Hate to say we told you so

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:08:07 +0000

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).

PS3 to diet down

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:37:55 +0000

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.

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Hate to say we told you so

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