PS5 Professional Design, Launch Timeline Leaked; New Console May Come With out Disc Drive

The ‘Professional’ model of the PlayStation 5 has leaked. The PS5 Professional has been an open secret within the video games trade for some time now and Sony is anticipated to announce the console earlier than the top of this 12 months. Earlier studies and rumours had detailed the {hardware} upgrades the brand new console would doubtless recover from the PS5. Now, the design of the PS5 Professional, together with Sony’s plans for its reveal, have been leaked.

“PS5 Professional” Stated to Be Official Identify of Console

The data comes from dependable leaker billbil-kun, who has a historical past of offering correct details about unannounced video games and console {hardware}. In a Dealabs report printed Thursday, he shared data on the doubtless official title of the upcoming console, its design particulars and launch timeline.

In accordance with billbil-kun, Sony’s upgraded PS5 shall be referred to as the “PS5 Professional” — no surprises there. The PlayStation guardian adopted an identical naming conference for the previous-generation console when it launched the PS4 Professional in September 2016, three years after the launch of the PS4.

PS5 Professional Design Particulars

The leaker additionally shared a sketch of the purported PS5 Professional, reportedly primarily based on a visible of the entrance of the ultimate packaging field of the brand new console. The report claimed the visible couldn’t be shared for copyright causes, however the illustration confirmed a console design much like the PS5 Slim revealed final 12 months. The faceplates of the PS5 Professional appear to function three horizontal black stripes and the entrance of the console comes with two USB Kind-C ports and the facility button — similar because the PS5. The upcoming console reportedly retains the trademark white colourway of the PlayStation 5. It additionally seems thicker than the PS5 slim.

Curiously, nonetheless, the PS5 Professional sketch is lacking a disc drive and it is attainable the illustration was primarily based on the digital model of the console. The leaker couldn’t affirm the existence of a disc drive model of the PS5 Professional, however mentioned that it could possibly be attainable to connect an exterior disc drive to the console, identical to the PS5 Slim. The report claimed that releasing the PS5 Professional with out a disc drive could possibly be a “business selection” for Sony to promote the brand new console at a aggressive value. The report additionally mentioned that the PS5 Professional would ship with the identical DualSense controller that comes within the field with the PS5.

PS5 Professional illustration reportedly primarily based on a visible of the packaging field of the console
Picture Credit score: Dealabs

PS5 Professional Launch Timeline

Lastly, the leaker shed some mild on Sony’s plans for the announcement of the console. Earlier this week, rumours of Sony gearing as much as host a State of Play presentation by the top of September surfaced, with Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb suggesting the corporate would possibly reveal the PS5 Professional on the showcase. In accordance with billbil-kun, the PlayStation 5 Professional shall be introduced “very quickly” — as quickly as the primary half of September 2024.

Whereas particulars in regards to the PS5 Professional have trickled in over the previous 12 months, Sony has not but confirmed the existence of the console. PS5 gross sales have been slowing down and an upgraded refresh will doubtless present a lift to the console within the latter half of its life cycle. In its current earnings report for March-June quarter, Sony offered 2.4 million PS5 items, properly under the three million-mark that analysts had anticipated.