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Sony's PlayStation 5 Teardown Reveals Japanese-Nerd-Level Attention to Design Inside and Out

The most exciting thing happening this November

By Rain Noe - October 20, 2020

in Games

The world waits with bated breath for November. I mean yeah, there's like some kind of political thing that month, but that's also when Sony's vaunted PlayStation 5 will be released.

If you're lucky enough to get your hands on one, you're not supposed to take it apart. "Disassembling your PS5 console will invalidate your manufacturer's guarantee," Sony writes. Perhaps that's why they released this video of the PS5's mechanical design chief, Yasuhiro Ootori, taking a PS5 apart; if he shows you the insides his team came up with, you won't be as tempted to look inside yours.

The amount of design attention they lavished on this thing is absurd. Look at the thought that went into just the removable mount, with the hiding place for the screws, the inner rotating thingy, the removable caps for the screw holes:

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Mark Hollister

4 years ago

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Perhaps I'm not getting it, and yes there is attention to detail, but I don't understand how this is successful design. Yes, the stand has great features and the vacuum dust port is also great, but other than that it seems to have an excessive number of parts, many of which seem to require sequential removal, increasing the number of steps required during teardown compared to a desktop or even a laptop. I would love to hear how repair technicians or iFixit would rate the PS5 compared to desktops and laptops that are highly rated for easy maintenance.

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Frank Borsboom

4 years ago

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Wow! That thing is big! ... The next generation (also the new XBOX) are huge... Good I guess for performance, less good for clutter. :) But hey, Gaming! :D

Second of all, I know it is just a promotion from Sony, but I do really like that the designers and engineers get an opportunity to show of their awesome work. I do think it shows the confidence in their work. :)

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Dan Kelley

4 years ago

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Both Sony and Microsoft have those 'Opening will invalidate warranty' stickers. The FCC says you have a right to open it but if you change or modify anything then you're screwed. You bought it, you can open it. Just don't change or remove anything.

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