PS5 Slim Officially Unveiled, Attachable Disc Drive, Launches November

This is more consumer friendly given that the digital version provides a disc upgrade when one chooses to.

Wow that's fast, just in time for Christmas.

It's the size of a sheet of Legal-sized paper now, rather than a medium-sized cookie sheet. Huzzah

Trust them to announce it the week I buy a PS5 😂

They increased the price of the digital and to upgrade it for the disk drive, it would cost more than just buying the physical from the start. Really surprised they didn't lower the price especially when they are trying to sell 25 this fy.

Given how heavy the PS5 is, a 30% reduction in volume is actually quite impressive. The base model is such a pain in the arse to move around and take places.

Not worth all the hype or waiting for.

It'd be great to see the size comparison to the original one!
Anyway, does that mean that PRO should (if at all) be announced next Sept-Oct just before Christmas period?

W H E R E I S T H E P R O ???

I wish I didn't already have a PS5 so I could justify buying one

Happy that it isn't a "Pro" thing.

I have my issues with some of the prices, but at least this new digital model has the option of attaching a disc drive later.

I bought a digital PS5 at launch. I'm just interested if I can use this disc drive with the original model as well. Would be useful for the used game market.

@Olliemar28
That is indeed lame.

Got a normal ps5 back in June and I'm glad I didn't wait for this! Looks like a decent reduction in size but mine fits perfectly fine in my TV stand

Nice, grabbin a digital one 👍

The redesign is cool and the fact that you can add a disc drive to it is impressive for a console.

I am happy that it doesn't offer any sort of performance upgrades so I don't have to feel obliged in buying it to get more power out of the console i.e. a Pro version, since I have a launch day PS5.

Am I the only one that thinks this new iteration looks a bit cheap and kind of like something you'd find on wish. com?

My launch day ps5 definitely has a more premium aesthetic imo, I think the new vertical stand looks particularly crappy on this. Although I'm sure the looks will be irrelevant to the majority of buyers who will welcome a smaller console.

That new disk model looks very ugly. I am glad I just got an OG for Christmas at a really good price.

Well it looks better than the Brooklin at the very least.

I have the original PS5 with the disc drive and wouldn’t be interested in a digital only machine.
Props to Sony for coming up with this idea, since I think a few people want the modular capability.

@Neither_scene slims always look cheaper to me personally. I always prefer the original designs and vision for the consoles.

Selling the stand separately is crappy, and I'd expected it to be £100 cheaper than it is. I'd be interested in a direct size comparison with the original, though

Regional pricing seems a bit funny. Only $50 difference for us yet £90 for UK. Either way, I do like the idea of a detachable disc drive, even from a physical fans point of view. They tend to be the bit that breaks down first, would be cool to be able to easily replace it. Assuming the disc drives are plentiful supply.

Maybe I'm being overly negative here but it does seem like Sony's released more new hardware than software this year. Since Feb we've had the PSVR2, DualSense Edge, the Portal, and now PS5 Slim. Absolutely bonkers.

I'm waiting for a PS5 Pro for the 2nd PS5.

These look good and are consumer-friendly, but I'm waiting for a pro!!!

While I don't like the gloss finish, the redesign is nice and the detachable disc drive is a great option. Not bad, Sony.

Is the base version adorably all digital?

Seems a good move to me giving consumers the option for a disc drive. Sony do love their glossy finishes on things mind. Wonder how the new model will play out with console covers etc

Given the base model is digital only i guess that suggests PS6 will be a digital only console

Also we know now that we won't be getting another showcase this year.

Now that’s out, get on with the PS5Pro Sony.
Probably a year from now, but would love an April 2024 release.

Aware times and prices of components are different these days but I remember a time when PS1, PS2 and I think PS3 as well had price drops roughly around this time. Do agree with the first comment about more consumer friendly now with the option of this new PS5 digital model having the option to attach a disc drive, instead of being completely locked out of physical games or physical 4K movies. Never had a problem with how the original PS5 looked but its weight and size obviously an issue, this refresh now seems to fix that quite a bit and from the images shown so far looks a little more attractive too, especially the top half?. More than pleased with current PS5 but nice to have more better options. Be wanting the rumoured Pro more, best get saving all those coins from shopping and s**t

Just wondering, I have a digital model, would I be able to add the disk drive from this new model to it?

Won't be any need for me but I like the design, and options.

