Sony is releasing a new PlayStation 5 console, but it appears it will be a downgrade compared to the previous model to keep costs down.

Same price, less storage. Shrinkflation at its finest.

Sony plans to release a new PS5 Slim All-Digital console with an 825GB SSD, reducing storage from the previous 1TB to optimize production costs amid rising expenses. The PS5 Slim Standard with a disc drive will retain the 1TB SSD, and the updated model is expected to launch in Europe first.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Because it is cheaper to manufacture.

      They buy storage with 12 channels, 512Gib Nand Chip per channel. This means each SSD has 512Gib x 12ch = 6144Gib / 8 = 768GiB of storage, or 825GB.

      Key:
      Gib = gibibit, 1024⁴ bits
      GiB = gibibyte, giga/binary/byte, 1024⁴ x 8 bits
      GB = gigabyte, giga(decimal)byte, 1000⁴ x 8 bits

    • whimsy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Maybe some overprovisioning for the SSD. But to be honest, I’m not sure

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Nope.

      512+256=768, 768+64=832… minus 7 for system data and general overhead maybe? That’s my best guess, but that’s a really odd size.