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hsvhel

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#317847 20-Nov-2024 19:40

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I am new to the gaming console world, last purchase was a PS2. Santa is bringing a PS5 shortly..... Interested in what games are the must have, or popular for kids these days. Have Minecraft on the list from that the kids have chatted about, but am not up to play with actual content on a console these days.

Keen to hear what games are worth the hype

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#3311157 20-Nov-2024 19:50

Astro bot ratchet and crank, Spider-Man , let’s sing (Christmas Day karaoke)

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#3311218 20-Nov-2024 22:38

Knowing the age of the kids might help here....

It Takes Two is a great game to play with the kids or significant other. Highly recommend.

Obviously there's the likes of Fortnight for free.

If you're, sorry... they are, into puzzle games then the Witness is fantastic - can be tricky to work out the puzzles some times. But another we loved. Currently a bargain at $17.98 on the Playstation store but ends on the 23rd - sign up now and get it ;-)

Also consider the PS Plus subscriptions even if just for the first month. It'll give you access to lots of games and you can see what takes your fancy.

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#3311257 21-Nov-2024 09:07

First thing - when you get the console, unless your kids are actually teens I'd recommend taking it out of the box and doing all the first time setup stuff immediately, including inserting the games and letting them install. This can take a fair whack of time and is worse when there's increased demand on the servers (I.E. Christmas Day when everyone is setting up their new consoles). Nothing's quite as good a buzz kill as having to watch it update and then install the games.

For games, how old are the kids? Any issues with picking up PS4 Titles? I'm going to just dump a list of kid friendly stuff, PS4 and PS5. Both will work on the PS5.

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Sackboy, Astrobot (there's also Astros Playroom which is bundled on the console), any of the Lego games but especially Lego Star Wars, Crash Bandicoot, It Takes Two, Bugsnax, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, Sonic + Shadow Generations, Crash Team Racing, Spyro Trilogy, Minecraft Dungeons, Sonic Mania Plus, Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Also, storage is a consideration. Each game, regardless of physical or digital, will fully install onto the internal storage of your PS5. You can add an M.2 SSD (look for ones labelled PS5 compatible) for additional internal storage if you're not afraid of installing an SSD and using a screwdriver, otherwise you can use a USB HDD or SSDdrive but only to run PS4 games, you can however transfer PS5 games to and from it at will.

If you expect to get a few games, I'd strongly suggest grabbing something like https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDLXR13201/Lexar-NM790-2TB-M2-NVMe-Internal-SSD-With-Heatsink and installing it, as a set and forget solution.

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#3311263 21-Nov-2024 09:26

toejam316:

Also, storage is a consideration. Each game, regardless of physical or digital, will fully install onto the internal storage of your PS5. You can add an M.2 SSD (look for ones labelled PS5 compatible) for additional internal storage if you're not afraid of installing an SSD and using a screwdriver, otherwise you can use a USB HDD or SSDdrive but only to run PS4 games, you can however transfer PS5 games to and from it at will.

If you expect to get a few games, I'd strongly suggest grabbing something like https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDLXR13201/Lexar-NM790-2TB-M2-NVMe-Internal-SSD-With-Heatsink and installing it, as a set and forget solution.

Super easy to install. https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/support/hardware/ps5-install-m2-ssd/#install

Worth adding this to your PS5.

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#3311465 21-Nov-2024 15:08

Valid point, thanks to all. Appreciate it!!

Ages are 7/10

Seeing Tony Hawk has been done again.....this looks like I will get some game time too lol

Have a spare Samsung 980Pro I didn't end up needing that should fit the bill for the extra drive.

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-Have been advised to open and set it up/update prior to santa delivering by a college. no issues with PS4. Just very out of touch with games as a whole in the current offerings.

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#3311466 21-Nov-2024 15:11

If the 980 doesn't have a heatsink, grab an aftermarket one. PB have heaps of options.

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