That price increase on the digital is a bit of a pain though, and the vertical stand being sold seperate.

For those asking about a „pro” version - every rumor out there said it would be next year rather than this

So it's not actually a slim alternative, it's a re model which will be their main model going forward.

Also I don't think I will be getting this as my original PS5 is fine as it is, I would gain nothing from this slimmer version. I am more interested in a Pro version that would offer more incentive for me to invest into getting a new PS5.

@KingdomTears I'm waiting for the two new audio options. I thought they'd be out soon, but no announcement yet.

"Interestingly, Sony says a horizontal stand for the PS5 comes included in the box, but goes on to say a vertical stand "compatible with all PS5 models" will be sold separately, for $29.99 / £24.99. So, out of the box, you will only be able to display the new PS5 horizontally."

wow, that is some kind of bs....

I prefer this to my original PS5 but both still elegant

It looks nice. Yet, Sony has barely released Cover Plates for the OG PS5. And I guess, the Slim version will hinder more to come. Definitely very specific issue but I always thought the potential of Cover Plates is infinite. Well...

Slim as in 'I lost 3ib by giving up one chocolate biscuit'.

It's only 5mm shorter than the old model and still too bloody tall

@Quintumply Typical, Now what am I supposed to do? Is there a possibility either a third part or software update will change that? Like a usb/c disk drive add-on or something?

@theMEGAniggle This isn't for people who own a PS5, the PS5 Pro is for people who own a PS5.

The vertical stand being separate is scummy. Artifices pride in increase. Way to make the PS5 a worse deal.

@Americansamurai1 not really £389 for digital edition ps5 slim and extra £99 if want disc drive = £488 that's price of the full disc ps5 slim £489 so £1 cheaper lmao 🤣

@Falkirk4life I was looking at the American price lol

I like that they stuck with both models rather than just having a digital edition with the disc drive being an optional extra but the vertical stand being separate is bad. Though the biggest takeaway from this is that PS5 Pro in 2024 is looking very likely now.

...so they made it smaller (which benefits Sony),
Kept the price the same (which benefits Sony),
Are selling the vertical stand separately (which benefits Sony),

And have designed it in such a way where they'll be able to sell smaller cover plates for probably the same price (which benefits Sony)?

Great!

@Rob_230 The base version still comes with the disk drive. There are still two models, the "normal" PlayStation 5, with the disk drive, and the PlayStation 5 digital. The only difference now is you can buy a disk drive to attach to the digital version if you want to at some point.

I think it’s an eyesore.

If you notice, the one with the disk drive laying in its side has some cheap looking clear plastic leg holding it up. I bet that goes in the gap between those new panels, and comes in the box with the disk drive model.

Makes the already really ugly new disk model even uglier. So so so glad I just got an OG PS5 disk model..

A bit misleading disclaimer having a stand sold separately but I guess it does comes with one Oob

Edit: nvm, it's a vertical stand only but not horizontal as mentioned

Anyway, I'd probably get this model if I don't have one yet. I do like the desin ngl

@freddquadros Will be one year later.

@Texan_Survivor The thing is though, Sony have never officially called the previous Slim consoles slim, that was consumers and media who used that terminology.

@Mikey856 exactly. It is already happening. They manufacture only new design. Thats why Old design is on discount for months to sell it out faster.

@YeoSprings it is one model, lol. And exactly it is bundled with disc drive. Those are same consoles - digital.

Where are all the people that claimed that this was "obviously fake" when the photos of this were going around a few months ago?

@Texan_Survivor exactly. How it can be Slim model if it will be only PS5 model. +1

@IslandLogic they are switching to claim, that PS5 Pro will never happen.

As @YeoSprings said, I really thought the purpose of this was to sell only 1 sku model w/o the drive probably for $400 then sell the box separately for the $80 they are charging now. Selling both models means more boxing and assembly line work and whatever else. This whole thing makes no sense.

Well it does make sense in 1 way, mo money mo money for Sony.

Nice timing as well as they keep promoting those “earth” colored older models.😝

Lmfao so let me get this right: They are re-releasing a digital version that now ends up costing more than the disc version if you ever want to add the disc option (US $), and on top of that they are now CHARGING extra to have the thing sit vertically?

LMFAO! oh yah Jim Ryan is surely the problem, not just Sony in general.....

