If the recent talk of newer consoles on the way wasn’t enough to keep you going, the rumor mill is at it again, this time suggesting Sony could be announcing a slimmer PlayStation 4. An announcement that could be made as soon as the Tokyo Games Show in September.
Unlike previous rumors, this one is more on the speculative side. Coming on behalf of Macquarie Securities analyst Damian Thong, he suggests the company could introduce a slimmer variant of the console when speaking with the Wall Street Journal. While Sony declined to comment on the speculation, there’s no reason to immediately dismiss the forecast as Sony has a noted history of releasing slimmer variants of the PlayStation console throughout its lifetime.
Whether it be the PS One; PS2 Slimline; PS3 Slim, or even the Super Slim PS3 model – the evidence is there, and while its speculation at this point it remains a logical conclusion. Sony originally took five years to introduce the smaller PS One, but that gap has been shrinking each generation, with the first PS3 Slim arriving 34 months after the original. With the PS4’s 3rd anniversary coming up – the same day as GT Sport’s release date, November 15 – the time is ripe for a new form.
The slimmed-down PS4 would naturally go toe-to-toe with the recently-announced Xbox One S, and would likely support 4K video playback with HDR.
Now comes the interesting bit, and it could lend a bit of credence to the speculation of a newer, slimmer model. As remarked by Sony CEO Andrew House, the company withheld showing off the now-confirmed PlayStation 4K at E3 last month to “ensure we have a full range of the best experiences on the new system that we can showcase in their entirety.”
With software support for NEO expected to begin in October, the Tokyo Games Show would be the best time to show off not only the PS4K but a slimmer PS4 as well. A less likely conclusion is that the proposed slimmer model and the more powerful machine are one in the same.
With the Tokyo Games Show opening on September 15th, this rumor should be put to rest soon.
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After only 2 years of PS4 release, Sony release PS 4.5 then PS4 slim, I don’t think is serious. I made a very big mistake when i bought console, I had to buy pc to get better quality and more games.
Is it rumor mill when it has happened several times on every one of their other systems?
I’m still holding on to the possibility of the next PS4 being fully backwards compatible, but I know it’s a big thing to wish for and knowing Sony, they’ll probably disappoint me with that aspect. If it isn’t completely backwards compatible, they need to make sure the GT titles are on the Playstation Store. I don’t know if it’s on the PS4 store or if there’s a difference though.
Full backwards compatibility would be great, but is, sadly, impossible. The Cell architecture of the PS3 is very complicated and so much different from the PS4’s architecture, that I’d be surprised if any device in the next 5 years (including the PS5) manages to emulate the PS3. To make matters worse, the supercomputer-grade CPU in the PS3 is nearly as powerful or more powerful than the PS4’s low-power APU, making backwards compatibility theoretically impossible on current PS4 hardware.
GT titles on the PlayStation Store is something that’s never going to happen, because the old games would have to be ported. Porting takes time and it’s usually done by an external studio, something Kaz will never ever allow, as he insists everything be done inside Polyphony.
Wouldn’t doubt it since Sony has released a slim version of their consoles since the Playstation two.
Actually, since the first playstation (confusingly, called the “PS One”).
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to any one that there’d be a PS4 Slim.
If it’s sony I wouldn’t be surprised.
PS4S vs Xbox one S
That concept has been debunked. Once all the measurements were checked, it turned out that the BD drive would be about half the size of a real one.
While this image is more than a year old and proven to be fan art, it is perhaps the closest depiction of what a slimmed down PS4 would look like.