Sony's Surprise: The New PlayStation 5 "Slim" Is Here!

Sony has done it again! Brace yourselves for the semi-new PlayStation 5 - the console that's here to make a mockery of itself.

In an unexpected turn of events, Sony decided to give the PlayStation 5 a little makeover, and voila, the "new" PlayStation 5 is born. Well, they didn't call it the PS5 Slim, but let's be honest, it's basically a slimmed-down version of the original, and Sony is trying to play it cool like it's something entirely groundbreaking.

So, what's the big deal with this "new" PS5? Apparently, it's gone on a diet. The volume of this slimmed-down console has been reduced by over 30%, and it's shedding weight like it's preparing for a fitness competition - 18% lighter than its bulkier predecessors, and a whopping 24% compared to the PS5 Digital Edition. The dimensions have shrunk from 390 × 260 × 104 mm to a petite 358 × 216 × 96 mm. It's like Sony put the PS5 on a crash diet and it emerged as a supermodel.

But don't let the new slim physique fool you - it's what's inside that counts, right? The design is still somewhat familiar, with a few tweaks. The sides have been split in half, giving it four separate panels. The top panel is glossy, because who doesn't love fingerprints, and the bottom remains matte, probably to remind you of the good old days when your PS5 was bulkier.

Now, here's where it gets interesting. Sony decided to let you upgrade your new PS5 Digital Edition to a regular PS5 with a disc drive. How, you ask? By releasing a detachable Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive for the PS5, available for the small price of $79.99 or €119.99. They even throw in a matching side panel to make your upgraded console look like it was always a regular PS5. So, you can have the best of both worlds, sort of.

In terms of specs, this "new" PlayStation 5 is almost identical to the previous version. It still packs an AMD processor with eight Zen 2 cores (16 threads, up to 3.5 GHz), RDNA 2 graphics with 36 compute units, and 16GB of shared GDDR6 memory for CPU and GPU. The main difference is the beefed-up 1TB solid-state drive (SSD), compared to the previous 825GB. Now you can store a few more games and pretend you have a brand-new console.

The "new" PS5 will hit the shelves in the U.S. this November, with a global rollout in the following months. Once the current stock of the existing PS5 versions is cleared out, the "new" PS5 will be the only available model. Brace yourselves, gamers, for the same old console in a slimmer, sleeker package, and don't expect a discount for the downsizing.