Sony unveiled the design of the PS5 in June, the price and exact measurements were last week only known. Taiwanese communications regulator NCC is the first to photograph the PlayStation 5 (pdf). The game console is photographed from all sides with a ruler next to it.
It was already known that the PS5 the largest game console in years is: the device is 39 centimeters high, 26 centimeters deep and 10.4 centimeters thick. The striking design with wavy shapes ensures that the PS5 is not the same thickness at every point, and looks slightly smaller.
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Double the thickness
Especially the bottom of the PS5 shows how much thicker the game console is than its predecessors. For example, the PS4 Slim is 3.9 centimeters thick, and the PS4 Pro has a thickness of 5.5 centimeters. In landscape orientation, the PS5 is also a third wider than the PS4 Slim, a quarter wider than the PS4 Pro. Like its predecessors, the PS5 can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation.
The reason for the format will include the jump in graphics and processing power. The PS5 promises to be considerably faster than the PS4 and PS4 Pro. That speed requires more cooling, presumably the format has to do with that. Also the PS5 according to Sony ‘more adaptable than with previous generations’.
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Xbox slightly smaller
The PlayStation 5 will be released in the Netherlands on November 19, there are versions of 399 and 499 euros. The first batch was sold out almost immediately. Sony has been there apologies for being offered and promises more pre-orders soon.
The new Xbox Series X appears on November 10, costs 499 euros and is also quite substantial. The rectangular device has a square shape and is about the size of the flat Xbox One, which is cut in half and placed together.
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