Sony may have confirmed the existence and shown off the design of the PS5 Pro console in some recent PlayStation artwork used for the console's 30th anniversary.
In an official PlayStation Blog post detailing some upcoming celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the PS1's launch, the banner art features some pale images of Sony peripherals from throughout the years, and the outline of a console that appears to have the same design shown in this graphic matches previous leaks, particularly one posted by well-known leaker 'Billbil-kun'.
This was a sketch showing the console's purported design, which looked like a PS5 Slim with a series of black grooves added to its exterior.
You can see a close-up of the console's profile in the 30th anniversary illustration below.
While it's difficult to determine the dimensions of the upcoming system from this latest image, the illustration of the PS5 Slim featured in it gives us a good point of comparison. You can check it out below for reference.
They appear to be roughly the same size, indicating that the PS5 Pro will have a similar form factor to the PS5 Slim. As this is a side-view 2D image, we can't get a precise idea of how thick or tall they'll be either. The leak suggested that the PS5 Pro would be thicker than the PS5 Slim, though we'll obviously have to wait and see if that's the case.
Fans on social media platform X/Twitter, such as commenter Wario64, have also highlighted this as more and more people seemingly connect the dots, while PlayStation itself captioned the artwork with “Your first look 👀” on Instagram, so maybe it wasn't an accident after all…
PS5 Pro rumors and leaks have been much more prevalent this summer, from hints at potential power increases to more storage and cooler running, but this is the first seemingly official nod to the console we’ve had from Sony. Could we soon see an announcement of a launch closer to the original PlayStation’s anniversary date (December 3)? We’ll have to wait for more official news, perhaps (hopefully) at the next State of Play.
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