The slim PS5 is still huge

Sony just announced a redesigned PS5 that’s smaller, lighter, slimmer, and available with a detachable disc drive. The original PS5 is a beast — the biggest game console in modern history — so I was curious just how much smaller the new model might be compared to the old one.

I won’t leave you in suspense. I dropped the measurements of the new and old PS5s into CompareSizes.com, and here’s how they compare:

So, overall, the new PS5s are still big. But it appears they won’t take up quite as much space in your media center as the original models do.

Just for fun, I plugged the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S into CompareSizes.com, too:

The redesigned PS5s will go on sale sometime in November, Sony announced on Tuesday. If you get the Digital Edition, you can buy a Blu-ray disc drive after the fact for $79.99. They also come with 1TB of storage instead of the 825GB offered with the original models.