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[Bartski]

I had some Cobalt blue plates so I decided to try them out on the Pro and I can confirm the bottom plates match the slim however the top plates do not match because while they're physically the same size. The teeth that connect to the system are and slightly different places. So you can't connect the top part. I'm only telling you all this so y'all know and don't bother ordering plates for the slim to use on the Pro.

I can't do any other pictures or anything like that because I don't feel like having a company come after me. Plus I can't take the system home to actually play it or anything so don't ask me about games on it. This is merely to answer people's questions about the plates and the Pro and nothing more.

 

[Mr Moose]

This guy opened someone's pre-order to try the plates?

 

[graywolf323]

I mean it seems quite possibly accurate but I’ll wait for it to be not some random Reddit poster especially since journalists are starting to get them to try out

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

This guy opened someone's pre-order to try the plates?

Seems like it but also these are going to end up in people's hands early

 

[panda-zebra]

So the larger of the plates fits, the smaller does not.

This guy opened someone's pre-order to try the plates?

His own where he works (Game Stop) according to his other posts.

 

[TGO]

Yes it was obvious by just looking at it, but I suppose you gotta have a eye for that.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Sony put a freaking chart on Amazon Japan explaining this...

But nobody listened

 

[gunstarhero]

Also newsworthy - N64 controllers are not compatible with hair dryers.

 

[nial]

Sony put a freaking chart on Amazon Japan explaining this...

But nobody listened

Yeah, I don't understand why people weren't paying attention to that. But there it is, I guess.

 

[Games of Today]

Ok the slim plates don't fit. What about the disk version plates?

 

[Kurotri]

Wasn't this already known? IIRC the Pro even has its own physical disc drive that you have to purchase as it's not compatible with the normal digital PS5.

 

[panda-zebra]

Yes it was obvious by just looking at it, but I suppose you gotta have a eye for that.

Not at all. The post states they look right - "physically the same" but the way they fasten is different. The only way you can have an eye for that is to see the reverse side of them.

 

[Lupin3]

Also newsworthy - N64 controllers are not compatible with hair dryers.

 

[nial]

Ok the slim plates don't fit. What about the disk version plates?

I'll let you figure that on your own...

 

[TGO]

Not at all. The post states they look right - "physically the same" but the way they fasten is different. The only way you can have an eye for that is to see the reverse side of them.

You are correct, but they didn't look right from the get go but maybe that's because the slims are glossy and the vents suggested it was different.

 

[lughnasadh123]

So we're now up to four different units. Can we hit five?

 

[graywolf323]

Ok the slim plates don't fit. What about the disk version plates?

I mean based on the post from Reddit, it’s the top plates that don’t fit while the bottom plates fit fine

so the disk versions would fit on the bottom

 

[omegasc]

Plates are the same size. The only thing that prevents it is the position of the hooks of the top plates. That's dumb.
edit: well, it's not like I was going to buy plates anyway

 

[DeepEnigma]

Didn't we already know this?

Top plates don't fit, bottom plates fit fine. Pro had top surgery.

 

[lh032]

not suprising.

Slim is not worthy.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Yes it was obvious by just looking at it, but I suppose you gotta have a eye for that.

Post says they are the same size just fastens differently

 

[near]

Sony put a freaking chart on Amazon Japan explaining this...

But nobody listened

Amazon Japan? That might explain why no one listened.

 

[Bojanglez]

Not at all. The post states they look right - "physically the same" but the way they fasten is different. The only way you can have an eye for that is to see the reverse side of them.

The OP has the image

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Amazon Japan? That might explain why no one listened.

Yes because the first place to look for official Sony charts is Amazon Japan

 

[bender]

Amazon Japan? That might explain why no one listened.

My mom says there are a lot of Japanese people in Japan.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Wasn't this already known? IIRC the Pro even has its own physical disc drive that you have to purchase as it's not compatible with the normal digital PS5.

Not true, the Pro is compatible with the same disc drive as the Slim

 

[thebigmanjosh]

Yes it was obvious by just looking at it, but I suppose you gotta have a eye for that.

OP literally says that the plates are the same size, just that the teeth/connectors aren't the same.

Sony greed

 

[TransTrender]

Why is this a surprise to anyone?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Sony communication or lack there of strikes again.

 

[saintjules]

Yes it was obvious by just looking at it, but I suppose you gotta have a eye for that.

Yup - 14:03

 

[SJRB]

Who said that it would?

 

[nial]

Amazon Japan? That might explain why no one listened.

Yes because the first place to look for official Sony charts is Amazon Japan

It's a Japanese manufacturer, so maybe?
I would have done that if I hadn't previously found the pic on ERA.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Amazon Japan? That might explain why no one listened.

It was reposted on 140 Western websites, including this one

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

When is Hermen Hulst fired?

 

[Camper182]

Wasn't this already known? IIRC the Pro even has its own physical disc drive that you have to purchase as it's not compatible with the normal digital PS5.

What do you mean?
The disk reader add-on is the same as the one for PS5 slim digital.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

It's a Japanese manufacturer, so maybe?
I would have done that if I hadn't previously found the pic on ERA.

Oh it looks to have been correct all along, just don't see why Sony could not have posted this on their actual site but then again Sony has been super horrible about communicating as of late

 

[Crayon]

Pony up amirite?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Why is the news related to Playstation always bad or terrible?

 

[omegasc]

Nothing a sharp razor and some superglue can't solve

 

[Kurotri]

Not true, the Pro is compatible with the same disc drive as the Slim

What do you mean?
The disk reader add-on is the same as the one for PS5 slim digital.

Ah okay, thanks for the correction. I thought they made an additional disk drive that was specifically made for the Pro lol.

 

[ManaByte]

Pro had top surgery.

 

[saintjules]

When is Hermen Hulst fired?

To fire Hermen would also be firing Hideaki Nishino as they are co CEOs making joint decisions most likely lol.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Why is the news related to Playstation always bad or terrible?

They truly are wanting to take microsofts spot now they've more or less bowed out of the console race.

 

[tommib]

Why would they fit? Isn’t this like expecting the Pro phones to match their Pro Max cases? I don’t get it.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Who said that it would?

IDK if anyone claimed it definitely would , but people speculated that it would.

It’s compatible with the Slim disc drive + disc drive cover. And the console appears to have been designed so that all the plates are the same size + shape as the Slim (it achieves the larger size by putting those ridges in the middle)

Honestly I’m pretty surprised they’re not compatible.

 

[tommib]

Ok the slim plates don't fit. What about the disk version plates?

There’s only one version of that.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Nothing a sharp razor and some superglue can't solve

Relocate the tabs, I like it

 

[graywolf323]

To fire Hermen would also be firing Hideaki Nishino as they are co CEOs making joint decisions most likely lol.

plus hardware is under Nishino’s purview, not Hulst’s

 

[Draugoth]

Sony said this in the initial PS5 Pro announcement ,idk why people didnt listen

 

[MisterXDTV]

Wasn't this already known? IIRC the Pro even has its own physical disc drive that you have to purchase as it's not compatible with the normal digital PS5.