It was the first thing that people asked when the PS5 Pro was first revealed with the design seemingly mimicking that of the PS5 Slim due to full compatibility of face plates, but Sony recently confirmed that the full faceplates of the PS5 Slim aren’t compatible with the PS5 Pro.
Regardless of this, with a PS5 Pro in-hand and my black PS5 Slim faceplates that I absolutely love, I had to give it a go. As expected, the top two didn’t fit, but there was a lot of chatter online that this was purely because Sony moved the connectors and whilst it is true that the connectors are different, the size of that top section is entirely different with the PS5 Pro being slightly taller.
What sits under those faceplates is also different with the PS5 Pro having an air vent more in-line with the original PS5, presumably to push heat away from the console, which is missing on the Slim.
Obviously the bottom plates do fit just fine, which would have been the priority for Sony as the same disc drive needs to be used, and it absolutely would have been nice for all four plates to fit, purely because there’s already a selection available (and none for Pro), but at least we can rest easily with the dimensions of the consoles being totally different.
The PS5 Pro launches on November 7th. You can grab it from Amazon for $1,199.95 HERE.
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