Sony has began to promote a brand new PlayStation 5 mannequin that will not essentially enhance efficiency, however will likely be lighter and presumably simpler to supply, Press Start has reported. The CFI-1200A/B digital/disc fashions have began to seem in Australia with a big loss in weight. 

According to packaging info, the digital model is 200 grams lighter and the disc model weighs 300 grams lower than final 12 months’s fashions, so the latter is roughly the identical weight because the digital mannequin was at launch. Whether that loss is coming from modifications within the case design or inner elements is just not but identified, although — we’ll have to attend for a teardown to verify that. However, final 12 months’s CFI-1102 mode was lighter largely attributable to a smaller heatsink.

The weight discount may enable Sony to cut back manufacturing prices and presumably construct consoles extra shortly. Last week, Sony introduced that it was elevating PlayStation 5 pricing all over the world however not within the US (€50 greater than the unique launch costs in Europe), attributable to “challenging economic conditions.” It mentioned final 12 months that it is no longer selling the PS5 at a loss and was really earning money on the disc-based model.