New Rumor Suggests a PS5 Slim is Releasing in 2023
A new rumor claims that a PS5 Slim is set to launch in 2023 of which Insider Gaming believes is a new detachable disc drive console.
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(Rumor) PS5 Slim is Releasing in 2023
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If the PS5 slim cost less than the PS4 that I'm seeing on amazon, I'm going to rebuy that system JUST for Bloodborne.
Yup, it's essential for them to get the overall box size down along with the weight.
If you look at Switch boxes, they can fit 4-5 Switches in the space of one PS5 cardboard box.... that makes it really inefficient for logistics.
If this version looks very sleek and sexy, I am definitely in to get one. Would love something similar to the PS4 Slim with a sexier material finish. But I understand they have to make it as reasonably priced as possible...so nicer plastics might not be possible this time.
If you look at Switch boxes, they can fit 4-5 Switches in the space of one PS5 cardboard box.... that makes it really inefficient for logistics.
If this version looks very sleek and sexy, I am definitely in to get one. Would love something similar to the PS4 Slim with a sexier material finish. But I understand they have to make it as reasonably priced as possible...so nicer plastics might not be possible this time.
I still have my doubts they'll ditch the weird fin design, but that may depend on how well the bolt-on colors are selling.
Hopefully that was a huge flop for Sony, and they come to their senses and create a design that doesn't look ridiculous and you can just, you know.. put it on a table without having to do a balancing act with a shitty stand deal.
Hopefully that was a huge flop for Sony, and they come to their senses and create a design that doesn't look ridiculous and you can just, you know.. put it on a table without having to do a balancing act with a shitty stand deal.
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It's amazing to me that there will be a hardware revision released before I purchased a single built from ground up PS5 only game
I mean that's really why they'd even be doing this: simplify the logistics, make shipping & distribution more affordable, lower BOM production costs per unit.
Whether that comes with a price cut in territories that saw a price increase on the current models remains to be seen, but I could see them lowering the price back to the original MSRP there even if global currencies are still kind of screwed up. Just depends on what their margins for the new systems would be.
Most interested in how the detachable disc drive will work (outside of the basics), and how it'll look. If they really wanted, they could use that bay for hardware expansions, eGPU-style, depending on the bandwidth of the USB port (it should be Type-C regardless). That could make a theoretical "Pro" solution more affordable to produce and simplify console production logistics (don't have to worry so much on base/Pro model splits), although I'm not sure if they could have the PS5 GPU do its own processing and pass that through to combine with processing on an attachment that then mixed the signals out to a display.
It would be cool to see, though. Like how the MegaDrive/Mega CD/32X used to work back in that generation, only you won't need three separate power adapters and tons of cables and it won't look like a monstrosity (and, I'm assuming, would work much better in practice).
And I cannot wait, hardware is always exciting to me and I really think they should lean into the Pro model and give gamers something that is really impressive both in terms of performance and design.
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Red Gaming Tech is already making the rumor mill, even Foxy Games, even though the latter is a bit of a salty
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FSR is an open source upscaling algorithm, it can be used on pretty much any hardware.
Yeah I know, just saying I think the PRO will use it to push higher resolutions, whilst keeping framerate and fidelity pretty high.
I used to think a Pro model for either system was going to likely not be possible, due to increased associated costs with a larger GPU and smaller nodes, but with the way RDNA 3 is set up (and the possibility RDNA 4 pushes even further with chiplets and packaging innovations), plus the price point of 7900 XT, maybe Pro models could have a more realistic chance of happen.
They wouldn't need any more than 20 - 24 TF, and since they're using dual-issue shaders (I'm not 100% sure in what way they're doing it, I've only been able to reference an Nvidia paper for a GT200 (2000?) from 2008 talking about that GPU's "dual issue" design to try getting an understanding), they're getting more per stream processor without needing to double the count in the CUs. That's why shader core counts didn't increase very much with RDNA 3 but TF performance is almost 3x over RDNA 2.
So all a PS5 Pro or Series X Pro would need is the same sized GPU shader count-wise, throw in dual-issue design, and immediate doubling of TF at the same base clocks. That could be affordable even on 6nm for them, let alone 5nm. That would free up more BOM budget for MCDs (probably 4 MCDs each but cutting down the amount of cache and keeping them 0-Hi) and faster RAM (16 - 18 Gbps chips for Sony, probably 20 - 22 Gbps chips for Microsoft). The CPUs would probably stay the same though just faster clocked to ensure the GPUs can stay fed with draw lists data.
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I love how you talk about Sony like you work for them.
Even if there is a PRO model, I very seriously doubt it's going to be a whole new generation of hardware like you are proposing. If that is a reality then going forward we may all assume that consoles upgrade a generation every 3yrs instead of every 6yrs. All those hardware addons you mentioned makes the regular PS5 look like a last gen box.
IMO a pro model won't fundamentally change the CPU. Games are not CPU limited, they're GPU and bandwidth limited. They can release something with 2x the terroflops / CU's and more bandwidth and call it a day, just keep everything else the same.
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