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TechGamingGaming ConsolesPS5 Slim video: Heart-stopping PlayStation 5 concept is next-gen eye candyThis PS5 Slim console design is the most beautiful depiction of the PlayStation 5 Slim we’ve seen yetWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
This PS5 Slim console design is the most beautiful depiction of the PlayStation 5 Slim we’ve seen yet
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(Image credit: VR4Player.fr)
(Image credit: VR4Player.fr)
T3 has been following the rumors about aPS5 Slimconsole for over a year now, with us repeatedly stating since that we think one is inevitable – and within 3 years of thePS5hitting store shelves.
Then, just recently, it wasreportedthatSonyis planning “to launch a newPlayStation5 with detachable disc drive” next year, and will do so “around September 2023”. That would be just under the 3-year anniversary since the PS5 console launched. Once again, it seems T3 is going to be proved bang right.
And now we’ve got our best look yet at exactly what that PS5 Slim console with a detachable disc drive could look like, courtesy of thisstunningconcept video from the talented chaps over atVR4Player.fr.
Check out the PS5 Slim video below:
The PS5 Slim concept video here shows two versions of the new console, a PlayStation 5 Slim and a Digital Edition, the different been one comes with a optical disc drive and one does not.
In addition, the video shows an add-in optical disc drive, which comes in its own box and would be bought separately.
The video proceeds to show how that add-in optical disc drive can be slotted into the PS5 Slim Digital Edition in order to make it a full-fat PS5 Slim capable of playing games off a disc.
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Finally, we also get to see concept packaging for both consoles, with the PS5 Slim coming in a blue and white box, and the Digital Edition coming in a blue and black box.
(Image credit: VR4Player.fr)
(Image credit: VR4Player.fr)
The T3 take: A stylish depiction with accuracy to the latest reports
The most interesting piece of information we’ve had to inform our opinion on what a PS5 Slim could look like is the fact that, reportedly, Sony is working on a model with a removable optical disc drive.
A removable disc drive can only point to a design that can ship with or without said optical disc drive, pointing to a PS5 Slim thatdoesn’tship with a disc drive, or two Slim models, one that has a disc drive and one that does not, with the buyer of the latter then, down the line, buying an add-in disc drive if it suits them.
Based on that theorizing, this concept design is accurate, showing how a single PS5 Slim design could both come with a disc drive and come without one.
The one design thing is important, too. Sony has already revised the standard PS5 console design to make it easier to manufacture, and if it is going to keep prices down for the PS5 Slim, then having one new design rather than two makes sense.
We also know, from past Sony ‘Slim’ consoles, such as thePS4 Slim, that they do not have the same physical dimensions as the standard console, measuring in smaller and more compact. Again, this concept design delivers that, adding to its likely accuracy.
Sony is also very unlikely to totally abandon the PS5’s design, too, so we can see a system with roughly the same shape and color shipping in 2023, which again is what this design delivers.
Overall, then, this feels like our best look yet at what a PS5 Slim could look like when released, which here at T3 we really do hope is September 2023. One thing that does worry us, though, is just how well Sony will deal with manufacturing the console, as to this day standard PS5 systems are incredibly difficult to pick up due to shortages.
Naturally, as soon as T3 hears more about a new console from Sony we will be bringing you all the inside info.
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