Sony just increased the price of the PS5 everywhere except the US, but it also managed to tweak the internals and reduce the weight of the console again.
In August last year, Sony started selling Disc and Digital editions of the PS5 that were 10.5 ounces (300 grams) lighter. Now, as Press Start reports, Sony has done it again and introduced new models CFI-1202B (Digital console) and CFI-1202A (Disc console) in Australia that weigh even less.
The CF-1200 models are expected to launch more widely on Sept. 15, starting in Japan, but Australia has got it first. The Digital console is 7 ounces (200 grams) lighter than last year's model (over 17 ounces (500 grams) lighter than the launch model), while the Disc console is 10.5 ounces lighter, and therefore 21 ounces (600 grams) lighter than the launch model.
Last year the weight saving was achieved through the use of a smaller heatsink to keep the chips and memory cool. There was speculation back in May that Sony was going to start using a 6nm chip for the PS5. If that's the case, then the more efficient processor could allow Sony to reduce the size of the heatsink even further and cut 10.5 ounces from the weight in the process. We won't know for sure how it was achieved until someone does a teardown of the new CF-1200 models.