Microsoft is letting go of the beauty in the sessions that the Federal Trade Commission of the United States continues to organize to clarify all kinds of doubts about the purchase of Activision. The problem, at least for Sony, is that a large part of the content of these sessions becomes public, and thanks to those documents very juicy secrets are discovered.
More secrets on the air
The FTC lawsuits are being quite harsh for Microsoft, and although many users are quite tired of how long the subject is taking, the good news is that small collateral damage is taking place in the form of leaks or advance information that gives a lot of information. what to talk about. We had previously seen how internal Microsoft emails talked about the possibility of buying many other companies, but it seems that the company also has internal information about its most direct competitor.
And it is that, in the published documents, you can read how Microsoft’s defense talks about the launch of a PS5 portable version (refer to Project Q) that will have a price of less than 300 dollars (until now we did not know any information about it).
The PS5 Slim
But if there is a detail that has drawn a lot of attention, it is that they also talk about a slim version of ps5 that would arrive this year for $399. It is important to mention that this Slim model would be different from the current model without a disc player, but We do not know if it would have a Blu-ray reader or not. This release may also be accompanied by the rumored external disc drive, something that would fit quite a bit, and that, in addition to offering a smaller console, would leave it up to the user to decide whether or not they need a Blu-ray drive.
Since the launch of PS2, Sony has always released a Slim model with which to upgrade components and achieve a more compact and efficient size, so obviously we are sure that there will be a PS5 Slim. Now, whether Microsoft is right and that this Slim model hits stores this year for $399 is another matter, and we’ll only know the answer by waiting a few more months.
Is Microsoft going to release another console?
With Series X and Series S on the market, Microsoft’s proposal feels more complete and makes much more sense, hence the launch of an Xbox Series Slim does not make much sense. Phil Spencer himself already said that there was not much point in launching a new Xbox version just three years after the consoles were launched, so it is likely that we will not see new hardware until much later.
Fountain: FTC (.pdf)
Via:IGN
