The brand new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out but — it doesn’t also have a particular launch date — however a number of YouTubers have gotten their palms on it, together with Dave Lee from the Dave2D channel. Lee posted his teardown of the console yesterday, and if you happen to’ve been interested in how that removable disc drive works, that is the very best look you’ll get at it with out shopping for the $499.99 PS5 your self later this month.
After Lee pries off the PS5’s plastic facet cowl, you possibly can see the drive sitting there with three screws staring again at you. I assumed they have been pentalobe screws at first, however a later zoomed-in shot exhibits they’re simply commonplace crosshead screws. Philips head, if you happen to like. Okay, no surprises there. Good.
However then it simply pops proper out. The screws have been a pink herring! Such glossy modularity!
When Lee pulls the drive apart, it reveals a port framed inside an rectangular hexagon the place the drive’s connecter settles. That is what I cherished about a lot of the design of machines just like the PowerMac G5. You see the half, you seize it, and you are taking it out — there’s no onerous, angular plastic connector to stab your sweaty fingers as you wriggle it free. Very tasteful.
The drive apart, the brand new PS5 is a nice-looking system if you happen to’re into the sharp Dracula collar look of the primary one. And when Lee places it subsequent to the unique, the dimensions disparity is extra drastic than past comparisons have made it appear, even when they’re actually not that differently sized; it’s nonetheless bigger than the Xbox Collection X, in spite of everything. Lee says it feels considerably lighter, too — nice for while you take your PS5 out for its afternoon stroll (or over to your buddy’s home).
Right here’s the complete video, if you happen to’d like to take a look at the remainder of the teardown.