PlayStation 5 makeover

I have owned a PS5 for 2 and a half years. Time has passed so quickly that I feel I have only scratched the surface of what the console has to offer and I have decided to focus on it at the expense of the Xbox Series X. I have indulged in a couple of Xbox exclusives such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and the Starfield DLC Shattered Space recently, but it is becoming clear that the PS5 is the superior machine.

So what better way celebrate the PlayStation and its 30th anniversary than to give it a bit of an upgrade? 

There is a rather brilliant "Holiday Sale" on at PlayStation where I bought a Midnight Black Controller and matching console covers. It's like reliving the days of the PlayStation 2. To complete the look I also decided to move the console to a horizontal position and have subscribed (again) to PlayStation Plus Premium so I can stream PS2 classics like Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank. I only have an additional 1TB SSD and a USB HDD, but the prices of 4TB M.2 solid state drives still scare me, so that upgrade remains on the back burner.

I have also bought a Pulse Elite headset which is primarily for use with my Portal. However, to update the headset and PlayStation Link adaptor, you need to connect everything up to a console. The trouble with doing this is that the USB connection on the adaptor is so tight it is almost impossible to push it into the PS5. You end up ramming the thing in so hard you feel like you are going to damage the console. To avoid the potential for damage I decided to plug in a USB extender and push the adaptor into there. That way and damage would be to the extender and not the console. This seems to have worked but feels inelegant and is a workaround for a manufacturing defect.