If there's one thing you can count on from Sony, it's that a smaller and cheaper redesign of each of every console will eventually come. It's happened for every system they've released except for their newest. Rumors of a slimmer PlayStation 3 are not new. But this new rumor of a fall release for this system has our ears perked back up again.
Stuff.tv says that Sony is expected to break even on the PS3 in August. Analysts say that they'll finally turn a profit, and will then release this slimmer version to boost demand. Of course, this new version would sport smaller processors and graphics chips, and will probably make the old one look silly and fat.
None of this has been confirmed, but the fall date is in line with what we've heard before.
Come on, guys. Make my dreams of a bedroom PS3 (or the transplant of the old one into the bedroom) come true. Oh, and Sony? Skip the silver for glossy white.
[Via ElectricPig.tv]
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10:45 AM on 04.21.2008
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Incredible.... how they gonna fit that mega huge NVIDIA 7800 gfx card into a smaller package without havin any heat/ventilation problems?
But can it be used as a blunt weapon?
I wonder if it will look more like a portable grill, rather than the larger Forman model?
That is sexy!
Of course I am not buying one... All ready got my fatso here.
Hopefully, this is for real and more people will get one.
Also, white is the new black.
*To my wife* .....errr.. I mean make the switch from DVD to Blueray so you can watch Sex In The City in HD.
Microsoft and Sony already have enough to circle the earth 2 times.
Fawwkkkk.
Pretty much what I've been thinking. Though, which one goes in the bedroom and which one stays downstairs completely depends on BC, wireless capability, and HDD space.
I'd rather have bought one of the slims instead of that behemoth that's nex to my TV now...
Decisions decisions...
At least the writer there had the courtesy to credit the pic to T3.com. Instead of putting something lame like, "YEP, THIS AGAIN" over the pictures credited site.
Another great "story" by the "editors" of Destructoid.
It's right here. http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-sonys-ps3-getting-a-redesign/ It was posted about 6 hours before North's plagarism was up on D-Toids front page.
It's a Wii with a mushroom cap.