The PlayStation 5 is one of the most sought after and coveted products out there. There is no more stock available and the ones that go on sale fly in seconds. sony wants the success of your console is compatible with its normal manufacture and they have an idea how to achieve this, as they have already done with the PS4.
Sony’s idea is to design a new model of PlayStation 5, which will receive a one-time revision in mid-Fiscal Year 2023 for a launch around September 2023, explain the sources who revealed these plans.
According to these, the new console will completely replace the A, B and C chassis that have been in production since the launch of the console. Recall that a few weeks ago we learned that Sony had started to launch the PS5 with a new, lighter design.
The console, currently called PlayStation 5 D-Frame, will have almost identical hardware to existing consoles already on the market, but with a key change in its design, as we explain now.
The most surprising novelty of this new PS5 is that the console will have a removable disk drive. The removable drive will connect to the PlayStation 5 via an additional USB-C port on the back of the console.
It is understood that this new PlayStation 5 console will be sold alone or in a bundle with the removable disk drive. It’s also believed that the player will be available to buy separately, so that if it fails, there’s no need to buy a whole new console.
Sources have hinted that while the new removable drive is portable, it won’t spoil the aesthetics of the console and will attach to it without appearing external, presumably meaning the new PlayStation 5 will look just like the existing model.
Changes in the Sony console
However, the new removable disk drive could mean the new iteration of the PlayStation 5 is thinner and lighter, something Sony has tried to effectively implement with its latest PS5 models.
It is well understood that Sony plans to produce 18.5 million units of the new PlayStation 5 console in fiscal year 2023 and only 12 million units of AC frame consoles, as they begin to be phased out.
Sony Interactive reported that, As of June 2022, the company has shipped over 21.7 million PlayStation 5 consoles. If these production figures are to be believed, they suggest that the company is expecting a significant increase. Will they reach the level of the PS4?