Sony is barely able to meet the current demand for the PlayStation 5 and yet, it's already planning to release a new variant.
The report comes by way of The Leak, which describes the new PS5 as a "slim" variant of the current PS5 that will use "die-shrink" treatment to make it less bulky, weigh less, while also consuming less electricity and running cooler. The same source claims that this is all on top of everything that Sony has added to the current PS5 model and the goal is to replace the current PS5 as early as the next holiday season (or Q3 2023, to be more precise).
Tom Henderson claims this is the same PlayStation 5 variant he revealed in September. However, The Leak answered the allegations and claimed their report contains more details.
Regardless of who got the jump on the leak first, a slimmer version of the PlayStation 5 was always coming. It's somewhat expected, and some users have even gone as far as to take matters into their own hands.