In a blog post, Sony said the new slimmed-down machine had been “reduced in volume by more than 30%” and would ship with 1TB SSD storage. — Bloomberg
Sony Group Corp has unveiled a slimmer, lighter PlayStation 5 with detachable disc drive, in a bid to juice sales over the holiday season.
It’s the first major update to the current generation console, which launched in November 2020.
In a blog post, Sony said the new slimmed-down machine had been “reduced in volume by more than 30%” and would ship with 1TB SSD storage.
The new twist with the incoming PS5 model is that you can effectively buy the cheaper digital-only version of the console as before – but now it comes with the added option of upgrading it with a Blu-ray drive add-on.
The two new consoles – with and without disc drive – will go on sale in November, priced at US$500 (RM2,359) and US$450 (RM1,887) in the US; £480 (RM2,790) and £390 (RM2,267) in the UK; and 67,000 yen (RM2,120) and 60,000 yen (RM1,899) in Japan.
The release comes following the launch earlier this year of a new high-end customisable DualSense Edge controller. – Bloomberg
