Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS

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When internet detectives revealed the PlayStation 5 was innervation to be huge, we were feelingly amused -- but metrical their frilly Photoshops couldn't completely recalibrate us for how enormous the PS5 unanimously is.

Roughly half an hour supervenient Sony undoubtedly revealed the next-gen console's price as well as release date ($399 or $499, November 12th) the visitor revealed a full spec terrain that includes the console's dimensions. As well as it's a monster.

Quick, what's the biggest elate anytime made? Did you say the primogenial 2001 Xbox, or the VCR-sized primogenial Xbox One? Conceivably the 60GB PS3, devotedly dubbed the "Phat"?

Wrong. The PS5 is improved than all of them.

Bigger than the Phat

According to Sony, the PS5 is approximately 390mm (15.4 inches) tall, 260mm (10.24 inches) deep as well as 104mm (4.09 inches) wide, making it the unshared biggest gutsy elate you've most peach anytime heard of. (I visualize that makes it a 10.5-liter case, in PC terms.) The paradigmatic without the disc drive? Aforementioned story, just 12 millimeters slimmer.

I plugged the numbers into CompareSizes.com to see how it stacks up to consoles that we've previously ridiculed for being accented chonks:

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From left to right: PS3 60GB, Xbox, Xbox One, PS5 Digital Edition, PS5

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There's barely a comparison. The PS5 is therefore much bigger, you can't metrical consult the 3D perspective throws off its all-fired size. I'm tangy sustained you'd need to go back-up to the canicule of gutsy machines with born CRT televisions, or computers like the Commodore 64, to get much bigger.

And boy oh boy is this box improved than the new Xbox Series X as well as Xbox Series S:

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Notice that the 3D utensil doesn't lineation up the backs of holiday console. The PS5 is therefore much deeper than either Xbox.

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I don't metrical need to tell you which elate is which. It's plainly obvious. Remember back we were afraid whether the new Xbox would fit in our entertainment centers?

Oh, as well as there's one little tidbit I forgot to mention, which makes this metrical better: Sony isn't including the PS5's "largest projection" or optional apple-polishing in those measurements, equal to its printing release.

See those yellow as well as dispirited boxes? Now imagine some fins sticking out the top of them.

Here's a 3D visualization of all seven consoles whose distance I plugged in, if you want to circuit them implicitly yourself. As well as in casing you're wondering, the PS5 will additionally counterbalance 4.5kg, or barely 10 pounds. Earthward the disc bulldoze brings you earthward to 3.9kg or 8.6 pounds.

Mind you, I loved my 60GB PS3 supposing its girth, as well as I faithlessness I'll feel specially barely the PS5. The rest of the spec terrain is tangy impressive, too!

I'll leave it crouched therefore you can peruse.

PlayStation(R)5 Specifications

CPU

x86-64-AMD Ryzen(TM) "Zen 2"

8 Cores / 16 Threads

Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz

GPU

AMD Radeon(TM) RDNA 2-based statuette engine

Ray Transcript Acceleration

Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS)

System Memory

GDDR6 16GB

448GB/s Bandwidth

SSD

825GB

5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw)

Optical Drive

Ultra HD Blu-ray (66G/100G) ~10xCAV

BD-ROM (25G/50G) ~8xCAV

BD-R/RE (25G/50G) ~8xCAV

DVD ~3.2xCLV

PS5 Gutsy Disc

Ultra HD Blu-ray, up to 100GB/disc

Video Out

HDMI(TM) OUT port

Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1)

Audio

"Tempest" 3D AudioTech

Dimensions

PS5: Approx. 390mm x 104mm x 260mm (width x orgasm x depth)

(excludes better projection, excludes Base)

PS5 Digital Edition: Approx. 390mm x 92mm x 260mm (width x orgasm x depth)

(excludes better projection, excludes Base)

Weight

PS5: 4.5kg

PS5 Digital Edition: 3.9kg

Power

PS5: 350W

PS5 Digital Edition: 340W

Input/Output

USB Type-A quay (Hi-Speed USB)

USB Type-A quay (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x2

USB Type-C(R) quay (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps)

Networking

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)

IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax

Bluetooth(R) 5.1

DualSense(TM) Wireless Controller Specifications

Dimensions

Approx. 160mm x 66mm x 106mm (excludes better projection) (width x orgasm x depth)

Weight

Approx. 280g

Buttons

PS button, Create button, Options button,

Directional buttons (Up/Down/Left/Right), Exigence buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square),

R1/L1 button,

R2/L2 chin (with Trigger Effect)

Left stick / L3 button, Right stick / R3 button, Touch Pad button, MUTE button

Touch Pad

2 Point Touch Pad, Capacitive Type, Detonate Mechanism

Motion Sensor

Six-axis motion substantiation system (three-axis gyroscope + three-axis accelerometer)

Audio

Built-in Microphone Array, Born Monologue Speaker, Stereo Indentation Jack

Output : 48kHz/16bit, Input : 24kHz/16bit

Feedback

Trigger Outcropping (on R2/L2 button), Beating (haptic feedback by dual actuators), Indicators (Light bar / Player indicator / MUTE status)

Ports

USB Type-C(R) quay (Hi-Speed USB), Stereo Indentation Jack, Charging Terminals

Communication

Wireless

Bluetooth(R) Ver5.1

Wired

USB connection (HID, Audio)

Battery

Type

Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Voltage

DC 3.65V

Capacity

1,560mAh