Immediately a video portraying a case of an alleged upcoming redesigned PS5 console has surfaced on-line.
The video comes from the Twitter account of Higher Method Electronics and it seems to indicate the enclosure of what could possibly be a brand new mannequin of PS5 with the code “CFI-2016.”
Earlier than you watch it, I counsel heading to your kitchen and grabbing a wholesome handful of salt, as a result of there is no such thing as a affirmation of the video’s authenticity in addition to the truth that it seems prefer it could possibly be actual, however many issues do.
Curiously, the enclosure seems to have room for 2 USB-C ports, which might be a transparent distinction from the unique design. Talking of design, the general language is not too completely different from the console launched in 2020.
The aspect covers look like completely different, with slits reducing via them, which might make present optionally available covers predictably incompatible. Curiously, it does not look like a lot smaller than the unique design.
You’ll be able to try the video beneath, and decide for your self.
CFI-2016 PS5 Case pic.twitter.com/udFyQbVpz8
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Sony Interactive Leisure lately introduced that the console has offered over 40 million items to clients, whereas 41.7 million PS5 items have been shipped to retailers as of June 30.
In a footnote of the identical announcement, the producer mentions that it expects decrease manufacturing prices all through the tip of the fiscal 12 months, which can be according to a partial redesign of the console.
We additionally discovered that PS5 gross sales have been lagging a bit behind Sony’s expectations in view of the declared purpose of transport 25 million consoles this fiscal 12 months, however momentum has picked up in July attributable to widespread promotions.