The PS5 with a removable disc drive appears to have shown up in a leaked video, and looks a lot like the leaked image that was thought to be of the PS5 slim from earlier this morning. The only real telling detail is the black line that travels along the side of the console cover on each side. Which suggests the two are one in the same.
The video leak however shows a lot more of the console in question. It’s not clear if this is a real working unit or if it’s simply a demo shell. Or if it’s even a legitimate design in the first place. Either way, if the design is accurate it’s clear that this certainly isn’t a slim version of the PS5. While the leaked video doesn’t show the unit plugged in or working, it does show the console off from nearly all angles. There are a couple of notable details worth pointing out too.
The video does appear to show a PS5 with a removable disc drive unit
You only get a brief look. But if you watch closely you can see where it appears the main console unit is separated from the disc drive portion. As the console is tipped to show the bottom, you can see a line that runs from the front to the back that splits the area where the drive is from the rest of the console.
Another notable change is that this unit doesn’t have a USB-A port on the front. On the existing PS5 version, there’s one USB-A port and one USB-C port. The unit in this video has two USB-C ports. Suggesting Sony has decided to replace the USB-A port for another USB-C option. The video doesn’t really give a good look at that back. So it’s unclear if there are still two USB-A ports there. But it wouldn’t make sense to remove one on the front and then remove the back ones also.
For the most part, this PS5 doesn’t look much different. If it is in fact a new model with a revised design.
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