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> I don’t have hundreds or even dozens of hours to play around. Sometimes I have maybe 15 minutes once or twice a week.

Not even enough time for all the updates before you can actually play.

This has been challenging to sit around the PS5 to update the system, then the firmware of the controller (!), and then the game itself. Annoying.

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This is one of the things that absolutely kills my interest in playing games. I have time to play a game right now. I may only have a half hour of uninterrupted time. If I have to spend any amount of time waiting on an update I've already lost momentum. If I then need to sit through long load times or unskippable cutscenes my interest and available time are gone.

> This has been challenging to sit around the PS5 to update the system, then the firmware of the controller (!), and then the game itself. Annoying.

if you properly configure your PS5 setup; the system auto updates when you're not using it, the games are updated automatically. The only thing is the controller firmware update which happens maybe twice a year if at all.

I've bought a PS5 and got myself the PS+ subscriptions, and have been having a blast with pickup and play games, all different genres, and the instant resume from sleep also lends to quick gaming sessions.

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