It is clear this is just a soft landing toward the eventual goal being the end of all physical media and complete platform specific dominion over the console software marketplace to eliminate price competition.

@XenonKnight yeah no doubt. I wasn't saying I wanted to buy it

I don't get the prices. Why is the price exchanges so out of kilter. How is the disk drive in UK more than America, yet the physical console is cheaper. Might as well order console from UK and disk drive from America as it won't be region locked

@mwatcher 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Digital model is more expense now, and if you add the Blu-ray later, it makes it more expensive than the model that includes the drive. And now Sony wants to charge $30 for a vertical stand, when it was included with the PS5 fat.

@Pranwell “ There is only one SKU now. It's just whether the detachable drive is included in the box with the console or not.”

SKU stands for Stock Keeping Unit. The stock at the retailer, not at the manufacturer’s plant. Every different boxed item, whether it’s just a console or a console bundled with a game has a different SKU. So yes, there are still 2 SKU, w/ and without the disc drive.

“ SKUs should not be confused with model numbers, although businesses may embed model numbers within SKUs.”

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stock-keeping-unit-sku.asp

I will be waiting for the ps5 pro.word up son

@ShogunRok I, want to hear how much of a upgrade it is. If it's smaller and louder then it's a massive downgrade im quite fond of the silence. And is the harddisk still soldered on making the PS5 a paperweight if it ever breaks down.

@Pranwell Nope, we still have 2 sku's. There will be two different boxes on store shelves and online to choose from, both with different purchasing UPC codes. One will be the digital PS5, and the other will be the PS5 that includes the BR drive. Just like we have today. The difference is, they made them more module.

@Pranwell I make it three SKUs now? The box with both in, the digital box, and the disc drive box

Don't know what I was expecting....but meh not impressed...I will wait for maybe the pro to upgrade the bedroom console

@Pranwell Yes, that's true. The point I was referring to though is that they are still referring to the version that includes the disk drive attached as "PlayStation 5" and haven't reverted to the digital version being PlayStation 5 with the disk version being something like "PlayStation 5 Premium" or some other variation. Ultimately this new version doesn't really change much, you can still buy two different models, one with a disk drive and one without. The only difference is a disk drive can now be bought separately and attached.

Not exactly slim.

I prefer my original. Simple.

@KnightRider1982 No one officially called it a "slim" in the first place.

Is it just me or does the advert just seem like their are 2 SKUs and they have just been redesigned??

Who actually makes these trailers because this is awful marketing.

What they should of done is reveal the new slim version without the drive. In all its glory.

With the slogan 1 console to rule them all.

For it then to fall to the horizontal stance, the faceplate to slide off and then the disc drive slide or snap on.

This would signify it being literally 1 SKU, with the ability to buy the drive separately.

Then at the end show both consoles and the drive.
Maybe saying bundles available with the drive attached.

Right now that trailer literally says or does anything apart from show a new looking playststion design. It doesn't even mention the detachable drive. Such a poor trailer.

@KundaliniRising333 If you bought the digital version in the first place then chances are you are probably happy enough with that and not likely to ever buy the attachable disk drive. Although if for whatever reason circumstances change and you decide you do want/need a disk drive after all is it not better that you're able to just buy the drive to attach to your console rather than have to buy a while new console (and this give even more money to Sony)? I mean it's not like they are releasing a new model where digital is the ONLY option, there are literally the same options as before with the addition of more choice. Not disputing the complaints about the vertical stand.

how does 80 dollars translate to £100 for the separate disc drive?

Is the internal storage still expandible with a nvme drive? none of the marketing seems to make mention of it

It looks... BEAUTIFUL ! 😍
PS5 Slim with similar model as PS5 Fat and still White color. 😄
PS5 Slim + White color + Tons of Kids games = Heavenly Cute Gaming Experience 🥰

£25 for a stand!

@TheFakulty tax is already added in uk prices in USA don't include tax ....I think

I like this redesign, it looks even more futuristic (and less like an internet router/access point). I like that the white covers are split, it reminds me of the PS4 a bit.

I knew something was up when the original PS5 was discounted, so it's not too suprising.

Oh, btw.
Is PS5 Slim storage capacity = 875 GB from internal + 1 TB from SSD slot ?

