PS5: Here's What the Next PlayStation Looks Like

By Michelle Ehrhardt, Andrew E. Freedman
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We finally get a design.

PlayStation 5
(Image credit: Sony)

We finally know what the PlayStation 5 looks like. After a long time under wraps, it was shown at Sony's digital briefing today, alongside a slate of games.

There will be two configurations that we know of: the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 digital edition. They look similar, but the latter doesn't have a disk drive.

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PlayStation 5
(Image credit: Sony)

And while most of Sony's images show the PS5 standing tall, it does indeed also lay flat on its side, seemingly with the use of a stand.

PlayStation 5

(Image credit: Sony)

Sony didn't announce prices or an official release date for the system beyond its fall target. It did, however, show off a ton of games, including:

  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Hitman III
  • NBA 2K21
  • Horizon: Forbidden West
  • Resident Evil VIII: Village
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Gran Turismo 7
  • Ratchet & CLank: Rift Apart
  • Project Athia
  • Stray
  • Returnal
  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure
  • Destruction Allstars
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Goodbye Volcano High
  • Oddworld: Soulstorm
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo
  • Jett: The Far Shore
  • Godfall
  • Solar Ash
  • Bugsnax
  • Little Devil inside
  • Demon's Souls
  • Deathloop
  • Pragmata

Additionally, Sony showed off a number of peripherals. We got another look at the DualSense controller, as well as a DualSense charging station, media remote, Pulse 3D headset and an HD camera.

For more, including the specs, see everything we know about the PS5. 

Michelle Ehrhardt
Michelle Ehrhardt

Michelle Ehrhardt is an editor at Tom's Hardware. She's been following tech since her family got a Gateway running Windows 95, and is now on her third custom-built system. Her work has been published in publications like Paste, The Atlantic, and Kill Screen, just to name a few. She also holds a master's degree in game design from NYU.

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25 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Chung Leong
    Uh, who designed this? The thing looks evil.
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  • Adzls
    Great. :rolleyes:
    Almost every gaming device in my gaming area is black and to top it off, I can't place it under the TV because it won't lay flat?
    Ergh.

    *Edit - I "stand" corrected.:LOL: it can lay flat. Didn't see this in original photos and yes, it's important so I can fit it in my entertainment area with my PS3 & 4P. Looks like it's a go!
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  • Jim90
    Chung Leong said:
    Uh, who designed this? The thing looks evil.

    "The thing looks evil." --> what an utterly bizarre thing to say.

    So you prefer the new xbox 'fridge'...eh?? !!
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  • Jim90
    Adzls said:
    Great. :rolleyes:
    Almost every gaming device in my gaming area is black and to top it off, I can't place it under the TV because it won't lay flat?
    Ergh.

    What makes you think it won't lay flat ?
    So you're going to bypass these next gen consoles on the basis of vanity!
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    So for the design they just took a WD MyBook, indented the center slightly, and used white plastic instead of black?

    I'd rather have seen it look like the dev kit with 6 fans.
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  • spongiemaster
    Adzls said:
    Great. :rolleyes:
    Almost every gaming device in my gaming area is black and to top it off, I can't place it under the TV because it won't lay flat?
    Ergh.

    Come on man. The article wasn't that long. You don't even have to know how to read to be able to look at the pictures.


    And while most of Sony's images show the PS5 standing tall, it does indeed also lay flat on its side, seemingly with the use of a stand.
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  • watzupken
    This looks like a spaceship, less of a console. And I hope that white portions are not plastic that will turn yellow after sometime.
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  • Chung Leong
    watzupken said:
    This looks like a spaceship, less of a console.

    Like the Event Horizon. It'll send you straight to hell.
    Reply
  • JerryC
    Jim90 said:
    "The thing looks evil." --> what an utterly bizarre thing to say.

    So you prefer the new xbox 'fridge'...eh?? !!
    Compared to the wall torch PS5, yes, I prefer the clean look of the new Xbox. Which makes me very sad! Why did they make it so ugly?
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  • Jim90
    JerryC said:
    Compared to the wall torch PS5, yes, I prefer the clean look of the new Xbox. Which makes me very sad! Why did they make it so ugly?

    Free life lesson: learn to focus on the inside.
    Reply