Well in fairness, everyone else did too. In a move that will come as a suprise to absolutely no one at all, Sony have unveilied a PS3 Slim for the rather sexy price of $299. Check out the vid (courtesy of GamesRadar).
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Hate to say we told you so
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Gamescom cometh
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Every self respecting geek will be keeping at least one eye on Germany next week as gamers, retailers and exhibitors descend on Cologne for the first Gamescom trade show. Major-ish announcements seem likely across the board. The general consensus seems to be that Sony will unveil a long-expected slimline version of the Playstation 3, as well as a European video-on-demand store. Microsoft could take the wind out of Sony’s sails however, if they slash the price of the Xbox 360 Elite model to $299.
Away from the console manufacturers, Lionhead has been doing a spot of Twitter teasing and Tony Hawk will be demoing Tony Hawk: Ride.
PS3 to diet down
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
A new, “slim” Playstation 3 is in the works according to several reports. Tory favourite the Telegraph even went as far as to predict prices for the new model in a recent, very speculative article.
“The Slim is likely to come in two models, one with a 40GB hard drive, another with an 80GB hard drive, with prices expected to start at around £260.”
A more compact PS3 has been rumoured for months, and while there hasn’t been anything concrete, the circumstantial evidence is definitely starting to mount up:
-Sony supposedly has enough parts on order to make one million consoles in Q3, twice as many as it did in Q2.
-Amazon’s German site published a listing for “PlayStation 3 Konsole slim”, although it was promptly removed (cached version here) and used a shonky fan-made Photoshop rather than an official image. Dubious at best.
-Finally, Sony are said to be discontinuing the 80GB model.
A big hmmmm from me. A slim does seem inevitable, but it’s really all rumour mill stuff so far. Certainly, Sony made no mention of a PS3 redesign at E3. We could well see something at Gamescom later this month though, where Sony’s keynote is apparently scheduled to last three hours.
Rein forecast for PS3 sales
Friday, July 24th, 2009Did financial issues stop Sony from dropping the price of the Playstation 3? That’s what Epic Games’ vice president Mark Rein thinks, and he told everyone so in a mildly amusing interview with Eurogamer.
“Sony has had a difficult year and I think they had to do what they had to do to try to be profitable. They have their own financial issues to solve and lowering the price of the console would probably have made their situation worse.”
He did add that a price drop would happen at some point and that the media conglomerate would “be just fine,” which will no doubt come as a relief to Sony. Even if it doesn’t, they might find solace in the fact that the PS3 is enjoying strong sales in the Middle East, according to Emirates Business. In a touching, and frankly, suprising turn of events it also seems that Microsoft and Sony will team up to organise a series of gaming events through a new Middle Eastern gaming association.
Rein has obviously been getting about a bit recently, he told IndustryGamers that Epic would be standing by it’s policy of not developing for the Wii, and even accused adult-oriented games of being “huge financial flops” on Nintendo’s box.