Make it smaller, part out the parts you like at a inflated price equals profit!!!

i am more interested in the games than what a console looks like a external harddrive that you could just play your game libary from would be more than welcomw

@Toot1st yes but wouldn't that apply to the consoles as well? They are cheaper in uk

Well the vertical stand looks good 👍👍👍

I never thought I'd think the original model could be made to look nice but Sony have managed it with this.

@KerazyKanuck it doesn't look like it but i guess i'd look into it. but the slim version has 4 pannels to remove , and one of the pannels would swap out with the disc drive with the disc drive pannel that comes with it. you could look at the digital one is there anything under the pannel that it would plug into?

might eventually buy the digital one for the bed room.

Would be cool if you could plug another nvme drive into the space where the disk drive goes. 😀

@Toot1st That’s nothing, the add on blue ray drive is £99.99!, 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 what are Sony doing?

I guess it looks a little better. Maybe if I see it in person I can form an opinion. It needs a stand to be placed horizontal? And I still need to buy separate parts if I want a black model?

The original one is as ugly as sin and they've kept with same butt-ugliness with the new one.

While a reduction in size (well, volume) is appreciated, I think the new one actually looks worse than the original (if that's possible).
Still, hide it behind the TV unit and problem solved! Now if Sony could just put some PS4 visual sparkle into the barren, dismal OS...

Hoping that the PS6 will be stylish (he says, casting his gaze at the Pro under the TV).

@mwatcher
Why more friendly? If you want digital only buy the digital only one. If you want it with a disc, buy the disc version. I don't understand why this isn't customer friendly.

@S1ayeR74 That is why there is also a disc variant. I don't understand the point of that separate disc

So basically I'm never getting any cool plates for my og PS5. Awesome Sony, thanks. Why did you even make them removal again?

@TommyNL Exactly, but some like the idea, the slimmer digital model looks nice though on that vertical stand. Wonder if they’ve updated the wireless in it?
Still they should have priced it so the digital plus separate disk drive is the same price as the one with the disk drive, instead the combination is now more expensive.
I think it’s a sign though that next gen will be all digital only. Like with the new updated Series X coming out. But yeah I’m liking the new digital PS5.

I have zero interest in this. What a waste of resources.

So if you opt for the digital and upgrade the drive at a later date, it’s £10 more. Good deal.

I don’t like glossy panels much either.

@sanderson72 "barren,dismal OS" have you played an xbox recently lol

Having mixed feelings because I waited and waited and waited for this redesign, got impatient, bought PS5 like 2-3 weeks ago, now can't get a replacement Blu-ray drive if mine ever fails. Was also 2 days too early for the free game giveaway

Oooh ah! 1TB? How much will be taken up by the OS and other non essential bloat to be used by the end consumer? 🤷‍♀️

@Americansamurai1 don't forget they removed the stand which came with the previous model.

More choice is always welcome, and the new design looks good.
We've already got one disc version and one digital, so I dont imagine I'll be getting one, but props to Sony for letting people chose a drive or not.

@Fyz306903 the original it did come with a basic stand to prop up sideways but now with the redesign that fluff has to come at extra cost 😤 they wave the American bro flag like always but we are the ones overseas that are gonna pay the EU tax compared to the rest of the world, there is no obvious benefit to this new model apart from size space, it's not worth the upgrade unless your current model expires, I have insurance on my current model anyways so I will just leave it for that for the current time, nothing beneficial to see here for EU & UK peeps I guess

Wow that disk drive just keeps getting more and more ugly in design. I’ll keep my PS5 digital with the black plates. The leaks and rumors were spot on tho. But $30 for a stand and people will pay it and then make fun of GAAS or anything else that feels like they are being pinched nickel by nickel. Sony is showing some greed on this one.

@zupertramp so you can clean out the fans etc...

@The_ghostmen I guess I will wave about my stand with my current PS5 console, oh noes! My cat does that anyways 🤣🤣🤣

Do you guys think the Pro will have an option for a Disc Drive?

@Pranwell me too. Don't want them to kill off the disc drive option with it

@The_ghostmen very true, don't know what Sony is thinking anymore. How do they expect to sale 25 million this fy if they don't decrease the price and or show some games.

@mwatcher sure? except you now have to to pay an extra $30USD for a verical stand that should be included in the box. oh, and still no price drop despite using cheaper and more cost effective components. not exactly pro consumer.

@BloodyBlact next November

No reason to upgrade, but seems like a nice device for those who are on the market for a PS5. 175GB of additional storage is nice, as long as this still has the SSD expansion slot.

