- What is the PS5 Slim
The PS5 Slim is a new model of the PS5. It’s been a bit controversial due to the Disc Drive now being a removable accessory for the console. It seems there won’t be a “Disc Edition” and a “Digital Edition” moving forward, only a Digital Edition that can be extended with a Disc Drive (in some cases however, Sony sell the console with a pre-mounted Disc Drive).
Unsurprisingly due to size changes, the PS5 Slim whips with a new hardware revision of the motherboard, model CFI-2xxx. The former generation was CFI-1xxx, with 3 different minor revisions, CFI-10xx, CFI11-xx, and CFI12-xx. (CFI-10xx and CFI11-xx technically being the only hackable models at the moment, not due to hardware restrictions, but the Firmware they come preinstalled with.
The PS5 Slim is already in stock at multiple retailers.
Pictures of the PS5 Slim’s internals
Hacker Abkarino got his hands on a PS5 Slims and shared pictures of the console, including its motherboard, and the Disc Drive’s board.