PS5 Stand Solution Is Seriously Nifty

Screw it, I’m placing mine vertically.

Remember when people thought Sony would be selling separate stands?

I think PS5's approach is all about evolution, and that's a good thing!

• Removable Panels
• Liquid Metal Cooling
• Dust Catchers
• Haptic Feedback on the triggers
• Custom SSD

Man, if this is just the console, i can't wait what they come up with for the new VR headset!

This becomes slightly less interesting if you look at the official PS3 stand that attached with a screw in the same way. The only difference was that it was sold separately and if memory serves, doesn’t have a screw holder. I still have mine, it’s a nicely designed unobtrusive silver disc.

EDIT: This was for the Super Slim model, so Sony already did this eight years ago.

That answer is easy, i'm placing mine vertically

Even if I wanted it vertically, my setup kinda forces me to have it horizontally

So I'm going to ask the question I asked when the console was revealed. Which way round do the discs go when inserting?

@Richnj
Discs pretty much always go in label-side up, so if you stand it vertically, the label on the disc will be facing left.

I can't believe they've designed a console to which you must attach a separate stand. Not that cumbersome as you only need to do it once realistically, but still.

@Octane I'm one of those people. Happy to be proven wrong.

I'm impressed that not only is the stand included it comes with a space to store the screw when horizontal and the PS5's rubber cover when vertical. That's some clever shizz.

I can only put ps5 horizontally on my tv cabinet.

I haven't had a console vertically since the Wii. I just feel like discs are meant to be spun horizontally. If I had the DOE I might go vertical. I suppose Switch is vertical as well, not sure how that would work horizontal.

That said, options are always good. The entire package seems a complete system. The camera adaptor in the box would have been nice but if they mail it free close enough.

@rjejr Doesn't really matter about the orientation of discs when spinning, unlike vinyls. A disc would just have a laser that reads the back of it. As long as the console or player is designed to be able to play discs sideways (i.e disc stays secure and doesn't move about when the player knocked) then it's fine. Now I know how big the console is, which is BIG I know I can't have it horizontal in my current set up. Vertical is fine.

@ShaiHulud It's not cumbersome at all. I'd rather have a removable stand so if I ever change set up and buy new cabinets or whatever, I'll be able to change how I have the PS5 if needed.

@Crimson_Ridley Seems counter-intuitive to have the label be facing the body of the console when in vertical mode.

So, there seems to be a pattern developing here for how I orient my PS consoles:

PS1 - Horizontal (had a late model OG PS1, never had the disc read error that made some people place it vertically)

PS2 - Vertical (just looked better that way to me and I had one of those stands with the slots to store my game cases next to the console)

PS3 - (never had a PS3)

PS4 - Horizontal (never bought a stand and I don't like how it looks stood vertical anyway)

PS5 - (whenever I get one, I'll have it set up vertically, not really a fan of how it looks in horizontal orientation)

@Richnj I think that's because disc trays have historically been on the top of a console rather than the bottom. It's going to take a bit of adjustment for sure, but other than the 360, I've never had a console stood vertically. 😂

Ps5 sitting down is the best option.i dont want it to stand.but iit looks good.ps5 is pretty big also.word up son

@TheIdleCritic My point is that it's a bit odd to design a console that needs an external standard rather than just being able to stand on its own.

@ShaiHulud Ah, I see. Yes, that true.
Apparently xbox having a dig at Sony for needing it. But when the XSX is on its side... it looks like it's fallen over, so I don't think either company can talk lol.

I love the banter between Xbox and PlayStation. It would be sweet if the fans themselves could be as lighthearted about it all.

https://mobile.twitter.com/xboxuk/status/1313828699146457089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1313828699146457089%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fxbox-takes-a-jab-at-ps5s-vertical-horizontal-process

Edit: they deleted the tweet??

@nessisonett I see what you did there 👀

@TheIdleCritic Thanks. I know from a purely logical perspective it doesn't matter, but my gut says otherwise.

I also know every console I've ever owned still plays discs - knock on wood - expect for the Wii consoles my parents and 2 sisters owned. Though the Wiis always ran hot when "always online" was turned on, it just always seemed like too much of a coincidence to me. So I'll keep going horizontal w/ spinning discs, vertical w/ discless.

@Richnj shiny side left...

@Bish186 or was it right?

@rjejr it's almost certainly irrelevant, but the gyroscopic effect acts on the disc.

When the axis is perfectly aligned the effect is neutral, but as soon as you have a slight deviation there will be a resultant force pulling at the disc as it rotates. That force is proportional to the weight of the disc though, hence why it's so tiny it's almost certainly irrelevant.

If you're being pedantic though, the axis is far more likely to deviate in the vertical orientation than horizontal, as in order to allow the disc to slide in, it can only attach on one side, resulting in an asymmetric design, affected by gravity, which will act equally around the axis when horizontal but not when vertically.

I know that's irrelevant, but it's why I'm (irrationally) much happier with a horizontal disc drive.

@Octane
Pepperidge Farm remembers

By November, I'll play it horizontally. But my girlfriend and I got a new apartment and the architect actually designed a space near the TV for the PS5 to be used vertically (which was a really nice surprise). =)

Vertical for sure. Stand tall my son stand tall.

My ancient little LG TV came with a stand with a captive screw built in. It allowed you to securely fasten it to the base of the TV if required but also held onto its screw if you decided to wall mount the TV and store the base. I fail to see how 15 years later creating a stand with a storage compartment to store a loose screw is an event worthy of praise!

@BionicDodo

I agree. As I said, it was done for the last iteration of the PS3, so nothing new here.

@Octane I hope they do sell them separately. I'll want at least 2 more.

I’m going to be forced to have it vertical, the first time I’ve ever done this, so I’m please about the secure screwed stand.

@Octane How can they sell the stand separately if you need it however you place the console?

@ShaiHulud They borrowed the idea from Ikea 😂.

@BlueOcean Certainly not too far removed from the flat-pack concept!

@BlueOcean Don't ask me! Some thought it only came with one stand, and you needed to buy the ''horizontal stand'', but I've seen some suggesting it wouldn't come with a stand at all. And I guess you can balance it vertically, but I wouldn't want to do that.

@Octane I believe you, I had missed that 😂. It seems it's safer to use the stand no matter what, it's not flat like PS4.

@Richnj hopefully top side towards console, otherwise you'd be putting disks in upside down when horizontal 😬

@ShaiHulud the Series X on it's side still has the stand on the left side. Must block a bit of the air flow, maybe Microsoft should have made theirs detachable 😀

@ShaiHulud Indeed. Is the screwdriver included, though? 😁

@BlueOcean I had to buy a new one in order to remove the screws in my ps4 as those were quite bespoke, but this one seems more of a conventional make luckily (that bloke's screwdriver though!).