Happy with my original beast, if I didn't have one then I would get this new revision. Just preordered a Portal so all good 👍

Omg that looks sexy (the slim bit) 😁😁😁 I must resist buying a third, I do not need a third. But I'm looking at my original digital that I've had a few years with utter contempt right now, it looks old and ugly now

And my lord, on the disc version I have, the disc drive is so damn loud it makes me want to snap the disc drive off, so that's a handy new feature I suppose 😅

So, those leaked images of it a little while back were real, which is unfortunate because this looks worse. Also, it's an absolute joke that you have to buy a stand in order to display it the way Sony presents it.

The only way I'd buy one is if my current one dies. They'll also probably get cheap or lazy with something internally like the original PS5 and it will have coil whine all over again. If it eliminated coil whine and had a better disc drive, I would have considered it, but not with this design and the fact that they want to charge for a stand that should be included. It'd be different if it was intended to be displayed horizontally, but it's clearly not given how much it's shown vertically.

I love my PS5 and all, but this is another in a line of puzzling and frankly greedy decisions this gen so far. I will give them credit for giving you the option to have the disc drive or not, but that's about the only positive imo. It's also funny that they are releasing new faceplates, but obviously they will be useless on this one.

So, there's the disc drive model and an "adorably all digital" option. 😑

So... they reduce the size by 30%, but they keep the same price, AND they make you pay extra for the vertical stand... greed at it's finest.
Also, a glossy side panel? They were so proud of the OG's texture, now they're just cutting it up to add cheap looks into the mix.

Anyway, my OG disk PS5 is more than enough, the slim is a definite pass.
The next one for me will be the Pro at the end of next year - IF the PS5 exclusive games coming out until then, or future such titles announced until then, are gonna make it worth investing in... 'cause right now, the OG PS5 has barely proven it's worth, due the extra slim PS5 exclusive lineup available since the console's launch day.

@playstation1995

Yup! This one is for only for somebody that doesn’t have a ps5 already. Can’t wait for the pro though!

@MrList

$80 doesn’t include the sales tax (which are set by each state) but 100£ does.

@BNAG_Gamer until you realize it’s sold separately

This is the laziest playstation slim i ever seen 😂😂

Now that is one big pile of 💩

Worst console design for generations.

Still ugly but now, drumroll, it's smaller 😴. Still have to pay extra for black side panels and now the vertical stand is optional at extra cost. There is now 175GB more storage, thats good. An easy to replace disc drive is also good, but is the ssd still integrated? How quiet is it? Is the horizontal stand improved? Still no web browser, folders, and themes the previous PS3 and PS4 have.

Still disappointed with the current gen Playstation console. Still using my PS3 and PRO.

Can we confirm it’s memory expandable? I feel pretty confident it’s there but didn’t see that in the specs.

@Pranwell Sure, but what does your reply have to do with my comment? Think you missed the context.

@Maddie47 Wouldn't that give people more incentive to just buy the disc version outright? If so that's a good thing, unless ofc you're happy with Xbox's adorably all digital dream, I mean nightmare.

The redesign looks really good without the disc drive, but with it attached... yikes.

It looks like it just doesn't belong on the system. Like it's some sort of giant infected pustule that needs to be popped off. Like on one of those resident evil monsters.

@boarderbro88, overall I find both ugly, especially with drive and horizontally which how all of my consoles are displayed.

This new model still looks whopperjawed, but now smaller. It still looks to me like parts of 3 designs glued together along with some deformity from exposure to high temperatures. Reminiscent of the old Johnny Cash song 'One Piece At A Time'

They make the first one hideous, so they can sell people a second console. GFY sony. Watch they will start selling a black one that is even thinner in like a year.

A revision that's more expensive? That's a new one, $ony.

If your paying over 500$ then what's another 30$? If 30$ is gonna make or break you then gaming probably shouldn't be your hobby Considering gaming has never been a cheap hobby. We have 4 ps 5's in the house and none are vertical anyway. It's kind of dumb to charge 30$ for it but I probably have more than 30$ worth of change in my car.

I want horizontal ps5 like psone back then, not another vertical console like this 😕

@Northern_munkey you can clean the fans on every console without removable plates so this was an intentional design choice that seemed, but I guess I'm wrong, to be purely about aesthetics.

