With Sony fans everywhere waiting for further news on thePlayStation 5, it seems certain divisions of Amazon are beginning to prep their sites for pre-orders of the console.Amazon Australiawas recently caught creating a page that combined the PlayStation 5 and its accessories into one handy subsection of the site, while Amazon France was thought to have potentially leaked the console’s releases date last month.
However, it seems Amazon Germany is the next of the retailer’s international counterparts to reveal some interesting new information, with the site seemingly confirming thePlayStation 5’s weight. Discovered within the listing’s further details, it seems the company has confirmed the device will weigh a whopping 4.78 kg, which equates to a fairly substantial 10.54 pounds.
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To put that into perspective for PlayStation fans, the PS4 weighs a much less hefty 6.17 pounds, with the PS4 Pro clocking in at 7.27 pounds. Yet, it still isn’t the heaviest console PlayStation has released over its lifetime, with the original PlayStation 3 (known affectionately by the fanbase as the “fat PS3”) clocking in at a weighty 11.02 pounds. Regardless, it’s clear the PS5 is going to be a much bigger machine than many might think, hinting that thosepreviously leaked images revealing the size of the next-gen PlayStationcould be more legitimate than it first seemed.
There could be a number of reasons Sony has elected to shift the size and weight of its next console up so significantly, with the most notable reason being that its to help cool the console down when it overheats. As many will no doubt have suffered from when playing huge games likeThe Last of Us 2,the PlayStation 4’s much more compact design has been infamous for preventing airflow, with the amount of noise emitting from the console becoming widely despised by those who own it. A bigger console means more airflow and more airflow means the PlayStation 5 will likely not sound like a jet engine whenever its tasked with running a meatier title.
The unfortunate side effect is that players will be stuck with a much bigger and heavier machine, meaning they will likely have to think about a safe place to position the console when picking one up this holiday. It seems the benefits will vastly outweigh the drawbacks, however, with the PlayStation 5 offering stunning 4K visuals, a powerful SSD drive for unparalleled loading times, and a vast array of incredible first-party titles such asSpider-Man: Miles Morales.
