DISC vs DIGITAL! NEW Sony PS5 SLIM - Everything YOU NEED To Know BEFORE YOU BUY!
Summary
TLDRSony has announced the upcoming release of the PS5 Slim in November, featuring a 30% reduction in size and 18% in weight, with the digital version offering an attachable Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive. The Slim retains the original PS5's specs, including the AMD Ryzen Gen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU, and adds two USB-C ports on the front. The PS5 Slim will replace the current models once inventory is depleted, with the disc version priced at $499.99 and the digital at $449.99 in the US, suggesting a strategic upgrade for gamers.
Takeaways
- 🎮 Sony has announced a new line of gaming products for the holiday season, including the PS5 Slim, Dualsense Edge Pro Controller, PlayStation portal, Elite gaming headset, and Explore gaming earbuds.
- 📅 The PS5 Slim is scheduled for release in November, coinciding with the launch of the new PlayStation portal.
- 💻 The PS5 Slim has been redesigned with a 30% reduction in size and an 18% reduction in weight, making it more compact than the original PS5.
- 📏 The dimensions of the PS5 Slim have been adjusted, with the disc version being slightly taller than the digital version due to the inclusion of a disc drive.
- 💾 Both versions of the PS5 Slim come with 1TB of internal SSD storage, a notable increase from the original PS5's storage capacity.
- 🖥️ The PS5 Slim maintains the same CPU and GPU specifications as the original PS5, ensuring consistent performance across both models.
- 📀 A unique feature of the digital version of the PS5 Slim is the option to attach an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive, sold separately for additional functionality.
- 📺 The PS5 Slim supports 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, and VRR via the HDMI 2.1 port, providing high-quality visual output for modern televisions.
- 🔊 Audio enhancements include support for PlayStation 3D surround sound, and the addition of two USB-C ports on the front of the console for faster charging and data transfer.
- 🔄 Sony will offer a new metal vertical stand and a variety of console covers for the PS5 Slim, sold separately and available in different colors.
- 💰 Once the inventory of the current PS5 models is depleted, the PS5 Slim will become the sole model available, potentially increasing the value of the original PS5 models in the aftermarket.
Q & A
What major announcement did Sony make for the upcoming holiday season in the gaming space?
-Sony announced the release of the PS5 Slim, which is set to come out in November, along with a variety of new gaming accessories and enhancements.
What are the dimensions of the new PS5 Slim compared to the original PS5?
-The PS5 Slim has been reduced in size by 30% and weight by 18%. The dimensions are 358 mm in width, 80 mm in height (96 mm for the disc version), and 216 mm in depth, compared to the original PS5's 390 mm width, 92 mm height, and 260 mm depth.
How much internal SSD storage does the PS5 Slim come with?
-The PS5 Slim comes with one terabyte of internal SSD storage.
What unique feature does the digital version of the PS5 Slim offer that the original PS5 does not?
-The digital version of the PS5 Slim has an option to attach an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive, which is sold separately.
What is the price difference between the PS5 Slim disc version and the digital version in the US?
-In the US, the PS5 Slim disc version is priced at $499.99, while the digital version is priced at $449.99, making a $50 difference.
What additional ports does the PS5 Slim have on the front compared to the original PS5?
-The PS5 Slim has two USB-C ports on the front, along with a USB-A port, whereas the original PS5 had only one USB-A port on the front.
What audio features does the PS5 Slim support?
-The PS5 Slim supports PlayStation 3D Surround Sound Audio and also has the capability to output audio through HDMI 2.1 for 4K 120Hz TVs and 8K TVs.
What is the price of the attachable Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive for the digital version of the PS5 Slim in the US?
-The attachable Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive is priced at $79.99 in the US.
What will happen to the current PS5 models once the inventory is sold out according to Sony's press release?
-Once the inventory of the current PS5 models is sold out, the new PS5 Slims will become the only models available for purchase.
What additional accessories will Sony be selling separately for the PS5 Slim?
-Sony will be selling a new metal vertical stand and a variety of PS5 Slim console covers in different colors separately for the PS5 Slim.
What is the pricing for the PS5 Slim disc version and digital version in different regions?
