PlayStation 5 is notoriously big. So big, in fact, that people are worried where it'll fit in their homes — it is, after all, the largest home console ever made. It's not the end of the world, of course, and hey, you should count yourself lucky. According to PlayStation's senior art director, it could've been even bigger.
Speaking to Washington Post, Yujin Morisawa, the man responsible for PS5's design, says that initial plans were bigger than the final product. "In the beginning, when I started drawing, it was much larger even though I didn’t know what engineering was going to do," he says. "It’s kind of funny that engineering actually told me it’s too big. So, I actually had to shrink it down a little bit from the first drawing."
As for the aesthetic design itself, Morisawa says he tried to "sculpt the invisible mass in between the player and the mechanical engineering". When questioned about the divisive reaction to the PS5's looks, he says it was "a good reaction", explaining that he aims to design things that push the envelope. He also gives the thumbs up to all those memes about the PS5 looking like other things, like routers, or the Eye of Sauron. Describing it as "good energy", Morisawa says it's good people are able to liken the console to familiar things.
If you'd like to read more about Morisawa's insight on PS5, you can read more here.
[source washingtonpost.com]
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I didn't think that it was logically, naturally, or ethically possible for the PS5 to be bigger, but, here we are.
I just hope that means that we'll get a PS5 Slim in the style of the PS2 Slim.
Good energy. I like his style.
originally design ask a architect,
Bigger? Where was it planned to sit? Much bigger and it would need its own room!! LOL
If it was any bigger, the PS5 would play you.
Could have been larger? Yikes! How much? What i would really like to see are the other designs considered that lost to the design used. The design used looks to me like parts of 3 or 4 designs glued together.
PS6 will double as a stand for your TV.
I can see the PS6 being an entire server room in your house. You have to choose between a next gen console or the next generation of your family
I mean, it's not that big, modern computer shells need like 3x the space to house all their bits and bobs as well keep a good air circulation
I think the philips CDI edges out PS5 as the largest console ever unless you meant PS5 is the largest relevant console of all time 😁
Bigger isn't always better.
Still remember PS3 Fat issues ?
I imagine it was slightly bigger than it is now, but perhaps with a more traditional box design, and the curves in the final design was partially a result of the trimming down.
I like it! As with anything artistic, it can and does divide opinion. We've got enough boring rectangles/cuboids in our lives, another one isn't needed.
Very interesting. I assumed that they designed the cooling solution/ heat sink, and then built the shell around that. Always great to get these insights into the design process
Maybe they got confused with the design of a fridge instead of a game console, I hope the slim version looks better than this and in black (don’t want to buy faceplates) same for the controller with their iconic colors too, not just gray that’s plain and boring
PS6 will built into its own tv.
Don't ask me how I got ahold of it, but I actually have a video clip of not only this larger prototype itself, but the actual meeting where it was pitched to the aforementioned engineers. Here it is: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6fZSoiMKW5M
I just wish console manufacturers would stop building vertical designs. Most people have them laid flat under their TV's in their TV unit.
@RadioHedgeFund
And that's why you can have the PS5 horizontally like most people will have it.
My question is how Microsoft have managed to make a machine more powerful in the XSXand yet only 2/3 the volume of the PS5 but with similar cooling. Either Microsoft have a team of engineers who have simply done a better job of optimising than Sony and Sony have been way too cautious leading to a giant console or they've gone too aggressive on size and cooling and the Xbox will have cooling issues under heavy load - after the RROD issues I doubt Microsoft would risk it again so they must be sure it's ok. Time will tell, but I do wish the PS5 was as small as the XSX (assuming that size is sustainable).
@NeuralDeclan Simple really, different design focuses. For Microsoft the focus was on the machine itself, so they spent time splitting the mother board and building a fast powerful system and heavily thought about the cooling. They didn’t spend money on a new controller or operating system.
Sony spent money in a new console but went for a cheaper simpler console design with one board and copies what they’ve done before. They spent the rest of their money and time on a new controller and operating system. Also that’s why the PS5 BC isn’t as good as the XSX.
@S1ayeR74 fair point, and I imagine Microsoft have rather a larger hardware design team too. I will have to see whether a larger PS5 console is a fair trade off for the innovative new Dualsense controller once I get my hands on it next week. From the media impressions it sounds like the answer will be yes!
I'd go digital but considering you can't upgrade the ssd in the ps5 at the moment I'd have to constantly keep downloading the 100gb game i want to play instead of just putting the disk in. So I'm going optical as at least then I only have to download the patches again. Actually I might just wait a year and buy it then. Maybe they'll actually have everything sorted by then.
So originally it was a tank 😅
@deathaxe haha nice, thats the dream! Though I think my girlfriend will have my guts for garters if I installed a server room in my house when we move in together but I'm sure she will appreciate stable and far reaching internet access!
I love the fact that Sony has an artistic side.
@NeuralDeclan Oh absolutely the impressions of the dual sense are great, the only concern is how much developers will use it.
I love it, will look even better next Thursday when it joins my other consoles.
@HotGoomba___Rebrand Agreed, I aint buying till a slim comes out.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L And well you should! Shame! SHAME! SHAAAAAAAME! 😆
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