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[Starfield]

why did they put a finger warmer on top of it? nice feature

 

[pawel86ck]

Looks like a PC Engine & that's amazing

This particular concept design looks awesome.

 

[GymWolf]

Bulky but i love it.

 

[makaveli60]

I hope the final console will resemble this at least. Current gen consoles look boring compared to previous ones. And besides looking cool, it leaves the impression that it's some serious hardware.

 

[MadYarpen]

I think this won't fit under my TV. And I dont want anything like this public at home... But at least I could keep tea warm in this v space.

 

[lame gag1990]

It looks fine as a devkit but this as the retail product? Don't be daft.

 

[DESTROYA]

Like the overall design but don’t care for the 2 tone color, the gray plastic trim makes it look cheap.
Make it all matte black so the vents don’t stick out as much and they’ll have a winner.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Day one regardless.

 

[DonJimbo]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

WTF tue ps3 devkit looks like a VHS Player so hideous the ps4 one looks very futuristic

 

[Lupin3]

It's ugly as hell, but I don't care what it looks like as long as it's silent.

 

[Dontero]

WTF tue ps3 devkit looks like a VHS Player so hideous the ps4 one looks very futuristic

devkits are for work not for looking at it. Those are also finished devkits. Up until release of console devkits themselves are just PCs usually bad looking. PS4 devkit for example was PC with normal PC parts hardware with custom drivers for it featuring GPU radeoon HD7970 with extra memory while final retail gpu is some sort slight upgrade over 7850

 

[thelastword]

Zoneoftech got a PS5 exclusive scoop? It's possible, but Techtube also has things like Tallosivetech completely fabricating a stackable mac pro story.

We've seen the renders for more than a minute now......and now a real sample...…...I think we're leaning on more than possibility at this point...

It looks very fat? Like, thick? The form factor seems really weird. Either it's enormous, or super small (which it absolutely won't be). Kinda looks like the ugliest kind of 90's modem, unbelievably awful.

It won't look like this though, but I can imagine that the heatsink inside is pretty much shaped this way. No way it will have these proportions though.

I don't understand why you people who enjoy this design are excited about this? When has the prototype ever looked anything like the finished product?

Hmm should be easy to figure out the dimensions since we know that the blu-ray slot is 12 cm wide.

Well the design is certainly unique.....Sometimes people want something different, unique or even unusual from what they are used to. The dimensions and weight of the devkit may be larger, but for retail I'd imagine it would be slimmed down anyway...…...Think of it as PS3 to PS3 Slim....I just like the design tbh...…..A slimmed down version with the same aesthetics would definitely be cool...…...

C'mon, we should all know it won't look like that as we've seen from Sony's past devkits and retail consoles.

Yes, history says different, but anything can happen in the future.....I don't think a slimmed down version of this is unimaginable, but I agree that precedence would dictate we would get a more traditional box...….Either way, whatever the box looks like, the specs is what's most important and of course the games......
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I think this won't fit under my TV. And I dont want anything like this public at home... But at least I could keep tea warm in this v space.

Ha, I wouldn't take the risk of coffee/tea spilling through these vents...….or any other substance for that matter...

 

[Birdo]

I'd love for it to look interesting, but we all know it's going to be a featureless black slab.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Just so people realize, the case is designed like that for stacking. Additionally, it's about 1.5in taller and 1in wider than the original Xbox One. That's huge.

 

[TLZ]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

Hmm. I didn't know the PS2 devkit looked the same. So 1 out of 4. So the chance is 25%.

Spoiler

 

[Portugeezer]

Those vents, they're probably still testing clock speeds and whatnot before finalising... or it's a beast.

 

[quickwhips]

It looks like it's going to take off and fly around the house.

It is a drone as secret feature. Launch will mean many things to many people. Do we know size based on pic of dev kit?

 

[KormaChameleon]

V has come to.

 

[Solarstrike]

 

[Moses85]

It's ugly as hell, but I don't care what it looks like as long as it's silent.

And POWERFUL!!

 

[nowhat]

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[bhunachicken]

I, for one, hope the final retail unit looks nothing like that. Just give me a black box and I'm good.

And have some nice LEDs on the front that light up. Maybe the PS logo itself when it's operating.

 

[ANIMAL1975]

I really don't mind a similar design for retail tbh...….Those air vents....

'V means 5' will be a great OT tittle.

'5 means Vent'

 

[Fake]

'5 means Vent'

'V means deVkit'

 

[Fret Runner]

Tbh, I would rather something like that than another plain ass black box.
Growing up in the 90s made me like goofy ass designs, I guess.

 

[GustavoLT]

PS5 Air Fryer Edition

 

[Badlucktroll]

I just had a thought that makes me sad. There are probably no badass 4k fox engine Konami games being developed on this thing.

 

[spartan30gr]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

Your last image is fron ps4 pro devkit

The first ps4 devkit is this.

