Sony doesn't want you to see THIS PS5... 💀 

Forgot to do it in the video, but I did take the fan out of this console and it’s slightly different than the fan in the regular ps5 slim 🧐

I think it's great that Sony is making digital only more expensive and less attractive. I hope we keep physical games as long as possible.

Its crazy to me that they didnt bundle the digital only console with the same games.

No offense but I feel like you're making this more difficult than it actually is. I'm not even that big of a fan of the ps5 but all this just sounds like you're nitpicking 😂

I think what they’re doing is a classic retail move to have an option that’s technically available, but is mostly just there to make the step up to the next thing look like a really good value. The issue with this stance is that because the best value is the disc edition it goes against the all digital future game console manufacturers want.

Sony knocked it out of the park with the PS4 design. The PS5 is just hideous AND impractical. I really don’t know what they were thinking.

Anyone who doesn’t have a ps5 yet, try to find a good mint condition physical version or just buy the physical version slim model. Avoid the digital at all cost

What doesn't make sense about the digital not coming with a game, is that the game you get is already a download code anyways...

The digital Slim looks GREAT 👍🏿! I got the original digital model so I'm fine with what I got! But for new owners and after the price goes down it's definitely a buy. Only thing I agree is the nice stand should have came in the box instead of the plastic clips.

I wouldn't want to have the digital slim standing upright without an additional stand. It seems as if it will fall if someone accidentally touched it. Having to pay extra money for it is a shame, especially since it is already more expensive compared to the regular digital.

I know a lot of people including myself that got the PS5 slim without the disc drive

Dude, the horizontal is unstable because it is meant to be untouched since you don't need to load and unload discs from the console. Everything is digitally accessed. SMH

Thanks for the review. does the digital disk area cover fit on the regular after removing the disk? I'm wondering if I buy the regular. Can I buy a cover and make it work as digital and install the disk only when needed?

The more I see of these slims the happier I am I bought the original PS5.

When it doesn't make sense...it makes dollars.

I absolutely love how my PS5 performs. I absolutely detest how it looks.

This console will never not look awful

I'm sure Sony has a plan. Since it wasn't advertised I'm guessing it was a very last minute decision to put out a slightly smaller ps5 for those of us waiting for the 5slim. I'm quite happy with my 4pro and a large backlog of games to keep me busy until a true 5slim or 5pro come out. Whichever!

In the UK the digital PS5 Slim is the same as the original digital PS5 (~380 quid). It is also ~90 quid cheaper than the disc drive version. Not sure why it is such a rip off in other countries though.

I think Sony upped the digital price because without an included game it makes the disc version pointless from a pricing perspective. But then that begs the question, why even bother doing a digital version. They should have just gave you an extra plate if you wanted to remove the disc yourself. It’s truly a blunder.

The biggest advantage of disc version is the ability to buy second hand games for cheap! Digital prices too high and their deals aren't as good as steam

I already have a PS5 console myself too, but the PS5 that I have though is the original model and it's also the one with the built-in disc drive for playing physical games on the discs which I personally still prefer.

If you buy the disc drive add on, it comes with longer stands.

You are first on RU-vid who showed us Horizontal position of PS5 Digital Slim, thanks 🙏🌹

Any chance you can test if the original ps5 stand can work horizontally with the ps5 slim that comes equipped with the physical disc drive?

The reason has nothing to do with digital vs disc version but more likely 2 consoles with 2 different fan models (Nidec VS NMB or Foxconn) + margin of error.

Like literally I feel as though yall are never happy with anything a company does legit feel like some RU-vid are only on here to complain at stuff

Why is it 50$ more? Why do they not understand the US market

Removing the USB A from the front takes away from so many accessories like headsets, controllers, etc.

This is a great review I didn’t know it was so many complications with this

The consoles bundled with games are a limited (while supplies last) holiday release. These have been very common in the past. I do think they should have included a "Digital Download" for a new game with the digital version to match the disc bundle. That would have been cheap for them to do so as well.

Im glad I recently got the (slightly) less ugly OG PS5 before they are replaced with the slims.

