ManaByte
Gold Member
Read the OP, maybe? They’re the exact same size. They just changed the connecting pegs to force you to buy new plates.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
What does this mean?
nial
Member
And as
graywolf323
said, Hermen Hulst has nothing to do with hardware stuff, especially something that was already decided before he became co-CEO.
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It was known from a while also on the blog it was stated:
"Players can add an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive, or swap out console covers when they become available"
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Look, one way or another, you're paying for Concord.
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Some people bought the 30th anniversary PS5 Slim to put the covers on their vanilla PS5 Pro.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Geez, I really wanted the Chroma plates that are coming out soon for my upcoming Pro. Maybe they'll launch it around the same time.
RedC
Member
Your inital post scared me for a second as I sit with a PS5 disc drive already purchased, patiently waiting for my PS5 Pro next week.
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reinking
Gold Member
Maybe? We have not seen official Pro plates on the market yet. Not to mention, Sony hasn't really focused on the plates as much as I thought they would for the other consoles. I wish they had focused more on them with collectable and themed plates.
kevboard
Member
they are 100% the same shape and size...
but they changed the connection points...
sometimes Sony does things so unfathomably retarded that you can't tell if it's actually stupidity or just evil.
my bet here is on stupid. because there's no real monetary benefit to do this.
now they have to manufacture 2 sets of plates, and can't sell the existing stock of plates to Pro owners. meaning they might sit on shelves for longer, making them less likely to be ordered by stores as they might get stuck with them.
less people will own Pro consoles, which means their Pro specific plates will by necessity be produced at a lower quantity, making them more expensive for them to make.
at the same time they piss off people that already own plates and want to upgrade.
there's no winning here. it's just retarded across the board
but they changed the connection points...
sometimes Sony does things so unfathomably retarded that you can't tell if it's actually stupidity or just evil.
my bet here is on stupid. because there's no real monetary benefit to do this.
now they have to manufacture 2 sets of plates, and can't sell the existing stock of plates to Pro owners. meaning they might sit on shelves for longer, making them less likely to be ordered by stores as they might get stuck with them.
less people will own Pro consoles, which means their Pro specific plates will by necessity be produced at a lower quantity, making them more expensive for them to make.
at the same time they piss off people that already own plates and want to upgrade.
there's no winning here. it's just retarded across the board
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ManaByte
Gold Member
bender
What time is it?
And as
Nor should he.
MatrixReloaded101
Member
So which covers can work with the Pro? Or will Sony be selling new covers just for the ps5 pro?
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Orbital2060
Member
Maybe Sony doesnt want people to buy the plates and change the design on their own? But instead have some kind of control over how their consoles look, by making their own variants of it. I saw some images recently, of colored PS5s, which looked really cool.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Wonder which nerd IP portfolio marketing firm he works for
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Relocate the tabs, I like it
Is that even possible?
Radical_3d
Member
This graph has been on the wild forever. Why is the OP newsworthy?
SJRB
Gold Member
Some people bought the 30th anniversary PS5 Slim to put the covers on their vanilla PS5 Pro.
NeonGhost
uses 'M$' - What year is it? Not 2002.
Because it from Amazon Japan not from Sony
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HeisenbergFX4
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MisterXDTV
Member
Wrong....
It's from Sony UPLOADED on Amazon Japan....
But hey, go on and buy the wrong plates for all I care...
digdug2
Member
I don't think anyone actually knows yet. They haven't announced shit about it, which is unfortunate.
MisterXDTV
Member
Sony is going to sell new plates for the Pro, it was on the original Blog post...
Welcome PlayStation 5 Pro, the most visually impressive way to play games on PlayStation
Features including GPU upgrade, advanced ray tracing, and PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution take players to new heights.
blog.playstation.com
"Players can add an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive, or swap out console covers when they become available"
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FrankWza
Gold Member
Not true. You have to buy the official vertical stand to unlock 60fps thoughI heard that you need to be always online for the pro and you can't borrow games
DoomGyver
Member
Need a 4tb drive for 120hz. Bummer.
FrankWza
Gold Member
Nope. That's the 30th anniversary Pro silly. Stop making things up
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Brokies am cry.
UniformDeliverance
Member
Did.. we think it would? It’s a different console.. with a different shape..
I mean.. sure that would have been cool, but if you seriously expected cross compatibility of physical cosmetic hardware plates across different consoles… man I don’t know what to tell you.
I mean.. sure that would have been cool, but if you seriously expected cross compatibility of physical cosmetic hardware plates across different consoles… man I don’t know what to tell you.
midnightAI
Member
Don't you mean different plates? How many slim users would buy a pro then use the same plates? I'd say most buyers are either new to PS5 or are upgrading from the OG PS5 rather than upgrading from the slim (there will be some but I don't think too many in comparison)
.... Unless you mean fools who bought plates before they hit the PS5 Pro and just assuming they fit (in which case they should have done their research)
ManaByte
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HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
The same reason they ignore Cerny. Narratives are generally born out of ignorance. Just look at some of the takes in this very thread, unironically claiming that Sony is trying to take Microsoft's spot at the table of stupid all because they chose not to do research or pay attention.
midnightAI
Member
If you read the first part of that they retracted that they'd fit, but yeh, there was some outlets with conflicting info but Sony said they would release Pro plates in the future which should have been enough to think the current plates wouldn't fit or at least wait for confirmation before buying
delirium trigger
Member
You'd think the models would have eventually looked better over time.
MisterXDTV
Member
Doctor Hades
Member
Stupid decision given the otherwise similar designs of the PS5 and PS5 Pro to not make the faceplates compatible. That is going to just lead to customer confusion when buying faceplates if they are not advertised correctly on sites such as Amazon etc.
Call me cynical but I can't help but wonder if this was intentional so Sony could sell Pro faceplates for an extra £5-£10 over the standard ones. I wouldn't put it past Sony these days to do something like that.
Call me cynical but I can't help but wonder if this was intentional so Sony could sell Pro faceplates for an extra £5-£10 over the standard ones. I wouldn't put it past Sony these days to do something like that.
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Barakov
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Sony literally posted a chart on their website saying they wouldn't work but everyone tried to argue yes they would do I'm not sure what to tell people who doubted Sony about it
AGRacing
Member
Well for starters… it sounded TOO MONUMENTALLY STUPID to be true. But hey… 2024 Sony burns 200 million dollars for fun so what do I know?
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
I know that they'll make that back and then some, in the same year.
saintjules
Gold Member
BlitzerRadic
Member
Whats retarded is you think Sony who went through all the trouble to make the lower drive and plate compatible with the pro then decided to make a different upper plate which requires a different production line, separate packaging and inventory because... reasons.
The obvious answer is pro has a different underlying structure than slim which therefore requires different mounting points.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Only thing that matters is the bottom one for the disc drive