PS3 Slim?

[Carnivol]

Oh, look! It's a PS3 Slim!

[Umon Daisuke]

The 160GB Uncharted bundle that's out right now is $499, so there wouldn't really be an increase.

That's a bundle though, and most of the stock out there are standalone 80GB units at $400.

Oh yeah, and I think it was Kotaku that had it up, or some other site, and they got told to pull it down, by a Chinese company.
Oh well.

That wasn't just any company, it was the firm that manufactures consoles for Sony. The pics were grainy factory shots, and pirates don't go out of their way to make an authentic detailed box with proper IP's noted.

[Vector]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/100/1003673p1.html

Good article by IGN that sums up the events and rumors better than I did.

[BLSR1]

I am only going to buy a PS3 when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out.

[Guest]

IF there is, I'm pretty sure this ps3 has side effects like slim ps2 problems of overheating!?

[Branden_Lucero]

I am only going to buy a PS3 when Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out.

haha, yeah, good luck with that, considering that its been 3 years since the last Kingdome Hearts game ever came out, and this year is already half way over.

there's already been 3 more planned games for handhelds, 2 of them already out, and the 3rd one with a still unkown date.

Besides, rumor has it that if there ever was a Kingdom Hearts 3, it was going to end up on the Wii.

[Vector]

PS3 Slim CONFIRMED:

[10:33] Kaz is really good at building tension... he's moving on... he made a very subtle joke about "shape and form".

[10:33] He points out a podium that no one has used yet. He teases, that it has a purpose.

[10:34] Today is that day for PS3 Slim.

[10:34] First week of September, PS3 Slim confirmed.

[10:34] It looks like a very skinny PS3, same exact design, but much slimmer (obviously).

[10:35] Same features and functionality. 120 GB HDD. 34 % less power consumption. 34 percent lighter. Wow, nice.

[10:35] 299!!!!

[10:35] PS3 is 299 dollars, 299 Euros, and 29,980 Yen.

[10:35] This price is also retroactive, tomorrow, for all PS3 models. This is awesome.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/101/1014844p1.html

Well, looks like now's the time to get a PS3 if you haven't yet. That's a really great deal. I'm excited to see what this thing looks like...the way Ryan Clements described it makes it sound nothing like the 'leaked' models we've seen before.

[Beanovsky Durst]

Yessss... The most atractive thing is... THE PRICE! Now I won't have to take my eyeball and my two balls to buy it (Fuck mexican taxes... they make any console cost double the US retail price).

[Vector]

Yeah, the price is the big selling point here. It's now the same price as the 360 Elite console which is dropping to $299 in September.

[BadWolfX]

I'm going to take a wild guess and say it'll also cost £299?

ETA:

[BadWolfX]

....oops.

[Alexia_Ashford]

So... no backwards compatibility?

[Vector]

BC is dead. It was phased out with the last few SKUs, so I don't know why people think they'd bring it back. Not when the PS2 is still flourishing around the world.

[Zombie Fred]

Damn that conference sucked; PS3Slim is damn ugly but the price is good. It was nice to see new information on Heavenly Rain however.

[Jill's Boob]

^I personally think the Slim looks much better than the current behemoth PS3. Plus it has the matte finish that doesn't attract fingerprints, dust, and scratches like crazy.

To me, the new Slim looks good. But I won't be purchasing one unless my current fat PS3 breaks down (Heaven forbid).

I guess now the waiting game is on for firmware 3.0....

And I would be happy to have BC return, unlike others who say "Go get a PS2." First of all, I don't need more cords/consoles/etc taking up unnecessary space. Second, every subsequent video game machine should feature BC, plain and simple. Older machines don't last forever, unless they're NES's. Those things could outlive cockroaches, me thinks.