The leaks proved true: Higher Approach Electronics (BwE) leaked photographs of an alleged PlayStation 5 Slim in August. It was greeted with a lot skepticism primarily as a result of it “appeared too gentle.” Nevertheless, BwE mentioned it was simply the chassis, not a full, working PS5 Slim. From the appears to be like, it could seem the empty case was an genuine Sony pattern.
The nameless sources that supplied BwE with the casing mentioned that the Slim would function an elective optical drive – that’s to say that clients who purchase the digital-only Slim may later purchase a disc drive and simply set up it themselves (backside). Nevertheless, the insiders did not have rather more info than that.
On Tuesday, SIE Content material Communications Senior Director Sid Shuman formally introduced the PlayStation 5 Slim. It matched as much as every little thing the leakers needed to say and extra.
The thinner design will nonetheless are available in two flavors – digital and disc – with quantity decreased by 30 % and weight lowered by 18 and 24 %, respectively. Shuman mentioned the elective Extremely HD Blu-ray optical drives will run $80 US, €120, £100, and ¥11,980.
Sadly, we cannot see the everyday important value dip that we now have seen with previous mid-life refreshes. The Slim prices the identical because the US launch value for the PS5 – $500 (disc) and $450 (digital). Costs stay flat for all different areas aside from Japan, the place MSRP goes from ¥60,478 to ¥66,980 for disc and ¥49,478 to ¥59,980 for digital.
Luckily, the brand new consoles include a slight storage improve. The unique PS5 had an odd SSD storage configuration of 825 GB. With video games solely getting larger, it grew to become a degree of rivalry with avid gamers because it solely left 667 GB of usable area after OS partitioning. After factoring in system software program, the bump ought to depart customers with about 842 GB of storage.
You’ll be able to take a look at the remainder of the PS5 Slim’s specs on PlayStation’s weblog, however aside from the SSD and replaceable disc drive, they’re precisely like the unique SKU.
The refreshed fashions include the usual horizontal base. Sony has a brand new engaging vertical chrome-ring pedestal bought individually for $30. These back-compatible stands additionally match on the PS5 fatty for a extra trendy look.
Shuman did not have a exact launch date, solely saying that the brand new consoles can be accessible someday in November.