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PS5 Slim Reportedly Only 5cm Smaller, Not Very Different From Current Variant
- Thread starter Daniel_Mallorca1985
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Mr Hyde
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DeepEnigma
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It's doable right? Right??
Zane Zaminski
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Mr Hyde
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I take that as a yes. Now I'm going to build up my own headcanon and wait for disappointment. Woohoo! High five!
Bernoulli
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THE:MILKMAN
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Probably is BS but there is the chance he saw a retail case test kit.
Zane Zaminski
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freefornow
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Still my favourite Sony console slim revision
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
Personally I'd be extremely skeptical that the appearance of a test unit is an accurate indication of the final retail design simply because their intended uses are so different.
I doubt there's any reason to offer both BD-Rom equipped units and digital-only test units when I believe the only differentiator is firmware versioning, whereas especially in terms of manufacture and marketing unifying the two lines via an optional drive would be a key product goal for retail.
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Daniel_Mallorca1985
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I like the design too but the practicality of it horizontal is a bit shit. Vertical is much better with the screw and sturdy stand. The stand design is not robust enough horizontal though and it slides off it sometimes when you're trying to plug things in or out.
I'm actually surprised they haven't made a faceplate that you can screw the stand into horizontally. It would make it much better.
blastprocessor
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The belt has shrunk it's belly by 5 cm 
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Another screenshot from the other forum.
mansoor1980
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looks good to meAnother screenshot from the other forum.
DeepEnigma
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If this is real, I assume the bottom right plate pops off for the BD attachment.Another screenshot from the other forum.
THE:MILKMAN
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The test kits are retailed cased units. Sony have done this for a long time. Here is the current PS5 test unit:
All moot as this rumour is likely BS as I said.
VitoNotVito
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You connect a Pulse USB adapter in the front? Why?
DeepEnigma
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It works better there for range with less interference and heat that I noticed myself, has caused issues with it. In the front, zero issues and way more range. Also, don't waste a high speed port (which also produces more heat) on a headset dongle, use the low speed, cool running front one.You connect a Pulse USB adapter in the front? Why?
Save the high speed rears for external drives and other devices taking advantage of the high speed.
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VitoNotVito
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"Some users" "I personally haven't experienced that"
Also, both USB C in front will be high speed so you're trading 1 fast and 1 slower for 2 fast ones...
DeepEnigma
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If what they say is true. I am only talking about the current model.
rofif
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Because it is supposed to be here and I can’t reach to the back. And I take the dongle and use it for pc oftenYou connect a Pulse USB adapter in the front? Why?
SportsFan581
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Another screenshot from the other forum.
That would make it the same size as the current one. Obviously if it is a couple inches shorter and maybe an inch or so less from front to back you would have something that would look smaller than the current version when looking at them side to side. Even if the leaked image is legit, we have zero context for size. It could be the size of a Walkman for all we know.
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Panajev2001a
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The gap/splitting of the faceplate does make a lot of sense when you put it this way
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
The test kits are retailed cased units. Sony have done this for a long time. Here is the current PS5 test unit:
All moot as this rumour is likely BS as I said.
Yeah I know what a test unit is, as opposed to a devkit.
The point I was making is that there will be digital only and bd-rom equipped retail versions, but there's absolutely no reason to offer test units in both configurations. The cost reduction isn't meaningful when its a device for QA purposes - a pure business-to-business offering - so I'd suspect they'll just supply disc capable test units in a matching form-factor.
Test units have always been sold or valued at prohibitive cost for obvious reasons.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Damn, I kinda low-key hate
Daniel_Mallorca1985
for not including the new video in the OP. People are missing a ton of context in this discussion....Can someone ping a mod so they can edit the OP with the newly leaked video?
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kiphalfton
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If it's shorter, that would be a big plus. pS5 DE is super freaking tall. The retail box is about 2/3 as thick as my mid-size PC case... which is not small.
solidus12
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Just get the latest one CFI-12XX, it doesn’t have the large heatsink with copper, but it has a 6nm APU compared to the previous 7nm models.
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{insert code here}
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14 years on, never had an issue, and still running like a champ. God-tier hardware engineering.Still my favourite Sony console slim revision
Larivel
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Damn, I kinda low-key hate
Can someone ping a mod so they can edit the OP with the newly leaked video?
Either dude has strong wrists or the new model is much lighter
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Seems to be an empty casing/shell of the new unit, but yeah, it does look to be substantially lighter even accounting for that lol.
Daniel_Mallorca1985
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THE:MILKMAN
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Not sure why Tom keeps banging on about it not being slim. Anyone with common sense knows that the days of the PS2 style slim (multiple node reductions cumulating in a tiny 86mm^2 "APU" in 4 years!) are long done. With OG PS5 using 230W and diminishing returns with process nodes, we all knew that revisions wouldn't be so dramatic. The use of "slim" is just a nickname that everyone understands is a major revision.
MisterXDTV
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He keeps banging on it because people keep calling it "SLIM" for absolutely no reason...
Call it PS5 model 2023, it's enough
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mansoor1980
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since they cant make it slim ,first pic of ps5 pro
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THE:MILKMAN
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MisterXDTV
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Day one still!since they cant make it slim ,first pic of ps5 pro
THE:MILKMAN
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MisterXDTV
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The average person doesn't know this thing even exists yet!
Yes, but he EXPECTS a Slim because it happened with PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4
THE:MILKMAN
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Then they'll be disappointed. Personally the only true slim was the aforementioned PS2 slim (the later internal PSU revision
), but the days of doing a node shrink at the weekend for fun are long gone.....But does it really matter? Like I keep harping - PS3 'Slim' is to date - still 3rd fattest Playstation hardware model on the market.
And PS4 barely changed in size at all - people care more about labels than actual dimensions it seems.
If this new model is even a bit smaller than launch unit - let people call it Slim if they want
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I Love Rock 'n' Roll
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Damn, I kinda low-key hate
Can someone ping a mod so they can edit the OP with the newly leaked video?
It looks great!
DeepEnigma
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Common sense isn't too common in the fickle gaming world, let alone anything really in current year.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Some additional info from the leaker:
DeepEnigma
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It's. Not. A. Slim. ReRe's.