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[RelentlessRolento]

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http://nextgamer.nl/...s/lezen&id=2290

No personal opinion yet....

Edited by RelentlessRolento, 18 August 2009 - 08:59 PM.

[weevles]

Ha ha, 1up channels Loltaku, and then Slotaku strikes again! Digging up innuendo from Chinese message boards...sigh.

IMO, the pics are fake.

Seriously, though, I do believe the rumor about a slimmer, cheaper PS3 sooner rather than later, but I dunno if it will happen at E3. If anything, there'll be a price drop to clear out inventory on 80GBs to make way for a bigger HDD one.

Edit: so to recap, pics fake, rumor of cheaper PS3 with smaller, cooler parts = true.

Edited by gunm, 14 May 2009 - 05:12 PM.

[cdeener]

What difference does it make if they don't sell it at a cheaper price nobody will buy it and they will still be #3.

[Shrapnellistic]

It would be the next best thing to a price-drop; market it as a relaunch of a console to spike interest like the PSP remodels since Sony can't afford another worthwhile price-drop in the $100 range. Personally, I could see myself trading in the current PS3 model for credit towards the one in the supposed leaked pictures - best of all... no Spider-Man font!

[munch]

That looks uglier than the normal model.

[Ryukahn]

It looks like a super sized PSP stamina battery.

[YodaEXE]

Yeah, that thing is kinda fugly :p

[optimusprime8062]

I think it looks fake...and its also very...very ugly.

[Breakpoint]

Probably only available in China

[mykevermin]

Man, I dunno. All the pics of the console look "fake," if only because they look "cheap" - by "cheap," I mean "losing the gloss we all hate in the first place and going back to PS2-style flat black."

But that box in the very first picture is the only thing, I think, that gives this a shred of credibility. Not that a box can't be mocked up, mind.

Two things make this credible, IMO:
1) the box
2) the "PS3" moniker. While that might make some more skeptical, let's be honest: which of the current three consoles needs a marketing/image makeover/rebranding? The Playstation 3.

[Reality's Fringe]

There's a good NeoGaf thread about it.

http://www.neogaf.co...t=361611&page=8

I'm waiting utilE3, but I'm also holding off on buying now just to make sure. I mean, with the new smaller cell and RISC chips, it's not a huge logical leap to slim the model down. Additionally, I wouldn't be surprised if the redesign is attempting to make it resemble a PS2

...I kinda want a 60GB model though for BC. I'm seriously sick of all this console clutter.

[bvharris]

My vote if for fake. Given how much effort they put into making the PS3 look nice (and it does look very nice) I can't imagine they would ever release something this ugly.

[PhrostByte]

Looks ok.

[zenprime]

Vote for fake. It's probably one of those Chinese 8 and 16bit consoles designed to look like a recent console.

[bordjon]

I believe. But my 60gb is just fine with me!

[darknight88]

Alot of ppls are saying its real. There is a poster on GAF that just said "September". So something might be released then. Also Before we got the XMB-Chat feature in the FW update, he posted all about it over at GAF thus being credible.

[daflubby]

What difference does it make if they don't sell it at a cheaper price nobody will buy it and they will still be #3.

Fanboyism adds nothing to discussion.

Also, that looks horrendous. I don't think Sony is that dumb.

[Scorch]

http://www.computera...e.php?id=214873

then again, it's always possible that they're just denying it because they haven't announced it yet.

[darknight88]

http://www.computera...e.php?id=214873

then again, it's always possible that they're just denying it because they haven't announced it yet.

Why would a company(Sony) come out and state the "rumors" are true? What company has ever done that? Obviously, when something leaks, everyone at said company denies any sort of info.

Im pretty sure this is real. Plus GameInformer recently stated there will be 2 year defining things occurring this year...this could be one of them at E3.(PS3Slim+ price drop on old hardware)

[KingBroly]

I'm going to vote for a True here. With the exception of the last pic, only the top of this is shown. Also, it has been pointed out to me that the company that manufactures PS3's in China (the factory pictured) has requested a Cease and Desist order for those pictures.

Also, keep in mind that 2 of these pictures have human hands in them. If these pics were fake, we wouldn't be seeing them. As far as pricing goes, we might see yet another switcheroo here with the bigger systems being $299 until they run out then this thing comes in at $399...

[HowStern]

I don't think some people in the thread realize that, real or not, the pictures are of the top plastic piece and not the entire PS3.

Also, cuta, PS3 has outsold everything in Japan (including Wii) for all of 2009. The U.S. isn't the whole world. :P

[optimusprime8062]

Oh its only the top? Hmmm...

[Blackout]

Damn the PS3 lost a lot of weight!

The system could use a slimmer model though. It probably wouldn't increase sales because no one is buying the current version, but I wouldn't mind picking up a slimmer PS3 down the road a couple years from now.

[wbc1228]

looks pretty fugly.
i'm hoping it is a fake.
sony can't be this stupid, right.
then again, sony has been quite a few dumb decisions with the psp/ps3

[cdeener]

I don't think some people in the thread realize that, real or not, the pictures are of the top plastic piece and not the entire PS3.

Also, cuta, PS3 has outsold everything in Japan (including Wii) for all of 2009. The U.S. isn't the whole world. :P

Well, Japan is Sony central so they will still be #3 everywhere else since most people aren't buying PS3 for the price point plus they don't have enough exclusive games to make people buy one.

[opportunity777]

I wouldn't buy the slim because I have a 1st gen model with PS2 H-BC, but the 1st gen version is definitely the ugliest and bulkiest system ever. The only system that comes close to that is a 1st gen Genesis with a 1st gen Sega CD and the 32x attachment. I think this slim look is a slight improvement.

For Sony, I think a slim model would be an excellent marketing and economic move.

Now, I wish MS would slim down its system. I would buy a Slim 360 without a second thought.

[KingBroly]

I don't think a slim 360 is possible because of the hard drive BS they have. You can't just say to a majority of your fanbase 'this model's better, but your saves aren't coming over if you get one'.

I'm not saying I wouldn't buy this PS3, because I would if it had PS2 BC in it (I'd sell off the current PS3 I have if it came to that). Not at $400, though.

[cdeener]

Fanboyism adds nothing to discussion.

Also, that looks horrendous. I don't think Sony is that dumb.

You do realize I have a PS3 and I enjoy playing games on it but I mostly use it for a Blu-ray player. I like all my systems otherwise I wouldn't own them.

[RanchLizard]

Fake. Couldn't be THAT slim yet, could it? The PS3 processing runs really hot, so cooling would make it less slim. My guess: the real redesign, when and if one ever comes, will make it less wide, too.

[dv8mad]

Sent these to one of my client's that works for Sony after I saw your blog post. He responded with:

HAHA!