@Wakozako c'mon man, not one person is saying it's make or break. But downsizing seems to really be making the rounds these days and you're shooting yourself in the foot if you're happily accepting that.

Like there's what I can afford, and then there's what I expect to spend. I can afford hundreds of stands... actually I could probably buy one for every person on this site. I mean they're only $30 and every purchase is in a vacuum apparently. Or, Sony could just include it with their $500 box, as they were already doing.

Got to love the exchange rate o items 🤪

can we do a poll? how many people who brought a regular ps5 at launch, will RE BUY a slimmer model for the same price, and spending another 500 dollars for a "sleeker model'?

just wondering because this seems to be how consoles manufactuers do now a days.. I think its a little "weird" that people after 3 years, will buy kinda the same console with hardly nothing changing except a "visual " upgrade.. well anyhoo..

@Smiffy01 Can't say that I have - is the Xbox that bad?

I have played on a PS4 Pro recently and that UI is such a breath of fresh air compared to the PS5 coal mine.

@durxll123 agreed the mental telepathy SONY is pulling on gamers is unreal!

im one of the few holdouts, and still am rocking my PS4 with HUNDREDS of games and a full library, while the ps5 owners are playing those same games and their maybe 12 or 15 exclusive PS5 releases.. Its almost like a dark comedy playing itself out in real time..

Pro better have the drive built-in and all stands included.

This 'Slim' looks a bit cheapish & doesn't have a vertical.

Some people think the add-on drive will be noisy & vibrate.

Pro will be the next real Sony system, better be loaded...

@sanderson72 Its not great. Ive gotten used to ps5 ui now, took a while though.

I woke up this morning with a bad hangover and my disk drive was missing again. It's detachable

@Shinnok789 you my friend are the voice of reason.. How people are justifying buying a slim is insane.. These are the same people that brought a launch ps5, will buy the slim, and will buy the ps5 pro when it comes out next year!!

"subscription console service" LOLS

@Pranwell go to ANY pawn shop in America, or a gamestop when the PS5 slim drops and I ASSURE you there will be a plethora of PS5s in both places! dozes if not hundreds, passed on and abandoned for the flex!

@zupertramp I'm not happy with it but I don't really care too much. With the kids an myself we already have four ps5's at home so I don't need another one anyway. If you consider how expensive it is to keep up on a gaming PC and the price of upgrading components its not a big deal. With the economy now 30$ is basically pennies.

@Americansamurai1 It is a curious tactic but with sales staying somewhat steady the may not feel the need to price cut. I'm sure they will lower price when sales start to decline.

-The Disc Drive $79.99

-Digital PS5 $50.00 price hike

-Vertical Stand $30.00

Sony punishing their customers for their loyalty and their stupidity.

I don't get the pricing:

PS5 with Blu-ray Disc Drive: $499.99 / £479.99

PS5 Digital Edition: $449.99 / £389.99

The disc drive on its own will retail for $79.99 / £99.99.

So how is it that the consoles have an exchange rate that shows the UK price to be lower (in terms of numbers, not the actual cost), and yet for the Disc Drive, the price is higher? Surely, if the same exchange rate is used for each price quoted, then the Disc Drive would also have a lower price in the UK. So why is that one higher, and the other two lower?

PlayStation - The most expensive way to play.

@Pranwell I won’t.

@Americansamurai1 With the price difference shrinking for the digital vs disk version, is the digital version still compelling for anyone? If they'd done this day 1 when these were so hard to find, so people buying the digital version knew they had an upgrade path...it wouldn't have mattered, because the digital versions were hard to find, too. But at least people who got one because it was all they could find would have an upgrade path.

On the plus side, a removable disk drive makes repair/replacement simpler if the piece with the most moving parts breaks down.

Why sell the stand separately? That's ridiculous

@Quintumply

Might be abit late but the article says blu ray drive and model instead of uhd drive and model btw.

@Mikey856 the point is more money for Sony. This new one doesn't benefit the gamer in any way.

Might pick one up in the UK when they drop early next year. There is still plenty of UK stock to clear esp where I work.

@LordVile i doubt it , the way this works is the new model has 4 pannels to remove , with one of the pannels where the disc drive fits in , while the og digital i doubt has a slot for the disc drive to fit in?

I'm happy with Beast and Fatso (PS3) and I've got a PS2 Slim, so I've got all the generations covered.