A few days ago, we reported that Sony had announced a price increase for its PlayStation 5 due to global inflation, rising energy consumption and rising cost of living in general. The PS5 version with a Blu-ray reader has dropped from €499 to €549.
Well, less than a week has passed since then, and Sony is already giving us new news: a new console chassis is arriving, CFI-12XX, and its main innovation is that it weighs 300 grams less than its predecessor.
When it launched in 2020, the PlayStation 5 wasn’t just one of the biggest gaming consoles ever made. It was also one of the heaviest, with the full drive version weighing 4.5kg and the digital version weighing 3.9kg.
However, today the publication “Press Start” noticed the launch of a new set of PS5 models that weigh approximately 13% less than their launch counterparts.
New PS5 Models (CFI-1202A and B for disc and digital versions respectively) first appeared on some Japanese retail sites over the weekend with an expected release date of September 15th.
However, Press Start reports that the new models are already on the shelves of many Australian stores, and that the manuals state that its official weight is 3.9 kg for the disc edition and 3.4 kg for the digital edition.
| Model | Year | with the reader | Digital |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFK-10XX | 2020 | 4.5 kg | 3.9 kg |
| MFK-11XX | 2021 | 4.2 kg | 3.6 kg |
| MFK-12XX | 2022 | 3.9 kg | 3.4 kg |
According to the report, there are no other changes in case size or system specifications.
Those who are very savvy about the hardware will remember that this is not the first internal review of the PS5. Models CFI-11XX -which also first arrived in Australia in August 2021- they weighed 4.2 kg and 3.6 kg for their disc and digital editions, respectively.
This means that there is about 600 grams difference between the original 2020 model and the 2022 model. The problem is, more recent testing has shown that last year’s weight reduction was due to a smaller, redesigned heatsink that seemed to improve the console’s heat dissipation.
It’s unclear what motivated the PS5’s second weight reduction, but Reports from earlier this year suggest that Sony is moving to a new 6nm manufacturing process for its own Ryzen processor. Is this the real reason for thinning the console?
Not only does this change help improve build performance, but it could also be part of an internal redesign that includes fewer parts than before, reducing build costs.
Source: Computer Hoy
