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Sony didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
PS5 Slim release date: coming this year?
Right now, there’s very little information on when a PS5 Slim might launch.
Thethinnest of unintended Amazon listingsmight suggest sometime this year.
The PS2 Slim launched in October 2004, four years after the launch of the original system.
And the PS3 Slim launched in 2009, three years after the original PS3.
Based on previous redesign, 4.3 years is the mean time frame.
So it’s just as possible we could see a PS5 Slim this holiday season as sometime next year.
PS5 Slim price: will it be cheaper?
Per court documents from the FTC vs. Microsoft lawsuit,Microsoft believes the PS5 Slim will cost $400.
Other rumors suggest that it’ll ship as anall-digital unit.
That likely means it won’t include a disc drive.
The current digital-only PS5 costs $400.
PS5 Design: is it really much smaller?
Is that even the point?
Game console makers typically tend to release a redesigned version of their consoles as a cost-cutting measure.
Plus, it has the added benefit of reinvigorating interest with the public.
So don’t expect the PS5 Slim to double as aPS5 Pro.
When new hardware first launches, it comes with the latest tech that’s typically more expensive to manufacture.
But as technology improves and manufacturing gets cheaper, it brings an opportunity to give the system a facelift.
With that efficiency comes less heat.
Given that currentPS5 consoles are reportedly melting USB ports, a quieter and cooler PS5 would be welcome.
The current PS5 comes in a disc drive version and an all-digital version.
The all-digital unit is $100 cheaper, at $400.
Current PS5 Slim rumors suggest thatSony will ship a digital-only variant with no disc-drive baked in.
But it does seem, as from the video above, thatthere will be a disc drive attachment.
That rumored disc drive apparently isn’t compatible with current PS5 Digital systems.
The cost of the separate disc drive is unknown, assuming it’s even true.
