Leaks presumably irritate every organisation operating in the games industry, but Sony must have been particularly peeved by the PlayStation 4 Slim's premature reveal. Today we learned an important lesson about the diminutive device: it's not very photogenic. Like, at all. To the degree where we gave up trying to shoot our own photos and opted to use the glamour shots provided by the platform holder.
Why are we making this confession? Well, look, no one on the Push Square payroll is a professional photographer, but we've taken decent shots of new hardware before. The reality is that the PS4 Slim just looks bad whatever angle you photograph it from – no wonder the reaction was overwhelmingly negative when the first batch of images appeared online.
But it's not an ugly console when examined by the eye. Don't get us wrong, there's nothing spectacular about this system in the slightest – but we kind of like that about it. It's probably the most understated hardware design that PlayStation's ever produced – even including the first revision of the PlayStation 3, which itself was pretty plain.
Like, there's really nothing that catches the eye about this new console. aside from a glossy logo on its surface and feet which resemble the PlayStation buttons. But there's definite beauty in its very obvious simplicity – it's small, and its size and shape give it the appearance of a nice coffee-table book rather than a console. It's suave, almost like it knows it's good and it doesn't feel the need to shout about it.
But it absolutely, unquestionably isn't photogenic in the slightest. We've embedded an unboxing above – like you haven't seen one of those already! – and we'll try to put up a review when we've spent a little more time with the unit. Early impressions, though: it's a smaller PS4. Well, what were you expecting?
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I think it look's fine but I'm getting the Pro.
@Splat Makes sense. I probably would have upgraded to one of these if the Pro wasn't announced but yeah... Same.
@get2sammyb im getting the slim uncharted bundle tomorrow.
@WebHead Congrats and enjoy!
@Splat Hamburger menu icon console FTW!!!
I've got my preorder in and can't wait!
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Interesting if you don't want the Pro, I guess. One thing that got my atention, though, is that the surface kept the marks of your fingers after you held it for a while... I guess the surface might get dirty easily.
The light on video is too bright.
Talk about damage control. It's ok to say they made an uggo. I doubt sony will take away your cookie. Just accept it and be thankful it's not ugly AND ginormous like the 1st batch of PS3s.
It's pretty much designed not to offend.. Unfortunately it doesn't really wow either. But hey it just sits under the Tv gathering dust, it's what's on the inside!
It's a brilliant console for the price and all the brilliant games out for the PS4 now(including loads of brilliant Exclusives) so if your a Gamer who has been waiting then I say erm 'Jump in' I would of got 1 but waiting for the Pro
@Carl-G Brilliant!
@Napples It's really not ugly, though - it's just hard to get photos that do it justice. Well, I really struggled anyway, but I'm not a photographer.
Just picked up a 50 inch 4k HDR TV so I guess I'll be getting the pro lol, I'll be cancelling my VR probably until they bother to confirm a consistent release of full game's. Still haven't seen the 'slim' in person. I'll reserve further judgement on its appearance.
@get2sammyb plus it follows the priciple of well every ps slim redesign: shrink and simplify. look at the ps3 slim, perfect example.
I wonder who designed the Slim & Pro, what was their overall goal...cost control?
It's the only thing that makes sense.
Typical PushSquare!! The One S has been out for God knows how long, yet PushSquare manages to totally ignore it and go straight for the PS Slim unboxing! You might as well makes this an all PlayStation website like this...
I've got a slim thing and yet no one seems interested in my videos... AAAAnyways, enough about my personal life.
I think it looks ok but the Xbox s is sexier (though I intend to buy neither).
@Boerewors I agree. I have read zero rumours about the Nintendo NX posted on this site or anything official about the Scorpio.
@Boerewors @Rudy_Manchego Being an Xbox owner I'd agree but this is primarily a PlayStation site, just as PureXbox was for Xbox. But what gets me is when reporting on multi platform games PushSquare always mentions them just for PS but not any other platform. Surely I'm not the only one who visits this site who doesn't own a PS?
Lol someone bought a slim Mug. Shudda just bought a regular PS and saved some cash till pro land's. Oh you needed a new DvD player as well, make's sense now...NOT why would anyone buy this crappy console. Sticking with my regular PS4 till Pro. Tbh i'd rather they put the Pro off for a year until after the Scorpio, then I wouldn't need to waste my money on the Pro. If your gunna Waste it though i'd recommend wasteing it on something that's usefull and has a point, get the Pro not the Slim for an extra £100 or so.
@Rudy_Manchego
We do have RJER keeping us up-to-date on everything Nintendo in fhe comments though
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Hi Sammy, a bit off topic, but have any of you guys got the error code CE-38606-3 in the last couple of days when trying to download purchases from the PS Store. It seems to be a widespread issue and on Sony's part (server side).???
@MaccaMUFC We actually purposely decided not to do that. Without wanting to single out other sites that occupy a similar space to ours, I always thought it was bloody weird how they'd write headlines that are like: "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC".
I dunno. I've just always thought that's redundant information, personally. We're a PlayStation website and that's our USP — there are dozens upon dozens of other sites who do multiformat coverage. My personal opinion has either been you focus on the one brand or you do multiformat coverage. You can't have an in-between.
@blah01 I haven't had that problem, but I'll Google now you've brought it up. Weird.
@get2sammyb
Yes, its all over the US forums, seems to be limited to themes, but can affect content that includes themes, even if its old content - ie: previously purchased.
I think that the recent OS update has borked a server somewhere.
@get2sammyb Ah right it's just right now I saw the article "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's PS4 Story Trailer Is Well Worth A Watch" usually I'd think 'what difference is it to the Xbox or PC trailer?' But I understand where your coming from saying you wanting to keep the site focused on one brand.
It's just that since PureXbox's closure (which weirdly is still up almost 3 months later) I've naturally came here for gaming news, even if it is just for PlayStation and third party games and what with the site being identical with PureXbox's, which was my go to site for Xbox news.
Anyway on topic, I'll be getting the Pro sometime next year, I need more things like this to take advantage of my 4K HDR TV and it's looks doesn't bother me I'll just put it out of sight on the shelf below the sleek and sexy XB1 S 😉
@DarkmarkUnited You know, I think one of the greatest things about PushSquare is that it only covers Playstation. We praise it and criticize it, but we're always talking about it individually, there's no comparison, no "what's the best platform for game X?" or "Game X looks better on platform Y!!". If you ever read IGN's comments, maybe you understand why I think this, hehe.
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