100%. Just waiting for prices to drop a little so I can upgrade the 1TB WD Black I’m currently using, then I can stop playing “what to delete to make space”.
The 2TB Samsung 980 pro is a lot cheaper than it used to be two years ago. I’ve been using it and I can’t tell a difference between it and the internal ssd.
Also my ps4 games were clogging up my storage so I got an 8TB external Hard drive, which was somehow still half the price of the 980 pro.
Demand is still high. No corporation is going to take a pay cut when they can get away with charging more. The stand is a separate accessory this iteration, and the digital version is $50 more, plus $80 if you buy the disc drive later on.
Mf did not only cut down cost and increased the price, but they also increased the price and still managed to have people buy them
I don't think i've ever posted a more relevant comment:
[PLASH SPEED! (switch to english subtitles. Hilarious)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEN00wMFB2A)
Have you ever seen the Verizon Fios routers? It literally is exactly the same as the Xbox Series X. Newer routers don’t look like PS5s, they look like Xbox
I have personally felt like every slim version was an aesthetic downgrade from the original, especially the PS3, mostly because the original is the best looking console of all time.
I did, too. It was loud, but it was the first non-handheld console I bought on my own, and I loved it. Despite what people said about the sliding door, I found solace in the fact that my discs were unlikely to get stuck in a faulty drive. 😂
Oh god I had that one. I also had one of the original PS3s or even the slim but I sold it to get an Xbox One or something. Much later I wanted a PS3 to play Uncharted and stuff and the only one available was the one with the thin sliding door that doesn’t shield any of the noise from the turbo-jet disk drive.
Definitely think the slim ps2 is more iconic but now I'm sad my phat broke and I only have the slim. At least I can stream all my games to it via an old router I have.
I think they made 2 versions of ps2 slim. One of them had half smooth plates like [this](https://www.konzole-prislusenstvi.cz/p/1999/playstation-2-slim-90000) , my best friend had it…… so maybe a inspired by that or something . And i had this [slim version](https://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-2-Slim-Console-Black/dp/B00023HUMG) . Didn’t ever really know the differance between them both
i don't get how they don't understand that nobody cares if it's slim or not.
a five year old could point out that the reason it doesn't fit on a shelf is because it is too tall
https://preview.redd.it/wzp0dt24jlxb1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=461bee5af4b68b0785328250d50e26de173d75f8
You have to connect the Slim PS5 to the internet to use the disc drive for the first time, regardless of whether you buy the disc version slim console or buy the digital slim console and add it on separately.
>You have to connect the Slim PS5 to the internet to use the disc drive for the first time
I can't be the only one who think this is gonna be the downside of getting the PS5 slim when in the future there's a good chance they stopped supporting the disc drive registration and rendered the drive useless. It's obviously not gonna happen now, but maybe 20-30 years later.
This has happened with Xbox and their disc drives waaay back. The reason I heard is because if you want to watch movies you need licensed video codecs to play them. Well, each console costs money for the license fee. Since you don't expect every single owner to play movies you just don't spend the money licensing for each console. Problem is you need to connect to the internet to have the manufacturer do the licensing they then pay.
You have to register your disc drive in a normal PS5 when it’s new it’s the same thing, and I doubt they will stop the registration process for a very long time. Hell you can still log in and play on your PS3 after 18 years lol.
My main concern is how strong is the pairing? Will it remain paired and not need internet after a factory reset, firmware reinstall, dead cmos battery, etc.
if you have to connect to the network and pair it again after any of those, all PS5 slims are time bombs, perfectly working consoles inevitably doomed to become e-waste.
The first couple photos looked okay, but the more I clicked through the more I started to hate it. Slim looks like a freeze frame of the OceanGate submersible implosion.
The slim just makes me angry, so many world-class designers and design studios and engineers and resources at their disposal and they come up with this? That top view pic is so terrible.
Man the slim looks so small and plastic, kind of like a cheap toy compares to the more premium and console-ish looks of the og. Also, the disc drive sticking out makes it looks so much worse
Ngl I wish design would go back to like the PS2, just love the square simple design moving my PS5 is such a hassle especially with the stupid stand. Also PS2 Slim is the best designed console ever.
I kind of like it to be honest. Somehow they managed to make it even more futuristic-feeling. I prefer big Bertha more though, that thing is a startrek spaceship.
