Given the clear love letter to video games that the Super Smash Bros. franchise is, it shouldn't be a surprise that creator Masahiro Sakurai is a huge fan. He loves games so much that he does biweekly articles for the Japanese magazine Famitsu. In his latest article, Sakurai talks about the launch of the PlayStation 5 and how much he's enjoying the console. In the article, he talks about several PS5 features that he thinks are great, as well as some issues that he's struggled with.
Sakurai mentions one PS5 game in specific, to start off. After picking up his PS5 on release day, Sakurai was able to play the console's bundle-in game Astro's Playroom. Fittingly, Sakurai says that he highly recommends every PS5 user play Astro's Playroom. He calls it a "PlayStation archive," acknowledging how in the game players collect trophies and other rewards referencing PlayStation history. Since Super Smash Bros. also does this, it's easy to see why Sakurai is such a fan.
Moving on, Sakurai talks about being able to use the PS5's backward compatibility with the PS4. It seems that Sakurai has already been making an effort to switch to digital game releases over hard copies, as physical copies are "hard to manage." He was able to download his PS4 library to his PS5 with ease. The first backward-compatible game that he played was the 2019 beat 'em up game The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors.
The last game that Sakurai mentions by name in his article is Watch Dogs: Legion. He doesn't expand on the game itself, so it isn't clear how much that he's played it. He does say that he likes being able to upgrade the PS4 version of Watch Dogs Legion for PS5. Sakurai mentions how the graphics have improved as part of the upgrade.
But not everything that Sakurai has to say about the PS5 is entirely positive. He says that he had "a few problems" transferring his cloud saves to the PS5, for example. He also says that he thinks the SSD space of the PS5 is too small. Since he transferred his PS4 storage over to the new console, he's probably filled most of the PS5's SSD already.
In his final thoughts, Sakurai recognizes that a lot of PlayStation fans probably haven't been able to buy a PS5 yet due to shortages. He hopes that supply will grow to meet demand in the coming months and say that he thinks the PS5 will entertain fans for a very long time, perhaps implying that the wait is worth it.
The PS5 is available now.