If you are someone who was planning to use your old PlayStation 5 faceplates on the new PlayStation 5 Pro when it launches on November 7, Sony has some bad news. The company has confirmed that there is no compatibility between the two.
Word of a faceplate mismatch - not exactly unexpected given the PS5 Pro’s slightly thinner form factor compared to the original PS5 - first surfaced earlier today when a Reddit user shared the news after having "an opportunity to try the plates on" the new console.
"I had some Cobalt blue plates so I decided to try them out on the Pro," one user wrote, "and I can confirm the bottom plates match the Slim. However, the top plates do not match because while they're physically the same size, the teeth that connect to the system are [in] slightly different places. So you can't connect the top part."
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Sony Confirms No PS5 Faceplates For PS5 Pro
Now, the company has confirmed the news, telling IGN, "PS5 console covers are not compatible with PS5 Pro." The company did note, however, that "players will be able to swap out different console covers for PS5 Pro when they become available in the future."
PlayStation 5 Pro will come at a cost of £699.99 when it launches on 7th November, and if players are wondering whether it’s worth it, Digital Foundry recently had a chance to go hands-on.
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Sony Reportedly Chose AMD Over Intel For Its PS6 Console
Intel’s bid was blocked because they did not agree on how much profit Intel would make from each chip it would design as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) handled the manufacturing process.
Apart from the recent embarrassment of crashing Raptor Lake CPUs, Intel has been a bystander in the AI chip boom and ceded manufacturing of some next-gen tech to TSMC as it tries to rebuild its capabilities. The chipmaking division also racked up $7 billion in losses last year, and recently, the company announced 15,000 layoffs. Meanwhile, its upcoming chip plant in Ohio has been delayed, although it did secure Microsoft as a customer for its advanced 18A chip process.
While AMD has also trailed Nvidia’s leadership in the AI chip market and flagship GPUs its data center products now make up over half of its sales. During a recent interview, AMD exec Jack Huynh said that apart from merging its RDNA gaming graphics and CNDA data center efforts into a single “UDNA,” with its gaming priority set to increasing scale at lower price points.