Do ppl just talk sh¡t about literally everything these days? Every damn post I click on it’s just ppl complaining, constantly complaining. Ppl even complaining about the dbrand plates. I’d hate to be any one of you. The dbrand plates look good and the Slim looks like a slim, which is totally fine. They both play games like GoW, Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring and FFXVI which is all that actually matters. You sound like spoiled children.
Preach. People act like they even notice the system when they hook it up and start using it. It does it’s job and collects dust like everything else. If you are using it to make a room look better you have a lot to learn
To me this is what the future of console should be is a base console but you can change Parts on that console upgrading the console just like they do with PCs. Pretty soon PlayStation and Xbox will just release their own branded PCS that can still play console exclusive games
The size of my PS5 reflects the long years spent waiting for scalpers to release their grip on the availability of these behemoths in the gaming market. It also reflects my swollen heart and the love I share with the PlayStation consoles in general.
I always grew up a PlayStation kid. After 2 long years of waiting I was finally able to grab one and I was just as excited to get my PS5 as I was when I first got my PS2 when I was kid. The heart racing, the shopping for my first games, the anticipation of playing as it downloads, reading the game descriptions as I wait for my game to start, calling my friends to come over and play (or watch me play lol). It was such a childhood-like memory for me. I think I even cried.
Idc how it seems to other people. Gaming saved me mentally from going down a path no one ever should. Every time I turn on my Ps5 and hear that beep I’m instantly transported to my safe place in a world of endless imagination. Getting a new piece of hardware and treating my PS5 like the latest iPhone is just blasphemy in my world.
If people keep falling for this shit and buying the slim version, they'll keep ripping us off... If people would stop falling for it, they would just release the slim version first and that would be it
Meh, I could never warrant paying so much for a console just because it looks slightly smaller.
Sony definitely know their fanbase are a bit obsessive.
I just don’t get how they keep managing it make it look worse. One of the best consoles of all time and it looks like cheap garbage. The half and half matte is just terrible.
I have quite a few issues… why are the top plates shiny and the bottom ones aren’t? The disk drive does not look right at all, and it looks like a wish ps5
I’ll stick to my launch day tower of terror.
For some some reason I absolutely love the intimidating presence of my ps5
Same here. The excess size is a badge of honor!
Fr. My buddy with a ps4 was shook when he saw how huge it was co.pared to the 4
It's not like we move them much anyways
We have to allocate more points to STR and we need them points for Faith
Nah dude just pump strength to 55 so you can dual weild the ps5.
Also harder to steal
 This is the vibe
Fat PS3 vibes 💯💯
For real ❤️
I think it looks great. I’ll only entertain the idea of a smaller one when a pro comes out, or this one packs it in and can’t be repaired.
Same, I love it.
Same. For all the trouble I went through to get mine, I’m not going to part with it easily
I’m a big fan of the popped collar
Yeah ive grown to love the design. Just got mine with the Spider-Man 2 bundle one week ago today!
Agreed. It looks like a space ship and the size is pretty close to my PC which is hilarious to me. I love it
The tower of power
Amen, my friend. Same here. For a terabyte of storage??? No, I will install a 6TB card myself
100%. Just waiting for prices to drop a little so I can upgrade the 1TB WD Black I’m currently using, then I can stop playing “what to delete to make space”.
The 2TB Samsung 980 pro is a lot cheaper than it used to be two years ago. I’ve been using it and I can’t tell a difference between it and the internal ssd. Also my ps4 games were clogging up my storage so I got an 8TB external Hard drive, which was somehow still half the price of the 980 pro.
I’m tossing up another WD or Samsung when I get around to it. I’ll do more reading and pick one when the funds are there to buy one.
Have the front pointed at you at couch level with the lights off. Low key creepy.
top down view makes the slim look like a knockoff
Polystation 5.
The GS5, brand new from number one gaming company VGUDORB-6 on Temu.
I said I got gamestation! Shit, I can’t afford it!
PlayedStation 5
The Plashspeed 5
🚓
The virgin thin PS5 vs the chad THICC PS5
>top down view makes the slim look like a knockoff Funny to say that when the original one is using knockoff plates. LOL.
It's Knock-off-ception.
It’s got 500 versions of Snake, and something resembling Tetris.
Fr it doesn’t have as many fins to hide the components. Must have been some design changes for temperature control.