Nice easter egg shirt Jacob 😄👍🏻 the Hampton haul 🙌🏻

I’m still on ps4 bec I wasn’t paying triple to a reseller. Was gonna get a slim this week but I might wait on the pro now in 2024. How’s the disc version sit horizontally? I don’t want my system vertical bec I heard problems with leaks into the system.

Thank you for doing this, i got the original digital at launch and wondered about this. This convinced me if i am replacing to just save the extra $50 and just go for the disc version

To be honest I thought the original ps5 would be 300 and the slim 350 for adding the disc drive. I'll just stick with the fat ps5 for now.

The problem is it's not a XBOX Series X

I think they made the digital more money because you don't have to go to the store or wait for your amazon package to arrive and then putting in the disc and having to repair the disc or buy new ones once the discs don't work or they get scratched

I don’t have a ps5 yet but do u think i should get the slim one now or wait for pro I wanted to get the fat one but ran out of stock if I get the slim I will get the one with a disk idk about this one people are saying it overheats i don’t really care about any of the features like removing the disk drive and all of that I just wanna get a ps5 if fat one was in stock I would get it but it’s not

These videos about the Slim models really make me glad I bought the original. And to anyone wanting to buy a PS5, there are retailers with the fat models still in stock. GameStop even has them for $450.

this seems to be a trend for sony, they have an amazing console like the ps2, and the ps3 kinda comes out a bit sketchy, so they learn from it, and ps4 is a stellar smash hit, ps5 comes out, and they feel they don't have to try hard enough. my question is, when will sony fans get tired of sony treating them like sub par gamers.

the little plastic stands there are 2 ways to put them in one way. for having a disk player and a different way if you do not have a disk player you just turn them around

He really bought a brand new console and questioned if the fan is working 😂💀

You don’t understand Sonys logic yet? They know their fanbase will pay for anything they put out, just like Nintendo does

Tbh I though the new ps5 would be 300 to 350

PS5 digital slim owner here. It looks great. Fits in my space great. Plays great. Has 175 additional gigabytes memory than the original digital. No complaints from me. This video wasted most of the time unboxing the system and comparing the stands…useless time I won’t get back.

When they had the blog post about the new model, they had the information for both of the slim consoles on there, along with the info that you can buy the drive separately to add to the digital console if you decide you want physical games.

I would consider getting the digital ps5 slim, it would be a nice if it was 450$ (the original price of the playstation which Sony has offered) The fact that the PS5 slim costs over 650$ in my country is insane Or wait another year for PS5 slim price drop which i don't have a patient im done waiting for 3 years Yes hopefully I'll get the regular ps5 next month, I have saved the half of the money and im waiting for my dad to help me to buy it

6:50 so I've always heard people say it's bad to stand them vertically due to the liquid metal but don't know for sure. What do you think?

When can we buy the side plate in case we want to remove the disc drive.

Why Would you buy a Stand when it's all over the Internet that you need to keep it Horizontal for the Liquid Metal running to one side causing it to Fail

They should have inlcuded a free game with the diskless verison. I know some people do not care for the disc. But the price is wrong for this console.

It makes me envy seeing people buying multiple gadgets. The same gadgets for reviews. Buying just a unit for myself is hard.

Jacob I just bought a ps5 slim and my games keep crashing after like 5 minutes. What do I do?

I dont like either playstations disc drive, but with the og digital being discontinued i mjght have to buy a slim...does anyone know if u can take off the disc drive on the slim and put a different plate on it to make it digital???

