cards which failed after approximately 1 year, and not replaceable because the wireless cards were soldered to the main board). I previously had one of the early models of ps5 with the disc reader built in, God of War edition. It was great from a digital aspect, but the disc reader was always so loud I chose not to use it for games or movies, ever. That’s how loud the disc reader was, like an aircraft taking off, EVEN IF the disc slot was not being used to play a game, just being loaded in the console unused, the ps5 would STILL spin the disc continually & make loud noise like an aircraft unless you ejected whatever disc you had in it. The slim digital edition is hands down my favorite. All pros, no cons, smaller footprint, same powerful machine. If you don’t care about a disc reader, this is the one to buy. If you ever change your mind down the road you can always purchase the disc reader attachment made by Sony to attach to the digital console.