Sony tears down a PlayStation 5 (video)

Well this is quite unusual. Sony has posted a YouTube video that shows an employee tearing down a PlayStation 5 console so you can get a look at its internals. ARS Technica offers some analysis over here. The PS5 will start hitting select markets like North America on November 12 starting at $399.99 (399.99EUR), with the rest of the world (except China) following on November 19.

Because the system CPU runs at a "very high clock speed," Sony says a new liquid metal thermal conductor was needed to "ensure long-term stable high-cooling performance." Along those same lines, the system's massive heat sink uses a heat pipe which Sony says has a "shape and airflow [which] make it possible to achieve the same performance as a vapor chamber." That's talking point is likely a direct reference to the Xbox Series X, which uses an actual vapor chamber for its cooling system.