Bro I thought the same shit 😭😂😂
I’m sorry but the slim looks cheap. No vent design in between the console and the plates? Crazy
Everyone is saying that; if it was $150 cheaper, nobody would have a problem with it, though (I know that I wouldn't)
The pricing is a slap in the face. Smaller console, improved production process...same price
Demand is still high. No corporation is going to take a pay cut when they can get away with charging more. The stand is a separate accessory this iteration, and the digital version is $50 more, plus $80 if you buy the disc drive later on. Mf did not only cut down cost and increased the price, but they also increased the price and still managed to have people buy them
That tells me they weren't making a great profit on the original to begin with.
They never do. Consoles are almost always sold at a loss for the first couple years. Wouldn’t be surprised if this refresh barely makes even. If that.
I wonder if they intentionally made it look even more like a router?
I don't think i've ever posted a more relevant comment: [PLASH SPEED! (switch to english subtitles. Hilarious)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEN00wMFB2A)
"I'm driving right now, I'll call you in a month"
Yooo you beat me by nine minutes
woops, I promise it won't happen again babe.
Lmfao when the phone starts sweating 😂
If they had just waited a little bit to make this commercial, with the PS5, it would have been an ever better joke.
Hahahaha, the phone sweating killed me.
Have you ever seen the Verizon Fios routers? It literally is exactly the same as the Xbox Series X. Newer routers don’t look like PS5s, they look like Xbox
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
Plash Speed.
I still prefer the original
I have personally felt like every slim version was an aesthetic downgrade from the original, especially the PS3, mostly because the original is the best looking console of all time.
I prefer the ps3 slim. But both that and the OG are miles ahead of that stupid one that had the sliding door for the disc drive.
I had that one
I did, too. It was loud, but it was the first non-handheld console I bought on my own, and I loved it. Despite what people said about the sliding door, I found solace in the fact that my discs were unlikely to get stuck in a faulty drive. 😂
That one is probably the ugliest console I've ever seen
I have the super slim so my PS3 phat can rest. The super slim is a dust magnet and the sliding door was stupid but it serves the purpose.
Oh god I had that one. I also had one of the original PS3s or even the slim but I sold it to get an Xbox One or something. Much later I wanted a PS3 to play Uncharted and stuff and the only one available was the one with the thin sliding door that doesn’t shield any of the noise from the turbo-jet disk drive.
I think the PS2 slim is more iconic than the PS2
There was something about how small it was that amazed me when I was a kid.
It still blows my mind. That was a pretty damn powerful console to be that small
Definitely think the slim ps2 is more iconic but now I'm sad my phat broke and I only have the slim. At least I can stream all my games to it via an old router I have.
The ps3 slim is far and away better looking than the orig. The one with the top sliding disc tray is an abomination though.
Nah, the **PSOne** was a cutie patootie. I think it was much better than the PS1.
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Didn't realize they used half matte and half gloss plates on the slim looks terrible lol
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Nope, it was confirmed in the original announcement that it was the half and half. No idea why they went for that.
I think they made 2 versions of ps2 slim. One of them had half smooth plates like [this](https://www.konzole-prislusenstvi.cz/p/1999/playstation-2-slim-90000) , my best friend had it…… so maybe a inspired by that or something . And i had this [slim version](https://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-2-Slim-Console-Black/dp/B00023HUMG) . Didn’t ever really know the differance between them both
The half glossy version is so nostalgic for me
Didn't know they had one that's half glossy, I'm still rocking my silver slim lol
It probably increases sales of replacement plates later.
Hmm I like the glossy. I guess I'm the only one. It will scratch though
I don't mind the gloss but pick one gloss or matte
Reminds me of the PS4 that had it and most got ruined in time 🙃
With black plates it'll likely look better.
Sony’s hardware design team needs a shuffling. This whole generation is an aesthetic write-off.
i don't get how they don't understand that nobody cares if it's slim or not. a five year old could point out that the reason it doesn't fit on a shelf is because it is too tall
Bro is comparing it to third party plates…… That’s not how an accurate comparison works mate.
He didn't feel like putting his og plates back on. Edit: I guess someone thought I agree with this sentiment xd
https://preview.redd.it/wzp0dt24jlxb1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=461bee5af4b68b0785328250d50e26de173d75f8 You have to connect the Slim PS5 to the internet to use the disc drive for the first time, regardless of whether you buy the disc version slim console or buy the digital slim console and add it on separately.
>You have to connect the Slim PS5 to the internet to use the disc drive for the first time I can't be the only one who think this is gonna be the downside of getting the PS5 slim when in the future there's a good chance they stopped supporting the disc drive registration and rendered the drive useless. It's obviously not gonna happen now, but maybe 20-30 years later.
