PS5 Size Appears to Be Huge As the Internet Estimates Dimensions

Given that my current consoles are indeed housed on a KALLAX, it looks as though I'll need to rethink my lounge layout.

Official confirmation pending, of course.

Really need a closer look with someone holding it and showing every side.
Its huge but so it should be.

So the ps5 is lanky and the Xbox is fat

I was thinking it looked a little on the large side. There should be a comparison to a switch just for lols. 😂

I have an inside source that tells me that the ps5 is actually over 500ft tall. They haven't announced a price because it actually costs you £750/month to rent a one bedroom apartment inside it. The "disc" drive is actually just where they eject non paying tenants with arrears.

Well that is big! I suppose it is more like a PC gaming tower system which is good IMO as I want it to have decent cooling and given the lack of vents it probably need space to breathe but I am not tech savvy in processing and cooling so might be barking up the wrong tree! To be fair though it only looks about and inch longer than the PS3 with a similar width. Never heard of this Kallax unit but if it's popular and this wont fit that's a shame for those who use them.

Yeah, id rather go for a bigger system to dispel heat better that a a small one that going to act like a microwave and cook everything from the inside out.

This is presumably due to their cooling solution. I noticed all those vents all next to the white "collar". No more jet engine noises every 5 minutes while playing Death Stranding.

I understand not disclosing the price because of other console makers undercutting them but it’s odd they haven’t mentioned the dimensions. It’s not as if it’s going to change size wise before release. I want to make sure it fits

Thankfully, it can be put sideway, I don't think my tv cabinet is tall enough if I have to put it vertically lol.

It'll look perfect standing right next to my TV.

Definitely a next to the tv job for me. Which is where all my consoles have gone since ps2.

Oh dear, that won't fit next to my virgin media box and Surround sound bluray player like my PS4. I have some planning to do.

Maybe im a bit ignorant here, did they announce the new xbox price yet?
maybe sony will announce the PS5 price in respond to xbox.

will make it cheaper than xbox by 50 to 100 dollars, lol

My poor kallax not that Im getting it day one anyway still got too much to play.

It looked like it had length and girth last night when I saw the disc drive and joypad. It's a whopper.

Still the XSX isn't exactly petit either, and I already know that won't fit into my current TV stand. Seems like both of them have gone super sized this gen.

fat ps3 was huge as hell, if this is real, it is really too much to ignore.

Rather than size, I'm worried how it will look with usb cable sticked in center, crossing over disc drive because I'll have it on left side of tv.

Definitely waiting for a revision. The more I look at it, the more I dislike the design.

So some calculations, based on the front usb port, being 1.2cm, which is a standard USB socket size.

It's about 36cm at it's highest point (tip of the fins) by 9cm at it's widest (the disc drive).

This will be an added value for some players. Because if it’s bigger, it must certainly be better and more powerful, am I rite?

It'll be on its side in the glass equipment stand I've been using for the last 20-odd years, sized for hifi and home cinema separates, so size isn't an issue.

I'm interested to know if it vents heat out of the top (right-hand side when horizontal).

Size of that! I'm putting it on the driveway.

@Stonecold so you wouldn’t buy it unless it fits in a specific cubby?

@Neolit Maybe... but I'm afraid that it will end up with usb hub hanging from this frontal port. As you see, community scream "We want more usb ports." ended with reduction from 2 to 1.

It should fit under my TV as I have an open glass stand. But if not, it'll go upright next to the hi-fi.

@RatmCky ofc I am going to buy it. Just want to see if it will fit on my existing unit or whether I need to buy a bigger unit

@TheNewButler Yes ps3 fat is about 9.8 cm, ps5 looks same or wider. One way or another it will occupy more space (will be thicker) because of that opposite curve on left side. Simply if you put it horizontally it will need about 12cm height. Hard to say, that white colour is distorting.

@Neolit Yes my 40gb ps3 have only 2 usb instead of 4 in 60gb version.... and absence of ps2 backwards, that upset me whole time I have it....

Don’t believe any of these fake ‘estimated’ size comparisons; it seems to be about four controllers in height. Probably one extra controller longer then a PS4 Pro. But we need to wait for official hands on videos to know for sure.

@S1ayeR74 fake? The comparison is based on the size of the disk drive and USB ports. Both standard sizes.

No matter how you try to paint it, this thing is going to be huge.

wow.. that's really big.. compared to the PS4 slim I have.. it won't fit in my TV console.

I recently got standalone speakers so now have space on my TV stand for both a PS5 and XSX

At least, if xbox lose in this generation, it may say” hey! pick on someone your own size!“

So on its side, it would kinda be the same width as my AV receiver im guessing???

I like it, but it will look really bad against all my other black av equipment, just hope theres an all black one at launch??

By the way, for anyone interested, The last of us part 2 pre download is live on uk ps store, downloading it now 👍🏻

This is no proof because they are guess. Thanks a lot because I thought it is bigger than PS4 too. I will wait and see the actually size. Stupid guessing, indeed. Sighing!

@Tharsman Yes fake! 100% fake! Because for this to actually be accurate you’d need to take a photo of the consoles side but side in real life, you have absolutely no idea how the photos have been scaled to make them fit next to each other.. and that’s a fact! So yes fake.

@azoreseuropa Yeap exactly.. it’s pure guess work and those photos have each been individually manipulated to make them fit next to each other, so you don’t actually know of the scaling is accurate which it most likely isn’t.. you can clearly see the PS5 is roughly the height of four Dual Sense controllers, that would make it about a controller height higher then the PS4 Pro. Not the goliath this fake photo guess work makes it out to be.

@S1ayeR74 we have plenty of idea: they resized all consoles so the standard USB drive and disk drive slots would match in size.

You don’t need a photo of all devices side by side, you just need a standard size item in all photos, and that item is: USB ports and disk drive ports!

I'm wondering what the width is? Maybe it's taller/longer, but not as wide?

my p3 had 4 usb ports and those memory card parts not the ps2 ones. size never bothers me but i hate the touch pad and six axisis and dont really care on the for the new pads functions either.

i would take the series x design over the ps5 design any day. microsoft took cues from the og ps4 design for the series x and sony took cues from wireless routers and ugly alienware cases for the ps5 design. might be the first time in my life where i wait out purchasing a console simply because it is so ugly and large. the slim redeisgn cannot come soon enough... might be a 3 year wait though

It won’t be that big... they show the console side by side with the controller!

No way it will be that big. Max it will be the size of the original PS3.

@Agramonte Based on what information?

The size is good, I was really down on the shape when I first saw it as it will need a lot of cooling on the GPU. You need bulk, surface and air flow to do that. Now its looking like it is a lot bigger than I thought I'm more hopeful around performance. Size of fans is still a concern, smaller fans = more noise. The xbox design is ugly and boring but it is a wind tunnel with a massive fan, Physics wise it don't get much better. Design wise.. well that's another story. Looking forward to see the brake down and just how big it really is.

We have an idea about the height and width, but no idea on the depth. I going to guess it will be quite deep or they would have be able to reduce the height and transfer that mass to the depth.

@TrueAssassin86x I think he was referring to the dimensions of the console seeing as how this article is about the dimensions of the console.

@thiagoauler The disc drive is a fairly good indicator that the size is pretty much accurate.

@Agramonte It's fairly easy to assume it will be that big based on the disc drive.

Why does the image show 2 PS3's and why is it duplicated?? What am I missing?

@wiiware tbh most library bookcases aren't able to hold it upright.