The PS5 Pro design has seemingly leaked along with some information about Sony’s reveal plans, and early reactions aren’t great. A known insider shared a sketch of the console based on what they have seen, and it’s missing a major component that the insider cannot confirm exists or not.
The PS5 Pro design is missing a disc drive, and players are worried
The leak comes from none other than trusty insider and Dealabs user billbil-kun, who has a pretty stellar track record. According to them, the console will indeed be called PS5 Pro, and it’ll look very similar to the existing PS5 Slim.
The upgraded hardware, which will apparently ship in the standard white color, will support two USB-C ports and power button in the front, with three black stripes differentiating it from the current slim models. Although billbil-kun played safe by sharing a sketch, we’re not even going to embed that here to avoid a copyright strike. However, you can see it hosted in the tweet below and on Dealabs:
According to billbil-kun, the PS5 Pro appears to be slightly thicker than the standard PS5 and will come with the standard DualSense.
Now, to address the elephant in the room, billbil-kun can’t confirm if the PS5 Pro will ship with a disc drive or not. They also can’t confirm if what they have seen — which is a digital model — is the only version of the console or not.
It is possible that Sony will sell a disc drive separately (which it currently does, anyway) and decided to ship the PS5 Pro without one to avoid a hefty price tag — something I expressed concerns about just a day ago.
Although their reactions are premature, players are understandably concerned about the potential lack of a disc drive since billbil-kun didn’t see one. However, what the insider can confirm is that the PS5 Pro will be officially revealed in the first half of September 2024.
