Sony Makes the PlayStation 3 Slim Official, $299
It's slimmer and cheaper, but no more PS2 compatible.
Earlier today we uncovered pretty good evidence from K-Mart that there would be a new, slimmer PlayStation 3 coming very soon. And now Sony has made it all official.
At Sony's GamesCom media event in Cologne, Germany, all rumors were confirmed as the PS3 Slim was announced to be real.
Sony hasn't yet released official press shots yet (but we'll post those as soon as they're out), but from the slides shown at the conference, many of the leaked shots appear to have been legitimate.
The new PS3 slim measures 33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and consumes 34 percent less power. It'll also pack a 120 GB hard drive as a middle ground between the current 80 GB and the 160 GB SKU. The 120 GB size will also put it head-to-head with the Xbox 360 Elite.
Besides the new hardware, perhaps the biggest news is that the PS3 Slim will also bring with it a much slimmer price tag of $299, or 299 Euros, or 29980 yen.
For those of you who've been on the fence about buying a PS3, does this new hardware and price do it for you?
UPDATE: Click here for the official pictures.
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Sony has really let me down with RPG's this generation. Thankfully Micrsoft surprised the hell out of me. I will buy a PS3 sooner or later though for Versus XIII if they don't decide to make that 360 as well.
Being a Final Fantasy fan, I am glad that I can reasonably get a PS3 (which is not coming out for PC, and its looking grim for a future port) for the upcoming FF13. Killzone 2 and MGS4 are also games I would like to play...
However, I will be waiting several months to make sure there are no hardware bugs. As good as a deal I think this is, I do not trust Sony.
lol are you dumb?!
"It's slimmer and cheaper, but no more PS2 compatible."
thats why that guy is dumb.. for not being able to read the subtitle of the article.. geeez.
Because instead of being an ass and acknowledging that he might have missed that part of the article, you could have helped him out. You just called him a dumbass and we gave you thumbs down.
Slim is not backward compatable... Ill keep my original one.
Maybe I can find an old one used that has BC and upscaling for something reasonable by now. I wouldn't care if the HD is only 60GB or whatever it was.