![]() That's 20% more expensive than launch, and even $10 more than a standard OLED switch. ![]() ![]() Their most recent release was this week was the Splatoon 3 special edition OLED switch, which has an MSRP of $359. When the Switch launched 5 years ago, it had an MSRP of $299. I disagree that Nintendo hasn't been raising the price of the Switch, they're just smart enough to avoid publicizing a price hike. However, checking out several bare slimline style ODDs, weighing in at around 150g, it is hardly likely that Sony could have reduced this component’s weight by such a degree. There may be some clue in the fact that the ODD console has been reduced in weight by 100g more than the Digital version this time around. ![]() Surely Sony couldn’t cut another 200 or 300g from the thermal mass in 2022? Well, sadly we don’t have a definitive answer, as the source publication hasn’t acquired any new consoles from its local retailers, and admits it would be too sheepish to crack open a revised PlayStation 5 console, anyway. This was an obvious cost saving exercise from Sony, but only a 3 to 5 degrees Celsius higher system temperature for the new model was observed. An enterprising YouTuber had opened up a device to observe that the heatsink had been reduced in size and mass. At the time of the 2021 report, we already had a very clear answer about what Sony had done to reduce the weight. A year ago we reported on the news that Sony had quietly revised the PlayStation 5 hardware to deliver 300g lighter consoles. Readers can be forgiven for experiencing Déjà vu, having read through our news thus far. ![]()
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