It’s been suspected for a long time, but Sony has confirmed to IGN that the PS5 Slim faceplate won’t officially work with the PS5 Pro.
“The PS5 console cover is not compatible with the PS5 Pro. However, once the PS5 Pro is released in the future, players will be able to swap out different console covers for the PS5 Pro,” a PlayStation representative told IGN. Ta.
This happened after someone somehow got onto the PS5 Pro early on Reddit and confirmed that the faceplate of the top PS5 Slim doesn’t fit the PS5 Pro, and that the fork that connects to the Pro is in a completely different position. I did.
PlayStation 5 Pro does not work with slim plates.
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This obviously isn’t the worst news since most people upgrading to PS5 Pro aren’t upgrading from PS5 Slim, but it’s a bit frustrating considering the PS5 Pro faceplate isn’t available at the time of this writing. I will. There are effectively 3-4 different covers, leading to confusion between SKUs.
Now that our PS5 Pro review unit has officially arrived, we’ll be bringing you plenty of impressions and other tidbits in the near future.