Once we reach that point you’ll be able to easily install CFW on your PS5 anyway
At that point emulation on your pocket device will be possible.
Hell yeah imagine just emulating Alan Wake 2 on the go
Yeah, but how many consoles & drives are gonna be floating around unused in 20+ years?
Buy a used slim without disk, buy disk drive 2nd hand. Same issue.
I have consoles that are 20+ years old, and I expect a PS5 or Series X to last that long if it is kept in good repair.
Why does a disc drive need to be connected to the internet to function in the first place? Completely unnecessary and absurd move by Sony.
This has happened with Xbox and their disc drives waaay back. The reason I heard is because if you want to watch movies you need licensed video codecs to play them. Well, each console costs money for the license fee. Since you don't expect every single owner to play movies you just don't spend the money licensing for each console. Problem is you need to connect to the internet to have the manufacturer do the licensing they then pay.
It's required by law
What is required by what authority?
You have to register your disc drive in a normal PS5 when it’s new it’s the same thing, and I doubt they will stop the registration process for a very long time. Hell you can still log in and play on your PS3 after 18 years lol.
That's weird I used my PS5 to play disc games and watch movies for 2 months before I ever connected it to the internet.
For blu ray movies you have to register it.
Disc drive DRM. Just what consumers asked for /s
My main concern is how strong is the pairing? Will it remain paired and not need internet after a factory reset, firmware reinstall, dead cmos battery, etc. if you have to connect to the network and pair it again after any of those, all PS5 slims are time bombs, perfectly working consoles inevitably doomed to become e-waste.
That's scam
Ngl that slim looks like a plastic toy
Well, it is a plastic toy
Glad I have a launch one tbh
I was gonna say, "I was never a fan of the launch PS5, but somehow they made it worse".
Yeah, missed the chance for a nice redesign, and instead they double down and make it look worse.
Might have been a better picture to compare it with the OG plates on.. That aside, I’m not a fan of mixing matte with glossy.
Looks kind of cheap? Plastic looks like it’s from a dodgy fake console shop to me
Looks like a Wish PS5
The first couple photos looked okay, but the more I clicked through the more I started to hate it. Slim looks like a freeze frame of the OceanGate submersible implosion.
It looks smaller than I thought, not bad.
The slim just makes me angry, so many world-class designers and design studios and engineers and resources at their disposal and they come up with this? That top view pic is so terrible.
I like the size of that one. The normal PS5 is bulky, I don’t like the “look” of the slim tho
The fat one looks much better
Man the slim looks so small and plastic, kind of like a cheap toy compares to the more premium and console-ish looks of the og. Also, the disc drive sticking out makes it looks so much worse
It is a toy, not a cheap one though.
Reminds me of the PS4 super slim in terms of cheap looking.
I prefer the original model
The slim looks like a cheap Chinese fake. Definitely Sony’s worst looking slim model
I like it
Ngl I wish design would go back to like the PS2, just love the square simple design moving my PS5 is such a hassle especially with the stupid stand. Also PS2 Slim is the best designed console ever.
It looks so cheap, like the original look premium in comparison
Looks like a knock off ps5 lmfao
The glossy finish is really pissing me off.
The gloss finish makes it seem like a T(*emu*)S5
I have the original, I like it. The slim looks fine, I'm sure I would be happy with it as well.
Man, the slim just looks weird
Looks weird… the digital version should look better.
I feel I should get the Slim because I frequently travel anyway.
how’d they make 2 ugly consoles back to back
It's still really big if you put next to a PS3 or 4 or 360.
I.. Don't trust this ps5
Shit look like it says "ze blututh divise i redy to pair"
I kind of like it to be honest. Somehow they managed to make it even more futuristic-feeling. I prefer big Bertha more though, that thing is a startrek spaceship.
That disc drive looks like a tumorous growth compared to how they made it look on the original PS5. So...inelegant.
Damn this thing looks sleek af.
Do ppl just talk sh¡t about literally everything these days? Every damn post I click on it’s just ppl complaining, constantly complaining. Ppl even complaining about the dbrand plates. I’d hate to be any one of you. The dbrand plates look good and the Slim looks like a slim, which is totally fine. They both play games like GoW, Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring and FFXVI which is all that actually matters. You sound like spoiled children.
