Sony has officially unveiled its first gaming monitor bearing the PlayStation logo, and its main promise is fairly simple: transform any old desk into a true PS5 station. This 27-inch screen has a very basic specification: 2560 x 1440 resolution and an IPS display to keep the colors looking sharp even when seen from the side. Not quite cutting-edge, but Sony has been generous with the thoughtful PlayStation features they’ve included.
Zac Builds removed the lid from a dusty old Sony PS3 and peered down at the two ancient chips that had been resting there for 15 years. The thermal paste beneath has long since become dust. He pulled up a hot-air gun and gently tugged on the GPU’s cover, which popped right off like an old rusted hubcap. In that instant, he knew that Sony had left a lot of power on the table, and Zac was about to cash in.
Erick from Not From Concentrate spent months shrinking Sony’s PlayStation 5 into a 6-litre aluminum box. He calls it the Tiny PS5 Redux. Builders can now download his guide and build their own. The finished machine sits between two full-size PS5s like a child flanked by parents, yet it plays the same games at lower temperatures.
Sony and AMD have revealed Project Amethyst, a joint venture into the heart of graphics hardware that will change how games look and run on the PlayStation 6. Mark Cerny, the man behind the PS5’s architecture, sat down with AMD’s Jack Huynh to go into the details at a recent tech event. Right now, everything is in software models – no silicon yet – but the direction feels like a deliberate step forward for a console years away.
Sony has a habit of quietly adding new hardware to its lineup and the new PS5 Slim, which is now in European stores, is no exception. This one, model number CFI-210, cuts the fat in ways that show a company fine tuning the recipe in the face of rising costs. When you open one of these up you’ll notice the difference straight away: the storage inside clocks in at 825GB, down from the full terabyte of the previous Slim models.
A YouTuber named TERA has taken the PlayStation 5, Sony’s behemoth of a home console, and shrunk it down to something you can fit in a backpack. This isn’t the PlayStation Portal, a streaming device that relies on remote play. This is a full PS5, reimagined as a portable machine.
The console gaming world has seemingly gone quiet and with the Nintendo Switch 2 out now, all eyes are on Sony’s next move. Leaks about the PlayStation 6 are gathering pace and painting a picture of hardware that can redefine what a home console can do.