-The pricing varies by region: in the US, the disc version is $499.99 and the digital version is $449.99; in Europe, the disc version is €549.99 and the digital version is €389.99; in the UK, the disc version is £479.99 and the digital version is £389.99; in Japan, the disc version is ¥66,980 and the digital version is ¥59,990.
Outlines
🎮 Sony's Holiday Gaming Announcements
Sony has made a series of major announcements for the upcoming holiday season in the gaming industry. The company has unveiled a range of new products including the DualSense Edge Pro Controller, the PlayStation Portal, the PlayStation Elite gaming headset, the Post Explore gaming earbuds, and the Sony Enzone Buzz. The highlight of the announcements is the PS5 Slim, set to release in November, which comes in both digital and disc versions. The new model is 30% smaller and 18% lighter than the original PS5, with dimensions of 358mm in width, 80mm in height for the digital version (96mm for the disc version), and 216mm in depth. Both versions come with 1TB of internal SSD storage, which is a notable increase from the original model's 667GB of usable storage from the 825GB advertised. The PS5 Slim retains the same CPU and GPU specifications as the original, including the AMD Ryzen Gen 2 CPU with eight cores and 16 threads, and the AMD RDNA 2 GPU with 10.3 teraflops. A unique feature of the digital version is the option to attach an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive, sold separately for varying prices in different regions. The PS5 Slim also supports 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, and VRR via the HDMI 2.1 port, ensuring compatibility with the latest television technology.
🔄 Enhancements and Accessories for PS5 Slim
The PS5 Slim offers several enhancements over its predecessor, including the addition of two USB-C ports on the front, with one supporting super speed USB 10 Gbits per second, and a USB-A port also supporting super speeds. This addresses a perceived lack in the original model. The new console also comes with a horizontal stand for placement options. Sony is also releasing a new metal vertical stand and a variety of console covers in different colors, all to be sold separately. The vertical stand is priced at $29.99 in the US, with similar prices in other regions, and the console covers are set to launch in early 2024, priced at around $54.99 in the US. Sony has indicated that once the inventory of the current PS5 models is depleted, the PS5 Slim will be the only model available for purchase, potentially increasing the value of the original models on the aftermarket. The PS5 Slim is priced at $499.99 for the disc version and $449.99 for the digital version in the US, with similar pricing structures in other regions. The attachable disc drive for the digital version is priced at $79.99 in the US, which, when added to the digital version's price, nearly matches the cost of the disc version, highlighting a strategic pricing approach by Sony.
📣 Community Engagement and Future Outlook
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Keywords
💡PS5 Slim
💡DualSense Edge Pro Controller
💡PlayStation Portal
💡Internal SSD Storage
💡Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive
💡HDMI 2.1
💡3D Surround Sound Audio
💡USBC Ports
💡Vertical Stand
💡PS5 Slim Console Covers
💡Inventory and Retail
Highlights
Sony announced a range of new gaming products for the upcoming holiday season.
Introduction of the Dual sense Edge Pro Controller.
Announcement of the PlayStation portal.
Launch of the PlayStation Elite gaming headset.
Introduction of the post explore gaming earbuds.
Announcement of the Sony enzone Buzz.
Upcoming release of the enzone a FES.
Official announcement of the PS5 Slim release in November.
PS5 Slim size reduced by 30% and weight by 18%.
PS5 Slim digital version has an option to attach an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive.
PS5 Slim supports 4K 120Hz TVs and 8K TVs with VRR via HDMI 2.1.
PS5 Slim features two USB-C ports on the front for faster data transfer.
New metal vertical stand for PS5 Slim announced, sold separately.
PS5 Slim console covers in various colors to be released in early 2024.
Once current PS5 models sell out, PS5 Slim will be the only model available.
PS5 Slim digital version priced at $449.99 in the US, while the disc version is $499.99.
Attachable disc drive for the digital version costs $79.99.
The original PS5 models will become more valuable once out of retail.
