Today Sony Interactive Entertainment officially announced the previously rumored and partly leaked PS5 slim, albeit they're not going as far as calling it that.
According to the announcement, the new design is 30% smaller and it includes 1TB internal SSD storage for both the standard and digital editions. The former is 18% lighter, while the latter is 24% lighter,
On top of that, an optional Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc can be attached to the digital Edition, as you can see below.
Interestingly, the cover panels are now split into four parts, with the top two featuring a glossy finish, while the bottom two are matter.
It will be released in the United States and on the PlayStation Direct store in November, while other markets will get it "In the following months."
The old, bigger model will be phased out, and the slimmed-down version will gradually become the only one available.
How Much Does The PS5 Slim Cost?
The pricing is as follows.
- U.S.
- PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – 499.99 USD
- PS5 Digital Edition – 449.99 USD
- Europe
- PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – 549.99 EUR
- PS5 Digital Edition – 449.99 EUR
- U.K.
- PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – 479.99 GBP
- PS5 Digital Edition – 389.99 GBP
- Japan
- PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – 66,980 JPY (includes tax)
- PS5 Digital Edition – 59,980 JPY (includes tax)
It's worth mentioning that the ability to attach the drive comes at a premium for the Digital Edition, with a $50 price hike in the United States compared to the current $399.99.
We also learn that the optional disc drive will be sold at 79.99 USD, 119.99 EURO, 99.99 GBP, or 11,980 JPY, while the optional vertical stand will be sold separately and priced at 29.99 USD, 29.99 EURO, 24.99 GBP, or 3,980 JPY.
A horizontal stand will be provided with the console.
Below you can check out a brief trailer.
What Are the Specs of the PS5 Slim?
Below you can read the official specifications for both new models.
PlayStation 5 specifications
| External dimensions(excluding projecting parts) | Approx. 358 × 96 × 216 mm(width × height × depth) |
| Mass | Approx. 3.2 kg |
| CPU | x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2” |
| 8 Cores / 16 Threads | |
| Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz | |
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine |
| Ray Tracing Acceleration | |
| Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) | |
| System Memory | GDDR6 16GB |
| 448GB/s Bandwidth | |
| SSD | 1TB |
| 5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw) | |
| PS5 Game Disc | Ultra HD Blu-ray™, up to 100GB/disc |
| BD/DVD drive | Disc Drive portequipped with Disc Drive |
| Video Out | Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1) |
| Audio | “Tempest” 3D AudioTech |
| Input/OutputFront of Console | USB Type-C® port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) |
| USB Type-C® port (Hi-Speed USB) | |
| Input/OutputBack of Console | USB Type-A port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x2 |
| Networking | Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)Wi-fi: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax |
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition Specifications
| External dimensions(excluding projecting parts) | Approx. 358 × 80 × 216 mm(width × height × depth) |
| Mass | Approx. 2.6 kg |
| CPU | x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2” |
| 8 Cores / 16 Threads | |
| Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz | |
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine |
| Ray Tracing Acceleration | |
| Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) | |
| System Memory | GDDR6 16GB |
| 448GB/s Bandwidth | |
| SSD | 1TB |
| 5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw) | |
| PS5 Game Disc | Ultra HD Blu-ray™, up to 100GB/disc |
| BD/DVD drive | Disc Drive port |
| Video Out | Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1) |
| Audio | “Tempest” 3D AudioTech |
| Input/OutputFront of Console | USB Type-C® port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) |
| USB Type-C® port (Hi-Speed USB) | |
| Input/OutputBack of Console | USB Type-A port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x2 |
| Networking | Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)Wi-fi: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax |
It'll be interesting to see if the new model will propel sales beyond the lofty target of 25 million units for the full fiscal year announced a few months ago by Sony.
For now, we know that the console has sold through 40 million units to customers by July 2023 and shipped 41.7 million units to retailers by June 2023.