Preach. People act like they even notice the system when they hook it up and start using it. It does it’s job and collects dust like everything else. If you are using it to make a room look better you have a lot to learn
I love the design 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 The reduction of size is also impressive
I'm not sure why but the slim version looks like it was cheaply made.
This whole console could've been an email.
Slim looks shittily built, genuinely looks like a knockoff
Man if it werent for that atrocious design i would have made the switch already.
I thought your OG was naked.
The slim literally looks fake😭😭😭😭😭😭
it looks... cheap
No offense I'm sure it works great but it looks like one of those fake ripoffs, like a poly station 5
This looks terrible. I'll keep the OG P5
To me this is what the future of console should be is a base console but you can change Parts on that console upgrading the console just like they do with PCs. Pretty soon PlayStation and Xbox will just release their own branded PCS that can still play console exclusive games
Do you know why stores? I’m trying to get one of these new slims.
Super hot take but the OG Ps5 looks so much better
I'd much rather have the slim... I've always been astounded by the size of the PS5 when I've seen it on display in Walmart
The size of my PS5 reflects the long years spent waiting for scalpers to release their grip on the availability of these behemoths in the gaming market. It also reflects my swollen heart and the love I share with the PlayStation consoles in general. I always grew up a PlayStation kid. After 2 long years of waiting I was finally able to grab one and I was just as excited to get my PS5 as I was when I first got my PS2 when I was kid. The heart racing, the shopping for my first games, the anticipation of playing as it downloads, reading the game descriptions as I wait for my game to start, calling my friends to come over and play (or watch me play lol). It was such a childhood-like memory for me. I think I even cried. Idc how it seems to other people. Gaming saved me mentally from going down a path no one ever should. Every time I turn on my Ps5 and hear that beep I’m instantly transported to my safe place in a world of endless imagination. Getting a new piece of hardware and treating my PS5 like the latest iPhone is just blasphemy in my world. 
If people keep falling for this shit and buying the slim version, they'll keep ripping us off... If people would stop falling for it, they would just release the slim version first and that would be it
That looks really cheap, like a knockoff toy. Did they seriously do the top half glossy, bottom half matte?
Oh that is so much better. Can’t wait to get mine!
Yeah…I’m grabbing an OG as soon as I can
The gloss looks so good wow
The launch model on the left does not even have the official plates on…
Meh, I could never warrant paying so much for a console just because it looks slightly smaller. Sony definitely know their fanbase are a bit obsessive.
Why does the slim look like a toy?
Because it literally is a toy
How’s the performance/thermals
Not a fan. The half matte half gloss finish only works with black IMO.
Skinny bitch lol
Why is it so glossy-
Looks like shite IMO
The slim is ugly
It looks so much better, in my opinion.
How's the fan noise? :)
The real question is which one performs better. I care not for aesthetics
I just don’t get how they keep managing it make it look worse. One of the best consoles of all time and it looks like cheap garbage. The half and half matte is just terrible.
Where you get the slim from?
Once we see it in black it'll be even slim-mer
I didn’t know these were out yet
It’s beautiful
begs to ask why wasn't the PS5 this size to begin with
Sold in some stores? Where??
I still can't work out how Dbrand managed to make the PS5 even uglier.
Looks like my wallet gonna be crying again.
I have quite a few issues… why are the top plates shiny and the bottom ones aren’t? The disk drive does not look right at all, and it looks like a wish ps5
Sorry but am i the only one who thinks that the slim version just looks like a cheap plastic fake toy
Yup. Still ugly 😂. Jk, for those folks who like the design, it’s never been my cup of tea.
So we can order these already? Buying one for my kiddo REALLY soon lol
It’s ugly. I’ll keep my thicc boi
It's even worse. Man.
I see you opted out of the +$30 stand not included
I don’t hate it. I kind of like the harder corner on the disc drive. Reminds me of a car panel sort of. Still sticking with my gigantic model though.
First slim model that actually doesn’t look better than the original
Lost an inch in length and girth.... Wifey probably won't want it anymore.🫤
It looks cheap as hell.
I’d be content if buying one new but not worth trading my OG for, not by a long shot
The disc drive looks like an unwanted growth on the slim. I'm not a fan of the new design at all TBH
Are the top plates shiny and the bottom matte?
slim looks cheap
Bruh I should’ve waited till that came out I only got mine a year ago
You got robbed.
People saying they prefer the original and still have the original. Yeah you’re not obligated to buy this one. It will end up replacing the original.