Transcripts
all right so Sony just dropped a huge
announcement for us man for this
upcoming holiday season and I mean Sony
right now as far as the gaming space is
on fire now first it was the Dual sense
Edge Pro Controller right then we got
the PlayStation portal announcement then
we got the PlayStation post Elite gaming
headset then we got the post explore uh
gaming earbuds then we got the recently
announced Sony enzone Buzz that I
literally just dropped the video on
giving you guys a early look at these
you can check that out right up here
then we got the brand new enzone a FES
that that video is going to be coming
out here pretty soon and I'm giving you
guys an early look at them right here
and now we officially got the
announcement of the PS5 slim that is
coming out this November literally right
around the same time as that new
PlayStation portal so let's get to it
all right so let's start off with
talking about both the PS5 slim digital
and the disc version and kind of what
they give you now when it comes to the
size it has been reduced by 30% and
reduced in weight by 18% which is a big
deal because if you know
then you know the OG PS5 here was a tank
now when it comes to the dimensions of
the slim you can expect the width to be
358 mm versus the 390 mm from the
original PS5 digital version that I got
right up here on the desk the height is
going to be 80 mm versus 92 mm and the
depth is going to be 216 mm versus 260
mm now the only difference and
dimensions of the PS5 slim disc version
is the height which is going to be 96 mm
versus 80 mm on the digital version I
say that because depending on your setup
it might be good to know that the disc
version is going to be slightly taller
by 16 mm but both is going to come with
one tabt of internal SSD storage which
I'm not going to lie I'm a little salty
and kind of tight that the slim version
got the storage sauce but the OG PS5
here like we got 667 GB of usable
storage out of the 825 GB that they told
us but you know it's okay I won't cry
here on camera but you know I'm going to
cry in the car
now pretty much everything when it comes
to the PlayStation slim as far as specs
go they're pretty much the same as the
original PS5 now when it comes to the
CPU we getting the AMD ryzen Gen 2 with
eight cores and 16 threads and then for
the GPU we getting the AMD radon rdna 2
base graphic engine that includes that
raid tracing which is going to be good
for games like that new upcoming
Spider-Man 2 that's dropping that I
cannot wait for because that first one
was fire because that's going to give us
like more realistic Reflections and more
defined shadows and all of that with
10.3 teraflops and then when it comes to
that memory we getting that gddr6 16 GB
of memory now this next part is actually
something that I thought was interesting
and is mainly the huge difference
between the two and that is the PS5 slim
digital version now has a option to
attach an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive to
your console which I personally thought
was unique now you already know it's
Sony so this is going to be sold
completely separate for $7 9.99 here in
the US and then when it comes to EUR
with Euros it's
$19.99 in the UK with the British pound
is $99.99 and then in Japan with Yen
it's
11,980 it looks like from the photos you
guys can just pop it right here on the
Lower Side plate with that attachment
disc drive and you just pop it on there
and just like that you in the game and
you watching movies something to
consider is that Sony also just recently
announced that the Bravia core app that
has a ton of movies in it that you can
get right here on like a Sony A8L TV
it's now available on Playstation so
that's also an option too man if you you
know kind of want to buy the digital
version and then you may or may not want
to actually get that disc drive because
they got a whole lot of movies in there
now both of these systems is going to
support 4K 120 Herz TVs 8K TVs uh also
supports vrr or a variable refresh rate
when it comes to that 2.1 HDMI port on
your TVs which is pretty much going to
be most of your like newer TVs that are
out here today like your LG C2 uh that I
reviewed here on the channel the LG C3
the G3 the Samsung S 95c and even the
Sony A8L that I got here behind me all
of those are going to support HDMI 2.1
that gives you that 4K 120 her output
and if you guys are unclear on like what
TVs you guys should buy this year uh
that's going to be perfect for your PS5
slim then I'll go ahead and Link some
videos up here for you guys to be able
to check out as well as down in the
description section below because these
are going to be some perfect options for
your PS5 slim now let's go ahead and
talk about audio now when it comes to
audio it will support the PlayStation 3D
surround sound audio which is goated in
my opinion and is honestly an underrated
feature and not really talked about in
the space now another change that I like
that they giving us on the PS5 slim
versus kind of what we got on the OG PS5
here and that is two USBC ports on the
front along with a usba a port adding
this additional USBC port on the front
is definitely something that was needed
and I felt like was something that was
kind of lacking on the OG model here so
one of the USBC ports includes super
speed us USB 10 gbits per second while
the other USBC Port is kind of like your
standard highspeed port and then when it
