Report: Lighter PS5 Model Released in Australia - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2022 / 3,853 Views
An updated version of the PlayStation 5 has reportedly been released in Australia that makes the console lighter, according to Press Start.
The new CFI-1200 series models of the PS5 weigh less than the launch consoles and the 2021 model. The latest disc version of the PS5 is now as light as the launch Digital Edition that does not include a disc drive.
As right now it isn't clear what Sony has done to the PS5 to make the console lighter. The changes in weight in the 2021 model were due to shrinking the size of the heatsink.
At launch the PS5 disc version weighed 4.5 kg, while the 2021 model weighed 4.2 kg and the newly released 2022 model weighs 3.9 kg. The PS5 Digital Edition at launch weighed 3.9 kg, while the 2021 model weighed 3.6 kg and the newly released 2022 model weighs 3.4 kg.
Here is the breakdown of the weight changes in the two PS5 models:
PS5 with disc drive:
- CFI-1000A (launch) – 4.5kg
- CFI-1100A (2021) – 4.2kg
- CFI-1200A (2022) – 3.9kg
PS5 Digital Edition:
- CFI-1000B (launch) – 3.9kg
- CFI-1100B (2021) – 3.6kg
- CFI-1200B (2022) – 3.4kg
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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And still increased the price? Cheap skates.
A lighter weight unit could mean saving on transportation costs. this will likely propagate to other areas of the world as well.
I don't recall us talking about console weights much in previous generations, so this is an interesting wrinkle this time around.
And yes, we talk a lot about the manufacturing cost advantage of smaller when it comes to the Series S, but there are likely weight advantages there too. I hadn't really thought about that until you brought it up, but I expect you're right.
Sure there is. Also lighter probably mean cooler, needing less refrigeration so more savings there.
You and I are getting along way too well lately, especially given the conspiracy theories one person expressed around that, LOL.
PS5 losing weight easier than myself.
It's easy to lose weight
Well I have lost a little over 40Lbs, but the last 5Lbs I need is hard.
The new ps5 slim hahaha! Wonder how the ps5 slim is going to look?
I know the PS5's appearance has its supporters, but IMO almost anything would look better. PS4 (and especially the PS4 Pro) looked kind of cool. I don't like the look of the PS5 at all, though.
I suspect this one will perform the exact same as the previous one, which performed the exact same as the launch model. It’s just a savvy move to remove costs where possible.
Curiously we have not seen any new Series X revisions, but I assume that’s because Microsoft can shift production to the Series S when supply is tight
And doesn't even seem like they shaved any dimension as well.
I think they will, but not for this revision (and maybe not for the next one either). A PS5 slim is likely inevitable, but I think Sony made the decision to invest in several small revisions on their way to it, despite the engineering and re-tooling costs involved, because their console is not only expensive to manufacture, but likely the most expensive of all the current consoles to ship. There's an immediate pay-off for them in not only manufacturing cost, but likely also in shipping cost as they get the weight down.
Some of the work in revising the PS5 is complementary to designing a slim PS5, and some of it is not, but even if these smaller revisions do slow the engineering effort to design a PS5 slim it's probably worth it for Sony if there are immediate manufacturing and shipping savings.
That is all true. For real dimension reduction they would likely need to move the process to a smaller nod so they can reduce the Motherboard and chips, meanwhile they are reducing the rest and saving some dollars on it.
I note with interest that news of the 2021 revision also hit in August. The launch model would have been laid down well in advance of the 2020 launch, then we had an August 2021 revision, and now an August 2022 revision, so it seems like we're on an annual revision cycle so far.
Makes sense for the revisions to be annual or at most twice a year, anything more frequent would be odd. Perhaps by August next year we will have a slimmed down version.
Sony appears to be investing engineering dollars in several small revisions to gain incremental cost and weight advantages for the current PS5, while working towards an inevitable slim model.
Microsoft has a slim and light model in the Series S, so my theory is that Microsoft is saving the engineering costs of those minor revisions, and instead investing themselves in coming out with a more significant revision of the Series X and S consoles.
Every revision costs money, but there's logic to what Sony's doing as they had the largest and heaviest console right out of the gate and they need to change that despite the engineering and factory re-tooling costs involved.
But IMO there's logic to my theory that Microsoft's keeping their "eyes are on the prize" of getting a "slim" version of the Series X out the gate before Sony gets a slim PS5 out.
Glad I got the original. Everything after that becomes cost cutting methods and less premium.
Thanks, this will make it a lot easier when i'm gaming on the go on my PS5.
