Sony’s PlayStation hardware revision, the PS5 Slim model, is available now in various European countries as well as the US.
We did know that the model would be arriving somewhere this month, and we had already seen some hardware bundles with the new model, including the Spider-Man 2 Slim bundle. An exact release date when Sony started to roll out the new model wasn’t confirmed just yet. Luckily, those in the US and Europe can now get their hands on the slimmer model. In France, the new PS5 model was released today, and it’s already available in PlayStation Direct stores in Germany and The Netherlands as well. In the US, the new model can also be ordered through Sony’s official store, and it will likely show up at retailers as well.
La nouvelle PS5 sera disponible en France… demain ! pic.twitter.com/slx2CZfULq
— PlayStation France (@PlayStationFR) November 23, 2023
Those in the UK will have to wait a few more days before customers can get their hands on the device – it launches on November 29 in the UK. “Smaller design. Same power. The new PS5 model comes to the UK on November 29”, the post from the official UK Playstation X account reads.
Sony’s new PS5 model features a reduced form factor, an optional detachable Blu-ray drive, and additional SSD space. We’ve included the official specifications of the model below. Be sure to also check out a teardown of the console here.
PlayStation 5 specifications
| External dimensions(excluding projecting parts) | Approx. 358 × 96 × 216 mm(width × height × depth) |
| Mass | Approx. 3.2 kg |
| CPU | x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2” |
| 8 Cores / 16 Threads | |
| Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz | |
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine |
| Ray Tracing Acceleration | |
| Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) | |
| System Memory | GDDR6 16GB |
| 448GB/s Bandwidth | |
| SSD | 1TB |
| 5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw) | |
| PS5 Game Disc | Ultra HD Blu-ray™, up to 100GB/disc |
| BD/DVD drive | Disc Drive portequipped with Disc Drive |
| Video Out | Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1) |
| Audio | “Tempest” 3D AudioTech |
| Input/OutputFront of Console | USB Type-C® port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) |
| USB Type-C® port (Hi-Speed USB) | |
| Input/OutputBack of Console | USB Type-A port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x2 |
| Networking | Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)Wi-fi: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax |
