PS4 Slim up on an auction site, apparently

[Telan]

If anyone really cares at this point, a little something from Sony to fight the One S may be coming.

 

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/21/ps4-redesign-leak/

 

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An auction purports to be selling an as yet unreleased "slim line" PS4 that would be thinner, rounder and (let's be honest) decidedly plainer than the original.

 

Kind of reminds me of the very slight design downturn the One S took too. Any thoughts?

 

EDIT: My first ever post, so go easy on me. 

[GreezyJeezy]

if you look at sony they released a slim version of every console. so why would they stop now  

[Telan]

I suppose you're right. They wouldn't. The design, though...looks the same-ish size to me...

[Mira Yurizaki]

I see a few glaring issues that makes me think this is fake.

• The front USB ports are spaced far apart for no real reason
• There's a lack of ventilation ports on the back (unless they made the console vent sideways, which is dumb)
• It looks too small. If you see the Blu-Ray drive, it takes up about half the width of the unit itself. The Blu-Ray slot in the PS4 takes up about half the width. If you try to do an eyeballing using the controller in the screen shot, the controller is about 3/4's the size of console, whereas on the PS4, it's a little over 1/2.
• I think the buttons are poorly placed, but Sony isn't above poorly placed buttons.

[VagabondWraith]

The Xbox One S looks better IMO. Sony slacks off on redesigns whilst Microsoft improves upon the original.

[LOUOS]

11 minutes ago, VagabondWraith said:

The Xbox One S looks better IMO. Sony slacks off on redesigns whilst Microsoft improves upon the original.

But let's be honest the Xbox 1 was literally just a big box so all they had to improve was the size.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Yeah, Microsoft seems to ship things out with a low bar set from the get go.

[Energycore]

5 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Yeah, Microsoft seems to ship things out with a low bar set from the get go.

It's so they generate the illusion of putting tons of R&D into improving their products

 

Or not IDK

[Syntaxvgm]

Looks....rubbery...not sure how I feel about that. The ps3 slim (not super slim) was the best ps3, and maybe that will hold true for the ps4. I own a stack (5 or 6) ps3s but so far only one ps4, nothing this console generation excites me much really, and I don't fix them anymore, so I have very little opinion on them. 

[Rune]

If real, that's ugly AF. Looks like I will have to start sending people online to purchase 1st gen ps4's now.

[malon]

looks like a digital scale to me

[Guest]

3 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

There's a lack of ventilation ports on the back (unless they made the console vent sideways, which is dumb)

Where did you find a picture of the back side? The link doesn't have any? Thanks in advance

 

EDIT: Nvm, found them here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1267071

[atrash]

I'm calling it fake.

[PerfectTemplar]

7 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I see a few glaring issues that makes me think this is fake.

• The front USB ports are spaced far apart for no real reason
• There's a lack of ventilation ports on the back (unless they made the console vent sideways, which is dumb)
• It looks too small. If you see the Blu-Ray drive, it takes up about half the width of the unit itself. The Blu-Ray slot in the PS4 takes up about half the width. If you try to do an eyeballing using the controller in the screen shot, the controller is about 3/4's the size of console, whereas on the PS4, it's a little over 1/2.
• I think the buttons are poorly placed, but Sony isn't above poorly placed buttons.

Whilst I agree it's fake. The ventilation is on the sides on the current PS4 and the Xbox One. The Xbone however, also have a top vent.

[Master Disaster]

Size comparison 

 

Also it's been confirmed Sony are doing a PS 4 slim and will announce it soon, whether this is actually it is another issue however. 

[JAKEBAB]

Ha. Looks like a sandwich press.

[Telan]

That comparison picture now makes me think....ew. I do like my One S better. The PS4 was also already....eh, fairly, decently....small already.

[Dabombinable]

10 hours ago, LOUOS said:

But let's be honest the Xbox 1 was literally just a big box so all they had to improve was the size.

And bigger than the Original Xbox at that.

[Helly]

well maybe its just me but i don't think its all that ugly. It's about the same size as the old one just thinner. The lack of ventilation ports on the back concerns me a little. The current PS4 can get quite hot. So i'm really wondering what they changed in the cooling or if its new hardware in there that just doesn't get as hot. Maybe just down clocked NEO hardware that's running at the normal ps4 speeds? So maybe the neo is bigger with vents in the back to keep it cool.... Kinda could make sense i guess... the USB port placement is idd odd... as are the placements for the buttons.

[Mira Yurizaki]

7 hours ago, PerfectTemplar said:

Whilst I agree it's fake. The ventilation is on the sides on the current PS4 and the Xbox One. The Xbone however, also have a top vent.

The ventilation on the sides is meant for an intake, not exhaust. And top venting at least makes a little sense.

 

EDIT: Ars Technica has more pictures. The size makes more sense now that it's actually up against the original PS4. If it still is real, I'm wondering how the heck it handles exhaust because in the PS4, at least half the back was dedicated to exhaust (PSU is removed). If the exhaust ports run through the trench, I'm not sure if that's enough to keep it cool. The PS4 uses about 140W and even if they moved to a 16nm process, I'm not sure if that lowers the power consumption enough to make heat even more trivial.

 

And if it is real, I'm also thoroughly convinced Sony hires interns to do their industrial design.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Why does the material it's made out of look like a tyre?

[himustache2]

I like the older design better...

[SuperShires]

I personally think it looks way better.

[elfensky]

Eurogamer went to the house of the dude and made a video of it booting up: 

 

 

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this ugly thing better be cheaper than the $299 4K media compatible XboxOne S

^So much this. The One S actually looks good now, especially with that vertical stand. This, on the other hand, is one ugly rounded asymmetrical mofo.