Here’s What’s Inside Sony’s Next-Gen PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5 teardown reveals components feat.

Microsoft, since the unveiling of its Xbox Serial X, has revealed a lot of information about their upcoming gaming console. On the other mitt, its arch-nemesis, Sony was much quieter about the PlayStation v for a long fourth dimension earlier finally unveiling it for the public earlier last month. At present, the visitor has posted an official teardown video of this next-gen console to showcase every component inside it.

The video was recently uploaded to PlayStation'southward official aqueduct on YouTube. In the video, Yasuhiro Ootori, the VP of Mechanical and Hardware Blueprint at Sony Interactive Entertainment, carve up open the PS5 to reveal all the parts and components of the device.

Enter the PS5

Now, prior to the actual teardown of the console, Ootori pointed out all the I/O which the PlayStation five comes with. He then mentions that the two rows on the front of the device are the air vents, that suck in air from the outside, and the unabridged rear side is the exhaust port for the air to pass out.

One last thing the Sony engineer showed off earlier the teardown is how the user can hands unscrew the circular base of operations and re-adhere it to change the orientation of your panel from vertical to horizontal. There is even a dedicated magnetic slot within the base to store the spiral inside it.

At present, following this base-trick, Ootori finally started to take apart the PS5, revealing all of the components inside.

Ootori then mentions that both the white side panels tin be removed easily, without needing whatsoever special tool. Under these side panels, there is a huge cooling-fan that draws air from both sides of the console to go on information technology cooler than its predecessors. You lot likewise have two dust catchers, where all the collected grit accumulates until the user vacuums it out. An Grand.two slot is too present on lath to enable users to expand their storage.

Inside Sony'due south Next-Gen Gaming Panel

Further, Yasuhira continued to deconstruct the device slowly, showing all the inside-components such as the ultra HD Blu-Ray drive unit, the insane (and massive) Heatsink organisation, the entire motherboard, and the power supply unit.

PS5 teardown reveals components 1 — The PS5 Heatsink | Prototype: PlayStation (YouTube)

Moreover, while he disconnected the components from the device, he explained what the team did to make them more high-cease and advanced. For instance, according to Ootori, the team has developed a special liquid metal for two whole years to tackle the heating bug of the device. This liquid metallic helps to spread the heat in the massive heatsink to go along the device cooler than ever.

You can check out the 7-minute teardown video from PlayStation right below. The entire video is in Japanese so make sure you turn on auto-generated captions for the English translations.