PS5 Pro released The launch is still over a week away, but fans have already made an annoying discovery: the new console won’t work with players’ existing custom covers. Sony will eventually sell new products, but they won’t hit the market until sometime in the future.
The strange wrinkle was discovered by a Reddit user who shared it in a post that has since gone viral On the PlayStation Reddit subreddit. “I had some cobalt blue boards so I decided to try them out on the Pro and I could confirm that the bottom plate matched the ultra-thin board, but the top plate didn’t because while they were the same physical size, the teeth that connected to the system were the same size. Slightly different,” they wrote.
While they didn’t share images of the PS5 Pro itself (the PS5 Pro isn’t expected to be officially released until November 7), they did show a comparison of the Pro and Slim boards. When the base plate is installed, you can see the difference in the plastic locking pieces between the two consoles.
“Sony made the PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro boards exactly the same size and dimensions but made them have different interlocking teeth, intentionally making them incompatible even though they are identical,” Tweet YouTuber Jack Randall. “RIP everyone said the only difference was the size of the racing stripes,” one commenter responded. “This was posted three weeks ago and everyone denies it.”
The PlayStation community has been debating whether the license plates match for weeks due to inaccurate PS5 Pro information revealed in a PlayStation blog post. Images showing console cover compatibility all seem to be clear evidence that Slim covers don’t work But it also seemed so ridiculous that no one could believe it.
Sony confirmed today that the Reddit post is authentic and that a console case compatible with the PS5 Pro will eventually be sold, just not in time. A company representative said: “PS5 console cases are not compatible with PS5 Pro” Tell IGN. “However, when PS5 Pro is launched, players will be able to replace the console shell with a different one.”
This confirmation is especially heartbreaking for fans Who managed to snag the 30th Anniversary Edition PS5 slim? But not the extremely rare Pro model. Some people wish they could still swap a PS1-style case for the Pro. No!
