PS3 Slim = Sony’s big GamesCom reveal?
Next week, the first GamesCom will kick off in Cologne, Germany. The successor to the Leipzig Games Convention, which drew more than 200,000 attendees last year, will be Europe’s biggest gaming event by far. And now, judging by the increasing percolation of speculation, it will likely have global importance as well.
As anticipation grows that Microsoft will reveal a $100 price drop for the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite at its GamesCom conference on August 19, Sony Computer Entertainment has pulled back the curtain slightly on its own Cologne plans. Reports out of the UK have Sony confirming that one of the items on the docket will be the European launch of the PS3 video store. However, given that the announcement of the video store’s North American launch took only a few minutes at Sony’s 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo presentation, that leaves the company with plenty of time for other announcements.
What else will Sony unveil? One publication claims to have the answer. The Web site of Hong Kong-based magazine GameWave declares that the long-rumored PS3 Slim will be the centerpiece of Sony’s event.