 

[mejin]

V from deVil that's what MS said.

 

[LazyParrot]

Hideously ugly. I'm not planning on buying a PS5, but I still hope the consumer model looks nothing like this.

 

[Saber]

Looks very charming to me. I mean, I understand the venting parts weird, but since this is a devikit I bet they will change later.

Also I could picture this stuff with a metalic silver or navy blue.

 

[Verdanth]

It looks a lot like a barebone PC.

 

[Iced Arcade]

looks fugly af BUT looks like they focused on cooliing/air flow so and ugly but silent PS is a win IMO

 

[Hudo]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

PS3 devkit genuinely looks good, even today.

 

[Breakage]

Kojima's influence on Sony is too strong.
Joking aside, I think it looks hideous.The triple stack PS4 Pro looks elegant compared to this monstrosity.

For me, even if Sony goes with a “simplified” version of the V-design, it will be the worst looking entry in the PlayStation family.

Also, surely the lack of a flat surface will create problems for art designs on LE versions of the PS5.

 

[Dane]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

Proto devkits are almost always just a box with a 15 minute made design and its components, the final ones uses the console's shell. Its curious that Sony decided to make a unique design for it.

Nintendo final ones for example, at least in the Pre WiiU days, were just big metal boxes with the hardware.

 

[Clear]

The design makes so much more sense when you flip the unit upside-down which I'm fairly certain will be the case for the retail model.

The clues as to why this is likely are all over, and not just because of the rubber feet on the "upper" face in the images/patent. For example, look at the placement of the disc slot, every Sony console has it towards the top of the case for ease of access.

I'd also remind people of the cooler patent Sony filed awhile back, which looked odd because the large heat dissipator was positioned beneath the cpu.

 

[FranXico]

The design makes so much more sense when you flip the unit upside-down which I'm fairly certain will be the case for the retail model.

Plenty of PS1s were flipped upside down, alright.

 

[CrustyBritches]

 

[ultrazilla]

I really don't mind a similar design for retail tbh...….Those air vents....

Haters gonna hate.
It's time for Sony and MS to change it up a bit instead of basically black boxes for home consoles. I'd love if this design makes
it for the retail version of PS5.

 

[Verchod]

God that's ugly. But I'm sure the vents and the V but won't be there in the retail version. I think it'll be half that height so they'll remove that bit.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Some of you have weird ass tastes, I’m all for unique and different but this is NOT it. Looks so ugly wtf. Hopefully this is just a dev model

 

[LordOfChaos]

Despite ambivalence about the design, I do hope this all means it's a thermal displacement monster that can run its silicon as high clocked as possible. If it's fugly in service of that, I'm good.

 

[Sga]

I can't believe the PS5 dev kit can have this V formfactor
Almost every dev kits were just big "neutral" rectangle

 

[thelastword]

Anybody remember the PS3 boomerang controller.....Some people loved it some people hated it, but I've always liked unconventional designs just like this devkit design.....

Boomerang didn't pan out, but this devkit makes much more sense from a design standpoint.....particularly for cooling and heat dissipation.....A slimmed version of this kit is not far fetched for a consumer build tbh...


OTOH, for boomerang, some people thought, it would be ergonomically unpleasant to hold....or at least that's what they tried to imply...


.

 

[joe_zazen]

Looks like a PC Engine & that's amazing

plus shark gills remind me of 2000s era f1 cars. Idk how anyone can think this is ugly unless they have a box fetish or something. They need to turn off leds tho. Fuckbright lights competing with tv.

 

[joe_zazen]

I like how some people expect this to be some kind of look for release version. There is 0% chance it will look like that on release. For one it is huge. No way console will have that size. 2 Vents makes sense only for this size if you make it smaller those vents will be wrong and won't move any decent amount of heat. Secondly Vents on top side instead of back isn't great consumer electronic choice.

Here is some history for you guys:

PS1 devkit:

Ps2 devkit:

PS3 devkit:

Ps4 devkit:

while all true, this shape may be a requirement for radical, super effective cooling for retail as well as dev kits. Also, might be required for stacking retail ps5’s for 50TF, FU to EU energy commission gaming.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

thelastword , I too was curious about the PS3's concept boomerang/banana controller. The somewhat translucent buttons are an interesting detail. It's just the placement of the L and R buttons, at first glance, that looks like it would be awkward to hold.

 

[thelastword]

This could potentially be the best looking console since the launch of the Japanese Megadrive in 1988. Do it Sony, do it. Give us the big V!

The big V!!!!!!...…...One thing's for sure, there will be a million ways to market this console...…..

 

[Negotiator]

Despite ambivalence about the design, I do hope this all means it's a thermal displacement monster that can run its silicon as high clocked as possible. If it's fugly in service of that, I'm good.

Agreed.

If that's the only way they can deliver a double-digit TF number crunching monster, then so be it.