I think the whole thing is that perhaps Sony is going more towards favoring physical media where Microsoft seems to really be focusing on their Gamepass service. It seems like the digital versus physical pricing is a deliberate choice to make the physical media more appealing than digital. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t Sony own the patent for Blu Ray discs? Or at least they were instrumental in pushing Blu Rays to the general public via the PS3. To me it makes sense that they have more of a financial incentive to push physical media because they are getting a cut from the disc drives and the actual discs themselves. So they aren’t feeling as much of a push to go digital as Microsoft may be. Also let’s not forget that part of what put Sony over Microsoft the past couple generations is Microsoft’s push to go all digital. Sony absolutely killed Microsoft at the PS4 reveal simply by saying “Yes, our console will have physical discs still”. As a collector myself, I’m 100% in favor of keeping physical media around and having all digital as an option for those who want it. We’ve all seen how (Sony included) media is being removed from people who have paid for it due to licensing expirations and whatnot. As for people who say the slim is a “scam” or to address the point of the slim being a “stealth” release. I wouldn’t expect Sony to do a big marketing campaign for what is just a model refresh and not an actual “Pro” model release. It just doesn’t make financial sense because then you’d have people complaining that it’s not an upgrade after seeing all of the advertising around it. (Even though it comes with more storage than the original model out of the box) I think it’s a bit silly to call it a scam. I’m one of the people who deliberately waited for a “slim” model because I didn’t like the size of the PS5. I’ve got 7 or 8 game consoles on my home entertainment center. I didn’t want to sacrifice a ton of space for one single console. I’ve since bought a slim and I personally like the split plate design (though I would’ve highly preferred matte plates instead of gloss). The console is significantly smaller than the original even if it’s still pretty bulky compared to the other consoles in my living room. Now I get to enjoy all my Ps5 and PS4 stuff on one console which is nice. Overall I think it’s a great console and a good deal for people like me who held off. Getting the physical version, with Spiderman 2 for free and also getting some of my PS4 versions of my games upgraded to the Ps5 version for free is ALOT of value for me since I never upgraded to a PS4 pro. God of War looks REALLY good on the PS5 and it runs great too. Obviously if you’ve got the OG model there isn’t really much in the slim model that provides value. (Unless you REALLY care about the space the original takes up). So it’s a bit silly for people to say Sony is money grabbing with the refresh of the console, especially seeing as they’ve done it with literally every single console generation they’ve put out. It’s pretty much expected that they’ll do a console refresh at some point. Though I’m a bit skeptical about the possibility of a “Pro” model given that the move to 4k as standard has essentially already happened at this point where as the PS4 was the “middle man” of the swap over. That obviously necessitated a pro model mid console generation. But we shall see if we do get a pro model I’m happy with my purchase and it looks great on my home entertainment center alongside all of my other consoles.

i like it. they should just make a disc drive less bulky. i mean if you think of ps4 slim and how small it is I think its possible, unless sony doesnt really care anyway.

I got my PS5 Slim Digital for $399 with Spider-Man 2 bundled with it. Price must’ve went down.

i bought the digital slim cuz one of my friends had a membership that gave him $100 off so I don't regret my purchase. Its coming tomorrow but the thumbnail of this vid scared me shitless

This entire situation is so bizarre. I think it's indicative of the obvious issues going on internally at Sony and PlayStation. I think management is a mess there and it's really sad to see. Hopefully it improves.

Not a fan of this newer PS5. Got my digital edition back in February 2021 no regrets at all. This is a ripoff with the newer digital edition for $50 more? And also a vertical stand for $30 extra not worth it to me. I still have my old stand and proud of it. Keep up the great work with your console videos.

you forgot to test is it gets colder with the disc drive attached LOL

Looks like it stands vertically just fine without the 30 dollar stand. The horizontal position looks wobbly

Man, Sony's really hurting for money, huh?

At this point Sony making our brain cells deplete 💀

I think the blue tape is for the plates but also sort of covering hdmi so if you return and say you didnt use but you did

im more curious about what's going to happen to the previous version of the digital version that sony sold and are already in the hands of many users. Since the new digital version has the option to upgrade to a disc ver. with a seperate disc drive. while the old digital version has no clear way to add a disc drive other than a USB connection.🤔❓️

My guess is Sony is probably trying to sell through a good chunk of their current physical copies before making the price of the digital lower so that they don’t take as much of a loss on the new physical copy games currently out in circulation still or prepping to be. As they slow down on physical game production it’d be more ideal for them to lower the price of the digital console tho.

Great video! Thanks for your analysis! It didnt make much sense to me either, but what do we, the consumers, know anyway? 😅 Lol smh. Also, that janky stand on the slim digital is an insult, and looks kinda bad on Sony. Maybe it was rushed?

Was it still running hotter after you did the update?

Getting the disc drive separately being more expensive doesn't surprise me. Just look at any console bundled with a new game. It's usually slightly cheaper than getting a console and the game separately. What I'm bummed about is that none of them are cheaper than the standard fat version. I get that the guts of this thing is probably not much cheaper to produce, if at all, but releasing a revised model, that's visually very different and it actually costing more than the regular one (that's being discontinued) won't instill much confidence in the consumer.

