For a long time there has been talk of the more than foreseeable existence of playstation 5 slim, which will surely end up happening sooner or later if we see the tradition of Sony with its consoles. However, it seems that people interested in this possible variant will have to give it a little patience, since the latest rumors place its launch in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 (which in the “normal” calendar would place us in the spring of 2023). year 2023).
There is nothing here that is revolutionary at this point. PlayStation 5 Slim will be a smaller, lighter version of Sony’s next-generation console, which will eventually establish itself as the standard edition or variant over time. The company’s objective is create a more compact, efficient product with minor modifications at the hardware level.
The manufacturing cost of the PlayStation 5 Slim would be lower, which should result in a drop in the retail price, but seeing how the market is lately, who knows what will end up happening in the end. As for important design modifications, the latest rumors point to a possible removal or modification of the fins.
It is very likely that Sony is now focused on PlayStation VR2, its next-generation virtual reality headset, which will be released on February 22, 2023 at a price of 600 euros. Despite the fact that virtual reality is still not the mass phenomenon that some predicted, companies continue to break ground to occupy a terrain that is gradually widening. In addition, PlayStation VR2 will come with a good battery of compatible games, something that Sony has to give muscle to if we see that, at least for now, the titles of the first generation of the helmet will not be compatible with the second.
On the other hand, and apart from the future Slim model, Sony could be preparing the ground for simplify its catalog around PlayStation 5 with the possible addition of a removable Blu-ray drive that would be sold separatelyso in the end PlayStation 5 Slim is likely to be a complete restructuring at the catalog level.
