Yesterday, pictures of a yet-to-be-officially-revealed PlayStation 4 surfaced, showing off Sony’s latest hardware before the company was ready to have it made public.
Slightly smaller, slightly slimmer and –in my opinion – slightly uglier, the new console ditches the odd touch buttons in favour of something more physical. It also ditches the optical port, meaning the only option for audio is through HDMI. That may or may not be a problem for some people, depending on their audio systems, but HDMI allows for far better audio than TOSLINK anyway.
At this point, it’s becoming quite obvious that the newer, slimmer PS4 is very, very real. We’ll probably get to see its reveal next month at Sony’s New York Event. Thing is, despite it being obviously real, Sony really doesn’t want you to know about it. Yet.
Eurogamer managed to get footage of the unit booting up, but have since removed said footage for legal reasons.
“Upon taking legal advice, we have removed the video previously referenced in this article,” Eurogamer says. It’s not quite certain whether or not the legal issues stem from Sony, or if it’s because the slimmer PS4 in question perhaps fell off the back of a truck, opening up a whirlwind of legal repercussions under UK law.
Anyway, the internet never forgets, so here’s a mirror of Eurogamer’s video, showing the very real, slimmer PS4 booting up.
What do you think? I suspect we’ll see this model replace the current PlayStation 4, and be sold alongside the NEO once that is out. I honestly prefer the angular design of the PS4 as it stands now, over the softer, rounded square that this machine looks like.
Header Image via Eurogamer
Last Updated: August 23, 2016
Admiral Chief
August 23, 2016 at 09:37
That USB port looks cheeeeep
Pariah
August 23, 2016 at 09:42
I wonder if these will come with a price cut?
Matthew Holliday
August 23, 2016 at 10:18
Maybe, ps3 saw a R1500 drop between the original and slim/new version.
And with the price announcements of the new nvidia 1060s, Im hoping it sets a trend in price cuts for new tech.
Krabby Paddy
August 23, 2016 at 09:50
Pity that the slim doesn’t seem to look so smart.
HairyEwok
August 23, 2016 at 09:53
So what you’re saying is they’re not very slim.
https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oEduSHDahHHSoBS9y/200_s.gif
Pariah
August 23, 2016 at 10:48
CotW
VampyreSquirrel
August 23, 2016 at 09:51
Wow, that thing is fugly.
chimera_85
August 23, 2016 at 15:23
Still not as fugly as the OG xbox one three
Pieter Kruger
August 23, 2016 at 09:54
100 dorrar……
The Order of the Banana
August 23, 2016 at 09:59
Of course they don’t want you to know about it. Look at the damn thing, it looks like a cheap flatbed scanner. Dear gaming gods, it’s one ugly… motherfruita!
chimera_85
August 23, 2016 at 15:23
Still not as fugly as the OG xbox one three.
The Order of the Banana
August 23, 2016 at 15:28
Damn that thing was ugly – like your dad’s 1980s VCR player. Shudder!
Gavin Mannion
August 23, 2016 at 10:01
Hopefully when this is revealed the current PS4 goes on a firesale and I can pick up a second one so I can start playing Overwatch again
Trevor James
August 23, 2016 at 10:10
Xbox seems to have won the battle of the slim consoles then. Hope Sony beefed up the Neo after the Scorpio reveal otherwise Xbox will walk the console race from now on.
iusedtobe(a)regular
August 23, 2016 at 11:43
“Xbox seems to have won the battle of the slim consoles then.”
How did you get to that conclusion?
Its reported that the PS4 slim wont support any form of 4k, game set and match, Sony
“Hope Sony beefed up the Neo after the Scorpio reveal otherwise Xbox will walk the console race from now on.”
How did you get to that conclusion?
Sony doesnt have to beef the Neo up and in my opinion, Sony doesnt even need to release the Neo. The Scorpio is not going to sell well and neither will the Neo, at least not in SA. If you want the optimal experience from both consoles you will have to buy a 4k tv and a cheap one costs round about R11 000 and neither of these two consoles are going to be cheap, estimate both consoles to be between R7 800 and R9 500, in the end you are going to have to shell out close to R20 000. People can always buy on credit but there is already a 20% increase of people in debt since last year this time.
chimera_85
August 23, 2016 at 15:24
Imo they should forget about 4k and rather focus on proper 1080 and 2k 🙂
Viper_ZA
August 23, 2016 at 10:17
I <3 my "limited edition" MGS PS4. Sony can shove the slim waar die son nie skyn nie!