News New PS5 Design is Thinner, Upgrades to 1TB SSD

[Admin]

Sony has unveiled new variants of the PS5 that offer a substantially slimmer profile compared to current models. The new models will be available starting in November and will eventually replace the outgoing models entirely.

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[Giroro]

It's still way too big, way too expensive, way too ugly, and the price hike to the digital edition is a real slap in the face for a 3 year old console.
The can launch a $400 console during the peak-covid supply chain crisis, but not in a market when component prices are dropping like a brick? Get real.

Maybe it could be justifiable to "work more hours" for a PlayStation if it had a huge library of amazing exclusive games and unique experiences, but really the last 3 years of AAA game releases have been severely disappointing on nearly all fronts. I for one don't want to pay $70 upfront to buy into a cynical artless cash grab built around combining subscriptions with toxic free-to-play monetization. It's anti-customer. I'm tired of it.
I just want to buy a game, and then play it. Stop making everything so complicated.

So thanks, but no thanks. My cheap indie boomer shooters are running just fine on cheap indie hardware.

(And seriously, the PS5 ""slim"" is still bloody gigantic. It's nearly the same size as the original and no, it still won't fit in an Ikea KALLAX cubby. )

 

[Giroro]

"Pricing has not changed with the new models, the PS5 Digital Edition will be priced at $449.99 and the standard variant with the Ultra HD-Blu-ray Disc Drive will be priced at $499.99."

The PS5 Digital edition has been $399 since launch. So yes, the pricing has changed.

 

[emike09]

*Caresses my gaming PC and gives it a lil kiss*

 

[JamesJones44]

The can launch a $400 console during the peak-covid supply chain crisis, but not in a market when component prices are dropping like a brick? Get real.

This is not meant as a political statement. However, money was too cheap and too easy to obtain for too long. Companies knew it and they took advantage and they are going to continue to take advantage of it. I would fully expect this to be the new normal until money is much more expansive to obtain.

 

[WrongRookie]

The worst part of this is that the digital one is more expensive compared to the original one. It's also pointless to change to disc later on as it costs 80$ to do that.

 

[vern72]

Finally! It wasn't the thickness that was holding me back. It was the height. I couldn't stash it on the shelf where my PS4 Slim currently sits.

 

[bit_user]

It's still way too big, way too expensive, way too ugly, and the price hike to the digital edition is a real slap in the face for a 3 year old console.
The can launch a $400 console during the peak-covid supply chain crisis, but not in a market when component prices are dropping like a brick? Get real.

Dude, the PS3 launched at $600. That's got to be over $1k, in today's money. For the PS5 to launch at half that, they must have been selling near-cost.

The initial supply contracts would have been in place since before covid, and raising their list price, in the face of the demand surge that followed its launch, would've surely gone over very poorly with the public. In the mean time, we've already seen several iterations of BoM-reductions, with this being just the latest and most visible. That was probably enough to counteract inflation, but not enough to yield actual cost-reductions after accounting for it.

So thanks, but no thanks. My cheap indie boomer shooters are running just fine on cheap indie hardware.

I have a PS3 for that. I recently grabbed a PS5 disc-edition on sale for $450. This was the TSMC N6 die-shrink, but still using the original housing. I figure that's not a bad price for a UHD blu-ray disc player + streaming box + console that can also play the entire PS4 library, as I never got a PS4.

(And seriously, the PS5 ""slim"" is still bloody gigantic. It's nearly the same size as the original and no, it still won't fit in an Ikea KALLAX cubby. )

Yeah, I'm not a fan. Especially the bulge from the disc drive. I'm not sad I got mine ahead of these changes.

 

[BadBoyGreek]

Somehow, Sony managed to make the system uglier with this slim down. The disc drive bulge looks just downright ghastly on this new slim model.

I recently put DBrand Darkplates with a matte stip for the center area on my PS5 Fatboy. Looks super sleek and 100x better