PS5 Slim to Go on Sale in India From April 5, Sony Confirms Pricing

The disc version of the PS5 slim will sell at Rs. 54,990, while the digital edition is priced at Rs. 44,990.

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 2 April 2024 13:40 IST

PS5 Slim to Go on Sale in India From April 5, Sony Confirms Pricing

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PS5 slim features 1TB of custom SSD storage

Highlights

PS5 slim was first announced in October last year
The console is up to 24 percent lighter than the standard PS5
Sony is reportedly working on a "Pro" version of the PS5, as well

Sony has announced that the slimmer variant of the PlayStation 5 console, which first launched in the US in November last year, will be available in India, starting April 5. Both the disc and digital editions of PS5 slim will go on sale in the country this week, with stock availability at participating retailers confirmed. PS5 slim, a lighter and thinner version of the original console, retains much of the PlayStation 5 design language, but comes with a detachable disc drive and slightly bigger storage.

The PlayStation parent has also confirmed the pricing for PS5 slim in India, with the console selling at the same prices as the existing PS5. The disc version of the PS5 slim will sell at Rs. 54,990, while the digital edition is priced at Rs. 44,990. Customers who buy the digital edition of the console can purchase the PS5 slim disc drive separately.

The PS5 slim will be available at offline and online retailers in the country from April 5. Stocks of the new variant of the console should be available at Sony's ShopatSC website, Amazon, Flipkart, Games The Shop and other participating retailers.

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Sony refreshed the PS5 lineup in October last year, announcing a slimmer redesigned console, which comes with mostly the same hardware specifications as the original PS5. The design changes have led to an overall smaller form factor, with the PS5 slim seeing a reduction in volume by more than 30 percent, and weight by up to 24 percent compared to the standard PS5.

The PS5 slim comes with a detachable disc drive
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The slimmer version of the PS5 also boasts slightly bigger internal storage, up from the standard PS5's 825GB custom SSD to 1TB. Customers also get the option to add an external UHD Blu-ray disc drive to the PS5 slim digital edition console. The new variant's processing power and graphical capabilities, however, remain the same as the original PS5.

PS5 Pro Will Feature a 3 Times Faster GPU Than the Standard PS5: Report

Sony is also reportedly readying a “Pro” version of PS5 for launch later this year as the current console generation enters the latter half of its life cycle. Analysts said in February that the Japanese electronics giant was looking to get an updated PS5 Pro ready for the launch of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 6, set to arrive sometime in 2025.

Leaked specifications of the PS5 Pro hint at the updated console featuring 45 percent faster rendering and up to three times the compute power of PS5 — 33.5 teraflops of single-precision compute power compared to the PS5's 10.28 teraflops.

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Sony PlayStation 5

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
DualSense is great
Very powerful
Reduced loading times
Friendlier storage expansion
Capable of 8K / 120fps
4K Blu-ray player (finally)

Bad
Expensive
Lack of truly next-gen exclusives
Not a generation leap over PS4 Pro at launch
Game prices now go up to Rs. 5,000
Missing next-gen upgrades for PS4 games
No "Quick Resume", as on Xbox Series X
Limited backward compatibility
No support for Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos
SSD storage amount is restrictive

Read detailed Sony PlayStation 5 review

HDD 825GB PCie Gen 4 NVMe SSD

Processor Custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.5GHz with SMT

Graphics Custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz (variable frequency)

RAM 16GB GDDR6

USB 4

Weight 4.5kg

Ethernet Gigabit

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Sony PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

KEY SPECS
NEWS

HDD 825GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD

Processor Custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.5GHz with SMT

Graphics Custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz

RAM 16GB GDDR6

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