Unboxing my series x was such a cool experience… Sony’s packaging is so sad looking

Do you normally expect something to be cheaper when bought seperately? I totally agree that it should be significantly less than just $50 less, thats for sure. But that doesn't answer my question though lol. I normally expect something to be cheaper when it's a bundle as compared to bought seperately, but maybe thats just me tho, idk.

$450 is still too much...

Dude it's the same console and u have 2 options,disk drive version if u play games on disk and disk-less version if u don't... that's all there is to it

Imo i totally disagree, the longer the induatry givea us an option for physical the better. Once the industry fully goes digital im out, either will go retrogaming or leave altogether, a full digital industry will take so much choice out of the equation for consumers, and possibly coukd bring about new very important concerns regarding server life and access to games you own indefinitely.

Really strange move with these revisions by Sony. In the past I was a bit envious of the "Slim" models when I was growing up. Sony made the PS2 slim and PS3 slim way sleeker and better in terms of size and kept the same functionality. The fact the stand is way worse and the Digital version is very expensive despite the cost-cutting measures is weird to me. This is the first time I'm happy that I got a "Fat" PS5 because the stand is higher quality and it's more stable as a result sitting in my TV stand.

The console is not going to rock back in 4:50 if you don't touch it if you keep touching it's going to rock back you're not pulling on any chords to make it right back and forth

They did announce it. A week before it hit retailers they posted on Facebook and had blog posts about it.

It’s the disc version that looks like the knock off to me, it still looks like it was designed as a digital console first, as the disc version sacrifices symmetry. Idk how you gone say the digital looks like the knock off.

450$ for the digital and another 80$ for the disc drive 😭💀 just buy the disc version

Am I time lapsing. This Joker already did an unboxing. If you see him refirming walk away

Sony should of put the disc drive on top instead of the bottom. Then the bottom would be shaped the same on both digital, and disc consoles like previous Playstations. I wish Sony would change the entire shape of the PS5 like they did the PS3 launch edition, and slim.

I think ps5 slim disc version us 500 only during blackfriday. In Europe disc version is 550 euros without any games but where as digital is 450. Which makes digital version better deal.

Mine doesnt wobble when its flat. You sure youve put the little plastic things in properly? Also im from the uk and my slim was £360.

Ive been waiting for the new slim digital to drop because i just thought the disc version looked so bad with that huge bulge. But the instability of it when horizontal is just mind blowing. Whoever designed these new consoles should be fired immediately. Ive been waiting 3 years to buy a PS5. Now im just waiting another year for the PS5 Pro. 🤷‍♂️

What’s is the base firmware on ps5 slim digital edition.

I think they made it like that is maybe in the later future u can add a drive to the digital version

Is this "new series" that you're doing similar to The Texas Load? I liked that series.

I picked up a stand simply because my old stand traps dust and blocks air flow

He said hole 🕳️… then he said stick it in… huhuhuhu huhuhu hu - Beavis

I don't even understand why people prefer digital only. I bought Cyberpunk 2077 a few months ago, brand new, for 7 bucks on Amazon. Games are so much cheaper when you don't buy them from Sony. But whatever, I guess I can understand that people will happily pay more for convenience. But at the end, yea, this makes no sense at all with how they are pricing these. I can't even begin to understand that.

Imo it wouldve made sense to maybe give the digital version larger GB size if they want to mark it up give it something different aside from no disc drive

I didn't realize it was on shelves already. But i guess it's almost Christmas. Considering how the configuration of the 5 is, I thought as the generation ages they would produce more digital consoles for the eventual digital only 6.

It is 550€ for the disc version in Belgium and 115€ for disc drive so, at least here, it’s okay to buy the discless at 450€ and buy the drive later if it is needed 🤷‍♂️

Maybe you get extra stands when you buy an disk for your'e digital version 😅 or they sell it separately i have no idee

They should of just threw the stand in at that price.

Why does it say 8k on the box but has no 8K? That is what bugs me with the Xbox Series X too. Bought an 8k tv just to play 4k media

When you buy physical, they don’t give you digital plate?

Don’t you also have to buy a new bottom cover if you want a disk drive on your digital?