PS5 vs PS5 Slim: What no one is saying



Okay, I like the PS5 Slim.

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Slim:
I’ve always had a soft spot for Sony’s refreshed, slimmed-down consoles ever since the adorable PS One. All the Sony consoles I’ve owned were launch versions that are bigger and goofier-looking than their eventual redesigns — giving me massive FOMO — but I think my love affair for “slim” PlayStations is now at an end with the new PlayStation 5.

If there’s ever been a PlayStation in need of a glow-up, it’s the PS5. Sony’s white-and-black obelisk is a gargantuan console with a design that you learn to live with more than you grow to love. The thought of course-correcting the PS5 design like Sony did with the George Foreman grill-style PlayStation 3 should be a slam dunk, but what we’ve now got with the $499.99 new PlayStation 5 and $449.99 new PlayStation 5 Digital Edition are some weird half-measures.

The PlayStation 5 slim sitting on a white surface with a blue backlight.
1/5At least from some angles, you don’t notice those awkward little feet as much.
Design-wise, the new “slim” PS5 is indeed smaller. Sony says it’s been reduced in volume by “more than 30 percent,” but up close and in person, I alternate between feelings of “Oh yeah, that’s much smaller” to “Okay, it’s smaller… but it’s still a big boi!” The swooping curves and contours of the new PS5 can have you changing your opinion on its design on a minute-to-minute basis depending on what angle you’re viewing it from. It’s a byproduct of such a fussy and busy (and frankly, kind of ugly) design.

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The slim looks more refined than its bigger, clunkier older sibling thanks to its shorter white covers, concave top curve, and panel lines cutting across its sides that divide shiny and matte finishes. However, the new PS5 also makes some really strange design decisions: the disc drive looks even more like a strange growth jutting out of the console’s side, the lack of vent fins at the top makes its gaps look prototype-ish or incomplete, and the cat ear-shaped feet for propping it up horizontally are a joke for an included “stand.” The console stands vertically on its own, though, if you want more peace of mind that it won’t tip over, the vertical stand is now an additional purchase for $29.99. (The original PS5 had a convertible stand for both horizontal and vertical positions.)

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This Post Has 20 Comments

  1. ScottM1

    The missing grills on the slim compared to the original just makes it look like cheap tat. I don't even own a PS5 yet, still buying the original disc version with darkplates.

  2. xxnike0629xx

    I hope I can get this slim PS5 since I never was able to get a PS5 when it came out. The disc pairing thing will probably not be a thing later on. But for now we're going to see it being a mandatory pairing.
    Even if the disc drive fails or doesn't read as reliably later, you can always buy a replacement.

    If I had to guess about PS6, we're probably going to see it launch like the PS5 Slim but not come with a disc drive. Instead I think we'll have a modular option to add in a disc drive but in-box we're probably going to see like 4TB internal and 2 expandable NVMe slots instead of just the 1 we have on PS5.

  3. Deus Vlad2.0

    I'm not getting it, dont have a ps5 yet if ima spend money i want the ps5 pro

  4. airwolfwwf

    I'm not pulling pieces off of that PS5 if I buy it All it's going to do is get lost or break ..

  5. Robert Dodd

    Another thing. Do we even really own our console when you have to go online to even be able to play any games at all! Including offline games. You literally have to go online before you can switch to offline. This is crazy!

  6. Robert Dodd

    Also, Jimi, the term "digital only" is just code for what it really means i.e. "rental only".

  7. Robert Dodd

    Jimi, why are you so okay with the never own anything future?

  8. PS5 Slim rocks! The greatest feature is the ability to replace the optical drive. It's worth buying a spare one and keeping it when needed. If it is not needed, it will be worth a fortune in 15 years. Let Microsoft get rid of optical discs I don't care, Sony is much smarter 🙂 Physical games give meaning to collecting and deepen the passion for console games.

  9. Chris

    As original 1200 series and slim has the same 6nm chip, for longevity i think original ps5 is better because it has bigger seatsink, bigger fan so it runs cooler

  10. Wow!
    The PS5 slim sounds more and more like a bad deal every day!
    Smaller,for the launch price of the PS5,and the disk drive needing updates!
    It's a DISK DRIVE!
    You need an online connection for a DISK DRIVE?!
    Looks like consoles are really becoming all digital!🫤

  11. chris hinders

    if ppl are worried about a disc dive just buy 1 with it just boycot all the other ps5s

  12. chris hinders

    what no 1 is saying ? not sure but what im saying where are the games spiderman god of war and ff7 remake to come so 24 ? 25 ? 26? why did i but this pos

  13. Burritobandit142

    Ima definitely get this with the Spider-Man 2 bundle🔥🔥🔥

  14. Wilhelm wang

    Basically if you install the disc drive you cannot return or sell it because it's locked to your system.

  15. BDotVisualz

    More exciting?……lol Its just a ps5………s l i m m e r…. -_-

  16. I like the slim and the way it look. But there's something I kind of get it about why some people hate it, and I'm talking about the noise of the fan that is loud because there's a video showing about it. I got the original disc edition and so far it's still in good condition when I bought it four months ago.

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