The PS5 Professional launch continues to be over every week away, however followers have already made an annoying discovery: the brand new console received’t work with gamers’ present customized cowl plates. Sony will ultimately promote new ones, however these received’t be out there till someday sooner or later.
This bizarre wrinkle was uncovered by a Reddit person who shared it in a put up that has since gone viral on the PlayStation subreddit. “I had some Cobalt blue plates so I made a decision to attempt them out on the Professional and I can affirm the underside plates match the slim nevertheless the highest plates don’t match as a result of whereas they’re bodily the identical measurement the tooth that connect with the system are in barely completely different locations,” they wrote.
Whereas they didn’t share a picture of the PS5 Professional itself, which isn’t presupposed to be formally out till November 7, they did present comparisons of the Professional and Slim plates. Whereas the underside plate matches, you may see the place the variations within the plastic locking items differ between the 2 consoles.
“Sony made the PS5 Slim and PS5 Professional plates the very same measurement and dimensions however made them have completely different interlocking tooth to deliberately make them not suitable despite the fact that they’re precisely the identical,” tweeted YouTuber Jake Randall. “RIP everybody saying the one distinction was the scale of the racing stripe,” responded a commenter. “This was posted three weeks in the past and everybody was in denial.”
The PlayStation neighborhood had been debating whether or not or not the plates can be a match for weeks on account of imprecise messaging from the PlayStation Weblog put up revealing the PS5 Professional. A picture displaying console cowl compatibility each appeared like definitive proof the Slim covers wouldn’t work but in addition appeared like too ridiculous of a transfer for everybody to be satisfied.
Sony confirmed the veracity of the Reddit put up’s discovery immediately, and that console covers suitable with the PS5 Professional might be offered ultimately, simply not in time for launch. “PS5 console covers aren’t suitable with PS5 Professional,” the consultant for the corporate instructed IGN. “Nonetheless, gamers will be capable to swap out completely different console covers for PS5 Professional after they develop into out there sooner or later.”
The affirmation might be particularly heartbreaking for followers who managed to snag a thirtieth Anniversary PS5 slim however not the extremely uncommon Professional mannequin. Some have been hoping they may nonetheless swap the PS1-style covers onto the Professional. Nope!