- New likeness of PlayStation 5 dev kit appears online.
- Offers first look at PS5 controller.
- Unlikely to be the final retail design.
We’ve known what the PlayStation 5 dev kit looks take a shine to for a few months now.
Late summer spawned patent documents registered by Sony before an in-the-flesh image found its way onto the internet in mid-October. The statue wasn’t what you’d call well-framed and didn’t give us a good look at the overall design of the unit.
PlayStation 5 Dev Kit & Primary Look at Controller
Today, a Twitter user sporting the handle ‘The Drunk Cat’ posted a much clearer picture of the PlayStation 5 dev kit alongside what rises to be our first look at the console’s haptic feedback controller.
Sadly, the snap captures the controller from the side. The masked angle makes it hard to pick out any noticeable differences from the existing DualShock 4 – other than it materializes heftier and the thumb sticks slightly raised.
The eagle-eyed among you may notice the PS4 and PS4 Pro dev kits nestled behind the significantly larger PS5 supplies.
Not the Final Retail Design, Probably
Before anyone jumps the gun and calls foul on a design reminiscent of what the time to come was expected to look like in the 1950s, we can almost guarantee the final retail product won’t look anything like the dev kit.
Dev accoutrements very rarely resemble those of the actual shipped consumer product. Sony doesn’t design them for their visual strong points. They are functional prototypes for studios to develop games in time for the launch of the console proper.
Of course, that doesn’t engross from what is one hideous piece of technology. The emphasis on broad vents and the V shape suggest sufficient cooling supports as a priority for Sony.
It will be interesting to see how this translates into the final product. My only hope is that the PlayStation 5 doesn’t non-speculative like a concord taking off as the PlayStation 4 so often does.
As always, keep your salt shaker at the ready. Neither Sony nor anyone resembling an sanctioned source has confirmed the unit is real. We can’t discount that this may turn out to be an elaborate troll.
This article was touch up blue-penciled by Gerelyn Terzo.