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- Sony is manufacturing new PS5 Slim models with a smaller cooling system and reduced storage.
- This aims to reduce production costs while maintaining the retail price.
- The 2025 PS5 Slim has 825 GB of storage, 27% less than the 2023 version.
Rising console prices have been a major headache for gamers in this economic climate, with tariffs and other factors leading to companies like Microsoft hiking the price of the Xbox Series consoles twice in one year.
The PS5 has also surged in cost in many countries, with its price hike in Brazil and Turkey receiving an overwhelmingly negative reception from fans. Now, it seems like Sony has another trick up its sleeve to keep the PS5 at its current rate despite difficult economic conditions.
Why This Matters: Reducing production costs seems like the only compromise that can appease gamers and studios in these trying times.
As per YouTuber Austin Evans, who got hold of the new PS5 Slim model, Sony has cut down storage and reduced the heatsink to shrink the manufacturing costs of the console. By doing so, the company is attempting to maintain the console at its current retail price and avoid another price hike.
The SSD storage is now offering 825 GB, out of which only 667 GB are accessible for games, meaning there is 27% less space compared to the 1 TB storage of the 2023 slim version, which gave players access to 848 GB of space.
The cuts also affect the cooling system of the console with the PS5 Slim CFI-210, using thinner metals for the heatsink. In addition, the number of components on the motherboard has decreased, and Sony has implemented a lighter fan with a shorter pipe, which makes the playthrough quieter.
All these changes make the console 156 grams lighter; however, the PS5 is now 2 °C hotter thanks to the adjustments made to the cooling system.
The console still rakes in the same amount of energy, meaning there hasn’t been an improvement in efficiency, and the PS5 is now just a bit hotter and cheaper to build.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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