There are plenty of PlayStation fans clamouring for a true Vita successor, and while the Portal is a nifty gadget, it's not exactly the same thing. YouTube channel DIY Perks argues that Sony has everything it needs to craft a portable PS5 tablet contained within the console itself, voiding at least one warranty to prove it.
Using technology and expertise indistinguishable from dark sorcery (to our eye), DIY Perks Frankensteins the redesigned, smaller PS5 motherboard with a custom heat sink design, 3D-printed plastics, and a gorgeous OLED screen. The process apparently took weeks, using knowledge and skills developed over a lifetime, so maybe don't try this one at home unless you fancy yourself something of an S-rank solderer.
It's a pretty incredible feat, and the form factor is quite appealing. DIY Perks suggests that the reason we haven't seen anything like this kind of product before is the question mark it presents. Would it sell? How much is an appropriate price, and is there an audience for it? These are questions we hope Sony finds answers to in the future, and in the meantime, we can always dream.
What do you think of DIY Perks' wonderful creation? Does it inspire to pop the screws off your own PS5? Would you purchase a portable PS5 tablet if such a thing were to go to market? Let us know in the comments section below.
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It's an achievement no doubt. How many thousand $ it costed to produce though, and how much it weights? Maybe in 15 years Sony can produce a portable version of it. Till then Portal is as good as it gets.
***** for $1000 maybe I could never see it being cheaper
This must be the Switch Pro.
The underwater pc was awesome I have to watch this.
I could do that....but I don't wanna.
It's friggin huge. That's why we haven't seen this type of thing before. I buy a portable device so I can play it on the go or on the couch easily in my hands. This thing is a tank. Impressive what he achieved though.
All I know it that I want it! As someone who travels several times a week, this would be godsend. Not to play while commuting, but at a hotel most likely.
I would buy it and happily pay the price of a PS5 for the privilege!
I watched this last night, and just wished I had this sort of skill haha
This does sort of beg the question though as to why the PS5 needs to be so fat and ugly as it is if they can fit the gubbins into a tablet sized device?
Assume it'd need a disc drive nailing onto it but perhaps Cerny should have a chat with these guys about giving us a Super Slim PS5 (no sliding disc load cover though, thanks!)
I've streamed my PS5 to a tablet before and it's an absolute pain to deal with. If you're not sitting down at a table, it becomes very uncomfortable to play very quickly.
Great video! Loved the guy's voice too, reminds me of the old How Is It Made show
@sanderson72 so they can sell us smaller/slimmer versions down the line,. Getting people who already have a working system to splash out some more
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My thoughts too. A similiar design could have been a real slim instead of the smaller but just as ugly and the cheap plastic leg for horizontal placement slimmer Sony designed.
The design here is small enough for travel and easy taking from room to room, but is not portable like a tablet or even a full power laptop as it does not have an internal power supply and is not an option for those that desire a handheld device.
Hopefully Sony has come to their senses and the PS5 PRO will look like a larger version of this design. Just an all black rectangle please.
Yeah not bad I suppose. Realistically one could purchase a 144hz Oled 15.6 for around £120 and a digital powersupply for about £350 and take ones PS wherever one likes. Wouldn't weigh as much either.
incredible work. goes to show that when there is a will, there is a way. sony had no will with the recently released ps5 sku. none whatsoever. here's hoping a real ps5 slim releases by the end of the console cycle... a footprint the size of the series s is clearly viable and possible for sony to achieve.
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