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hey guys sawsan and this is the ps4 slam now this is a fairly new console in fact it literally arrived here 23 minutes ago cursey at my good buddy ken however I think the big question is is this worth it slim consoles are nothing new however what is a little bit interesting about this is the fact that there is another ps4 coming the ps4 pro in just a couple months not only is it a redesigned console but it's also seen a price cut so this now runs $300 versus the original ps4 which used to go for 350 on top of that as you might be able to guess from the wonderful artwork it now includes uncharted 4 in the box I'm really curious to see how this ps4 slim actually performs because with that pro coming out there's very little reason to get this if you know there's something better in just a couple months alright so if we open up the box we'll see first of all a headset so it's the same little mono headset they've been shipping with the ps4 forever also have a micro USB cable to charge the controller you also get an HDMI cable in the Box now something interesting about the ps4 slim is that unlike the Xbox 1s it does not support 4k but there is an update to support HDR however that HDR update will not work on all ps4s super confusing I know there's also the power cable so just like the Xbox 1s in the original ps4 there's no power brick now this time around the controllers actually been slightly redesigned some curious to see if I can open it from the right side would be helpful actually feels like right now this is the same thing so this is an original ps4 controller and this is the slim I'm not seeing a lot of difference first glance oh there is a little bit of light up there also have a full disk copy of uncharted 4 this is actually a nice touch I feel like most of the time you just get a digital download I think that's everything for the unboxing let's actually get the console itself and I can already see it's tiny Wow whoa that is a lot smaller now a surprise when I saw the original Xbox one versus the S at how much smaller was but this is this is even bigger of a leaf whoa first of all no more glossy plastic that is a lot better-looking in person than any of the pictures or videos that I've seen when I first saw the leaks and some of the early hands-on pictures was like but that's not bad so it's kind of like someone took an original ps4 and chopped off the top half but the big difference is in the height so the slim is well slim unlike the original ps4 which had these annoying touch buttons for power and eject the ps4 slim has dedicated physical buttons now are they much an extra to hit but they're also different sizes you know which ones which you know what this is a nice little touch so Sony has all the feet are the square I completely pointed triangle innocence Creek around back we have the port for the power we have places you camera HDMI and Ethernet there is no optical audio but honestly I don't think that's a huge loss and unlike the Xbox 1s which drop the Kinect port you're Prettyish getting the full experience here there's also what looks like a port here I wonder oh hello ah this is how you get to the hard drive one fancy ps4 screw later we should be able to get at the hard drive this should be a normal 500 good white hard drive I've got to give Sony props they have made it even easier to get the hard drive on the ps4 slams still 5400 rpm so this should be pretty much identical to what you would find in the original ps4 however all you do is find basically any sort of SSD or small two-and-a-half inch hard drive it should fit in this caddy you can drop it right back into the ps4 especially considering this is only $300 it actually might not be crazy to consider just upgrading the hard drive when you first get it 500 gigabytes is decent you'll be able to store a few games but stuff like that in charge it's like 50 gigabytes it does not take long before you'll fill that up hardware wise the ps4 slam is pretty much what you would expect I have a slim console of what I'm curious about is how does it actually perform get into a game and it's essentially identical to the original ps4 which shouldn't be a surprise in theory it can support HDR for apps and games however there's nothing out yet and I imagine most games will focus on the ps4 pro on the HDR side where you will notice a sound the older ps4 was always noisier than I'd like and a lot of it was thanks to the blu-ray drive the new slim drive is a bit quieter but not by much switch to a digital title like rocket League and the slim is still a fair bit quieter the only issue is when you put a disc in the slim ya hand-in-hand with noises power consumption both the Xbox 1s and ps4 slam are based on updated hardware architecture which enables the same performance in a smaller package and the slim definitely takes advantage it idle it's a noticeable difference but while playing Uncharted 4 the original model needs nearly twice the power it also runs a bit cooler the original only really got warm when it didn't have access to clean air but the slim runs a few degrees cooler across the board unless obvious but seriously needed upgrade is in the Wi-Fi Department the original ps4 had only 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi which not only is fairly slow but incredibly prone to even worse slowdowns and areas like apartments where there's a lot of interference the slim thankfully has at least upgraded to 5 gigahertz Wireless which delivers up to triple the speed on my connection it's not perfect but a huge improvement so is the ps4 slim worth it what depends if you currently own a Playstation 4 this is not a great upgrade sure it's better however with the ps4 pro on the horizon it just doesn't make sense however if you haven't jumped on the ps4 bandwagon yet it gets a little bit more complicated and if you don't have a 4k TV the ps4 slim is totally fine however the ps4 probe will still have some upgrades and performance even on a normal TV and you're also getting a 1 terabyte hard drive so is that what the extra hundred dollars for most people probably go over the slim is still a solid console as always if you guys wanna check this out I will have a link in the description and you can also check out one of my recent videos where I took a look at the Forgotten into no console this crazy contraption called the Panasonic cue hey guys is Austin steam here's the video talking about blah blah blah blah blah blah