comes to the usba a port on the front of
that device it also supports 10 gbits
per second Super speeds as well and you
get two of those you get one on the
front and then you get one on the back
now I do want to say here with the old
PS5 here you do get two usba a ports on
the back here so you are losing one of
those ports on the back but to be honest
I'll take losing one of those to get
another USBC port on the front hey I'm
just saying now the last thing you guys
are get in the box is you're getting
that horizontal stand that actually
looks like a small little metal stand
clip that like Clips right onto like the
front of your console here that you can
see in this photo all right so now that
you pretty much know all of the features
and pretty much everything that's going
to be coming with this PS5 slim I want
to talk about like a couple little
things that you know Sony is coming out
with when it comes to the PlayStation
slim that's going to be sold separately
now the first thing is this new metal
vertical stand now to me this new stand
it looks clean and I lowkey kind of want
one from my existing PS5 here now
looking at it the outside here has this
stainless steel metal design with a
plastic insert in the middle for your
PS5 slim to sit up in vertically and it
kind of looks like the back is like
slightly raised a little bit which might
help with getting it you know a little
bit more proper air flow and like you
guys know it's going to be sold
separately and uh as far as pricing go
this is going to be $29.99 here in the
US and then in Europe it's going to be
$29.99 in Euros $24.99 in UK with the
British pound and
3,980 yen in Japan so pretty much about
half the price of a dual sense
controller if you guys want to look at
it that way like I feel like right now
man Sony is just not playing like they
coming for everybody Pockets this
holiday season now another thing that's
going to be sold separately will be a
new variety of PS5 slim console covers
which is going to be coming sometime
early 2024 now when it comes to the
colors we get a matte black which is
pretty much the style that I have right
here we also get a deep Earth collection
of colors and one is going to be called
a volcanic red a cobalt blue and then a
sterling silver and these custom color
pric is going to be $54.99 in the US
$54.99 in Europe for euros $44.99 in UK
with the pound and 7480 in Yen for Japan
now the last thing I want to mention
before I give my thoughts on these and
that I feel like nobody is mentioning
that I feel like it's a big deal is Sony
said in their press release that once
the inventory of the current PS5 models
has sold out the new PS5 Slims will
become the only models that you can get
out there which is actually interesting
to me and I mean I guess I get it and it
kind of makes sense because honestly I
feel like you are getting some nice
upgrades with the PS5 slim over this OG
PS5 here but this also now will make the
OG ps5s here much more valuable in price
because once they are all out of
inventory you will only be able to buy
these aftermarket and no longer in
retail meaning that it's really about to
be sneaker World season out here when it
comes to these ps5s but overall man I
feel like the improvements on the PS5
slims are needed like I feel like it's a
good upgrade I like the added USBC port
on the front I also like the new
vertical stand I also like the fact that
just because it's a slim version that
they didn't take away any of the
features like that we got in the OG
version here but instead they enhanced
the experience also shout out to them
for increasing the internal storage to
one tbyte this time which is something
that I honestly felt like they should
have gave us on the OG version in the
first place and that attachable Blu-ray
player which I thought was interesting
like I get why they did it but I also
feel like if you really kind of want
that then just buy the disc version but
I guess for those people out there who
bought the digital version and you kind
of had like that whole fomo period or
whatever you know I guess now you can
get it with the PlayStation Slim So CK
what's the pricing of these new PS5
Slims when it comes to the digital
version versus the disc version and then
when is it coming out so the dis verion
pricing here in the US will be
$499.99 in Europe it's going to be
$549.99 in the UK $479.99 and then in
Japan
66,9 180 then when it comes to the PS5
slim digital version the pricing here in
the US will be slightly cheaper at
$449.99 in the US and in Europe and then
in $389.99 in the UK and
59,90 in Japan now I personally found it
interesting that here in the US the
price difference between the disc
version and the digital version is only
50 bucks but they priced the attachable
disc drive that you can put on the
digital version at $79.99 so just keep
in mind that if you guys decide to buy
the digital version now over the disc
version then decide later like oh man I
wish I would have got the disc version
and then you go ahead and buy that
attachable disc drive then you're pretty
much going to be paying that extra $30
tax that they charging you for your own
indecisiveness but let me know man what
are your thoughts on these new PS5 slim
will you guys be coping one or do you
think Sony out here just dropping way
too many products at once and they need
to slow down because my wallet can't
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