UPDATE 01/11/24: In a press release supplied to IGN, it has been confirmed by PlayStation that the Reddit poster under was right, and the PS5 console covers presently available for purchase – some even from Sony – are usually not appropriate with the PS5 Professional.
“PS5 console covers are usually not appropriate with PS5 Professional,” the assertion says. “Nonetheless, gamers will have the ability to swap out totally different console covers for PS5 Professional after they grow to be obtainable sooner or later.”
In order anticipated, there are particular console covers coming that’ll be designated as “PS5 Professional appropriate,” that PlayStation will certainly promote you within the close to future.
However as acknowledged under, the underside half of the present PS5 console covers are nonetheless appropriate with the Professional, which signifies that any of the covers you already personal are nonetheless half-useful, in case you’re planning on grabbing a PS5 Professional.
Authentic Story 30/10/24:
The PS5 Professional is out subsequent week – in actual fact every week and a day, at time of writing – and loads of individuals are wanting ahead to the mid-gen refresh, with their present PS5’s midway out the door.
Midway can be how far you’ll get when you’ve got any particular console aspect plates on your PS5 Slim and wish to use them on the PS5 Professional. A photograph on posted to the PlayStation Reddit web page (noticed by Wario64 on Twitter) exhibits that whereas the underside half of the covers used in your PS5 Slim can nonetheless be used in your Professional, the highest covers won’t work.
“I had some Cobalt blue plates so I made a decision to strive them out on the Professional and I can verify the underside plates match the slim nevertheless the highest plates don’t match,” wrote consumer Zrorro. Within the picture, you’ll be able to see that the underside plates have clearly been hooked up to the Professional mannequin, however the prime is naked.
The easy reality, as Zrorro factors out, is that regardless of the covers for the highest plates showing to be the identical measurement, “The tooth that connect with the system are and barely totally different locations. So you’ll be able to’t join the highest half.”
Additionally they make clear that the entire purpose for this put up is to warn soon-to-be PS5 Professional house owners, who could have thought their Slim version plates could be transferable, or anybody who merely thought they might order the Slim covers for his or her Professional.
So the plates aren’t wholly appropriate, and in case you actually desire a matching set you’ll have to purchase PS5 Professional-specific console covers. However in case you already personal a set of plates for the PS5 Slim, you might nonetheless mix-and-match with totally different prime colours, in case you wished.
None of this issues in case you’re going from a launch mannequin PS5 to a PS5 Professional, after all, because the design of the aspect plates modified with the Slim. So if that’s you, simply be sure to purchase the precise plates.
Supply – [Reddit via Wario64 on Twitter]
