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Sony 'Expected to Release a PlayStation 5 Slim Later This Year' Priced $399.99, Microsoft Says - IGN

www.ign.com Sony 'Expected to Release a PlayStation 5 Slim Later This Year' Priced $399.99, Microsoft Says - IGN

Microsoft believes Sony will release a PlayStation 5 Slim later in 2023 priced $399.99, according to a court document.

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Why is Microsoft announcing this and not Sony? I'm skeptical

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- They didn't quite "announce" it as much as they used it as argument or evidence in court and the document was leaked or released to the public.
  
  How they knew beforehand? I have no idea. But it'd be a risky move to just make shit up like that in court, so it's pretty likely true.
  
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- Everything what Microsoft thinks and does is under fire due to Activision merger injunction lawsuit by FTC.
  
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  Yes, I understand that, but how does the Microsoft/Activision merger have anything to do with Sony?
  
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- They said they expect it to happen. That's different from Sony saying it's gonna happen.
  
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TL;DR - Microsoft is fighting for their purchase of Activision-Blizzard to go through. Their latest argument is that they’re in third in the console wars (behind the PS5 and the Switch) and Sony will likely make more money from the PS5 Slim which they claim is releasing later this year at $399.

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  Well the main reason to block the purchase would be to prevent a monopoly so their point is that they’re far behind so the purchase will put them more on par. I don’t know if I buy that logic but that’s what they’re trying to say.
  
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I've enjoyed the PS5, but it really is ridiculously big. I'm imagining the "slim" will still be as big as a normal PS4

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- Yeah, but I just hope that it comes with a new (and improved) form-factor. Right now, with the size of the regular PS5 and it being shaped absolutely weird, I couldn't put it anywhere. Whereas with the PS4 you could build a tower with them albeit it would lean backwards at some point lol.
  
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As someone who finally got a PS5 last November, im fine with a slim model coming out as long as it’s not more powerful than the OG lol

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- Funnily enough, the only reason I found this is I said when the PS5 released that it was too big and I’d wait for a slim version. But within the past few months I got impatient, thinking maybe it’d never come out. So this was like my final try to see if there was any news about it maybe coming and I found this article lol
  
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Is this even posible? I mean most of the bulk on the PS5 is ce CPU cooler, has the technology evolved enough in this past 3 years for an smaller cooler to work?

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- Yes
  
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MS lawyers are lying if they're saying that there's a portable PS5 coming as it's just a device to stream from your PS5.

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Are there even games on it?

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- On the PS5? There are tons, including first party content like Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarock. Most major titles that have released in the last 3 years are available on the PS5
  
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  Ok thanks, I was stuck in the COVID time haha
  
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