The PS5 Pro’s design and plans for an announcement in the first half of September have been leaked.
The impressively well-informed billbil-kun, who made their name on French deals site Dealabs by very reliably leaking the PS Plus monthly games line up over the past two years, is the source of this latest scoop. They dig into the general marketing plan for September, confirming certain elements previously aired by Jeff Grubb on his Game Mess Morning podcast, who says that a State of Play showcase will take place toward the end of September, likely tying in with Tokyo Game Show.
The PS5 Pro announcement, however, is expected before this in the first half of September, according to billbil-kun.
Another juicy element regards the console’s design, which… well it will look like a slightly glammed up PS5 Slim and PS5. You still have the popped collar style, but the divide in panels will have four grooves to it – Sony will probably note the four grooves as opposed to the three stripes between them, so as not to get Adidas’s lawyers excited.
Image credit: Dealabs
It’s obviously difficult to talk about absolute dimensions from a sketch, but they note that the PS5 Pro looks thicker than the PS5 Slim, which makes sense. However, the multi-panel design matches up in style with the Slim and it’s feasible that there is crossover with compatibility for the swappable panels. The added grooves would make the Pro a bit longer, and if there’s a little more filling to the sandwich, that will bring the cooling capacity back closer to the original PS5’s power threshold.
Of note, there is no sign of a disc drive in the sketch, and billbil-kun cannot confirm if the console will have an SKU that features physical media support out of the box. Sony is very likely, however, to build in support for the PS5 Slim’s detachable disc drive as a cost-cutting measure.
So, basically, watch this space for a big PS5 Pro reveal within the next couple of weeks!
Source: billbil-kun at Dealabs
