PS5 vs PS5 Slim: What no one is saying
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Published 2023-11-10
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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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All Comments (21)
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I think i missed the bit "what no one is saying"??
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I've never seen someone truly not care about game preservation and it is beyond my comprehension, if I paid for a game, I want it to be able to work with no problem 15 years later just like my ps3.
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Ill always favor having a physical disk. Feels nice and reliable to own a physical copy, and i enjoy getting steel cases from deluxe editions of my favorite games. Plus the resale market
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But it is a big deal not having a disc drive in the future!!! Just because you clearly like digital only, doesn't mean everyone else does.
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If I didn’t own a PS5 I would buy the slim but I certainly wouldn’t waste money on the exact same console just smaller
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So people without internet access can’t even use the disc drive because it has to be registered online to the console! That’s insane bullshit! Lol
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The bottom line. Wait for the PS5 Pro or enjoy the regular PS5 now at a discounted price for several years. If you wait for the next best thing you will never own a console. Kind of like trying to be the car in first place on the highway.
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Buying physical disc games doesn't make you a weirdo, it's actually normal.
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If the recent controversy with Sony deleting purchased digital items is any indication of the future, I'll be purchasing disks forever
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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!
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I really hope physical stays cause if we’re heading in a future only digital then Sony better shell out a ps5 model with lots of storage space cause game size files are only going to go up unfortunately. That’s why physical will always be relevant since it cuts the file size by a substantial amount
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Nothing weird about buying games on disc. It's generally cheaper than digital and if you don't like the game you can always sell it. You're probably right that the next generation will be digital only, but for now I'm happy buying discs or at least have the option to.
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I find it laughable that Sony is talking about going digital considering that they had invented the Blu-Ray player back in the 90s and won against the HD DVD player. How times have changed.
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Not weird to purchase physical games at all. Last week my internet service has being going out and I couldn't play my digital games.
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Also, Jimi, the term "digital only" is just code for what it really means i.e. "rental only".
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The PS slims never outperforms the original PS. It is just smaller . I don't live in a shoe box so even if my Ps5 was larger it would easily fit .
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The old PS5 disc version works out of the box without an online connection. The new slim requires an internet connection. That makes the answer an easy one for those who care about making sure their systems can keep working regardless whether Sony's server is working.
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So the bad thing when they go disckless is you can't play DVD on your new console
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Discless consoles are a false economy and are bad for the future/game preservation. It is a big deal for a few reasons. We need to fight back against digital only and pay that bit for extra.... Most make the slight price difference back quickly anyway.
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The problem with the ps5 slim disc edition, is the fact that you need to conect to sony servers to be able to use it, and if you reset your console, you have to pair the disc drive again, because when the servers are shutdown is not gonna be able to use the disc drive.
