PS5 ‘slim’ teardown exhibits the intelligent engineering of its removable disc drive

The new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out but — it doesn’t also have a particular launch date — however a couple of YouTubers have gotten their arms on it, together with Dave Lee from the Dave2D channel. Lee posted his teardown of the console yesterday, and in case you’ve been inquisitive about how that removable disc drive works, that is the most effective look you’ll get at it with out shopping for the $499.99 PS5 your self later this month.

After Lee pries off the PS5’s plastic aspect cowl, you possibly can see the drive sitting there with three screws staring again at you. I believed they have been pentalobe screws at first, however a later zoomed-in shot exhibits they’re simply normal crosshead screws. Philips head, in case you like. Okay, no surprises there. Good.

But then it simply pops proper out. The screws have been a crimson herring! Such modern modularity!

When Lee pulls the drive apart, it reveals a port framed inside an rectangular hexagon the place the drive’s connecter settles. This is what I cherished about a lot of the design of machines just like the PowerMac G5. You see the half, you seize it, and you are taking it out — there’s no onerous, angular plastic connector to stab your sweaty fingers as you wriggle it free. Very tasteful.

The drive apart, the brand new PS5 is a nice-looking system in case you’re into the sharp Dracula collar look of the primary one. And when Lee places it subsequent to the unique, the scale disparity is extra drastic than previous comparisons have made it appear, even when they’re actually not that otherwise sized; it’s nonetheless bigger than the Xbox Series X, in any case. Lee says it feels considerably lighter, too — nice for while you take your PS5 out for its afternoon stroll (or over to your buddy’s home).

Here’s the total video, in case you’d like to take a look at the remainder of the teardown.