Confirmation of the PS3 Slim?

Today, we received word that a trustworthy US GameStop employee discussed the matter with a Sony merchandizing representative. When the leaked photos were brought up in private conversation, the merchandizing representative was immediately surprised that the photos were "released already," but then hastily dismissed the subject when the rep realized that it was regarding a rumor. Could this reaction indicate that the PS3 Slim is more real than we originally thought?

[Pennywise]

Its coming. I believe it, but do we need a new story every 10 minutes?

[KingDizzi]

No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to click onto the story, don't like it? Don't click :O

[Pennywise]

King Dizzy, I come here for news... not to weed through the same story from every single website. Dont respond to me with remarks like that.

Whoever gets the story first, gets on N4G. Everything else is a dupe.

[chaosatom]

ROFL.....

[Nineball2112]

Ya, I'm about already sick of it and it has even come to market yet. This has got to be about the 20th article in the past 3 days about this.

[sack_boi]

If it's true, then this is probably one of the two E3 megatons ListenUp was talking about.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Thats the most off topic comment i read all day.

[lloyd_wonder]

At first I thought the logo looked pretty weird, but later found out that it looks quite similar to...

http://bluelinepro.com/stor...

[DMasta718]

"RIP X360"

Why do you want a console to die?

Anyway, IMO it's a lil too early for PS3 design. Only been out for 2.5 years but I would by a slim down PS3 just for my living room

[Baka-akaB]

Kingdizzi that comment is sadly a bit silly here . Since people dont have to click on the original story to see most of the content .

LIke how we can comment on Hiphopgamer's conjectures wihout actually giving him the hits he doesnt deserve

[callahan09]

Wow, this rumor really took off. When Anthony Severino first brought us this rumor from his website, Playstation Lifestyle, a couple of days ago, everyone was calling him out saying that he's putting his reputation on the line with this rumor and it better be true. I was a bit worried for him there, because he's a good man and his website gets a lot of good scoops. If this turns out true, then holy crap give Sev his props people!

[lalalala]

is it just me who thinks that the "PS3" pictured here looks too big and flat? Looks ugly imo, i hope it doesn't look like this if it is coming

[Sev]

http://n4g.com/NewsPending-...

I have been saying it for a while now.

The PS3 slim is coming, and those leaked photos are real.

[Pennywise]

Exactly... you sprung the news and every single article after your release is SPAM - DUPE - ANNOYING.

Good job Sev, keep it up. Still waiting to get my mind blown.

[Sev]

If Sony would hurry the hell up an finish booking E3 appointments...

[SnuggleBandit]

i don't know whether or not to believe sev. i guess time will tell...anyways can't wait to see if its actually true and see PSLS's big surprise lol

[Lucreto]

Sev so these pictures are true?

It looks horrible not pleasing to the eye at all. It looks bigger than the current PS3's just a little flatter. I expected it to be half the size and be considerably smaller like the PS1 and PS2.

That has to be a unfinished prototype or an unfinished model as I won't buy anything that looks like that.

[Stefan Urquelle]

And hey, if you're wrong you can always just remove all evidence of the article from your site like you did with the logo fiasco from yesterday.

[-EvoAnubis-]

It's a real burden, being right so often.

[Sev]

Why wouldn't I remove it? I removed the author as well.

It was an embarrassment that it wasn't researched properly before being published.

I am adding you to my list of haters that I will be putting in their place soon.

EDIT: @ Below, looks like I got another stalker on my hands. Anyway, I left the article up as long as it was on N4G. Once it was down on N4G, there was no reason to keep it up.

[Stefan Urquelle]

http://forums.n4g.com/tm.as...

"I would delete the article at the source but I feel as though that would make us look like cowards and unwilling to admit that the logo was old."

Then you went ahead and deleted it. Do the math.

[Slime]

For those that missed it the first time.

Sev1512 = gamesblow

[Lucreto]

EvoAnubis- But there will always be doubters. For example I was given my Summer exam by my lecturer. I knew the questions and the answers but there is still doubt in my mind if that was the exam.

In this instance we have picture evidence and confirmation from Sev (who I hold in high regard) of what could be a slim PS3 but I still doubt it is real.

edit Slime that is funny coming from you.

[-EvoAnubis-]

Doubt we have no issue with. It's the people obsessed with proving us wrong which is more annoying. Doubt is natural when being presented with something that goes against conventional wisdom and/or knowledge. That's fine. However, the people with the unhealthy obsessions with Sev here and myself on GFAQs is a different story.

It doesn't matter, really; when we finally show what we've been sitting on for a bit over a month, it should shut some people up. Then after E3, no one with common sense will doubt us again, nor listen to those who do.

[tordavis]

Sev, notice how IGN gave you ZERO credit...yeah.

[-EvoAnubis-]

Well, Tor, at least G4 sourced us.

[dantesparda]

But anybody who thinks he's Gamesblow is a complete and utter idiot, they dont act anything like each other. Gamesblow was a real moody guy, whereas Sev is far more even tempered and a much cooler guy. But whatever i wont convince the dumbasses, peace out you dumb b!tches!

OUT!

[Disccordia]

I don't think the technology is there to reduce the size of the PS3 at the moment. There is no doubt that Sony will do this eventually but if you look at the PS2 slim, it came out in 2004, 4 years after the initial release. Advancements in techs have become slower over the last couple of years, and so I can't see it happening until 2011 at the earliest.

I do respect everyones opinions on this and especially the guys at PSLS, but they haven't always been right and imo, a couple of dodgy photos prove nothing.

[pwnsause]

when there are photos online that prove that its in production and that they are building it in a PS3 factory in China, why should one deny yourself that it cant be true? that plastic material thats being used on that model looks cheap, cheaper than the plastic used on the PS3 right now, i see production cuts after this, which means a cheaper PS3 at retail.

[KingDizzi]

I see no reason why this would not be true, Sony are the kings when it comes to downsizing their consoles. My guess is that by the end of the year this baby will be on the shelves.

30% increase in PS3 sales is what Sony expect so something is going to happen.

[KingDizzi]

It seems Sony is also going to have a very juicy E3, I for one thought with all the great games announced the show would be centered around them. With Heavy Rain also being shown during next weeks GTTV it seems Sony are getting most of the announced stuff out the way for the new materials.

[PirateThom]

You know.... it needs more chrome trim.

[UnwanteDreamz]

Everything looks better with chrome trim

[Sev]

Add another $10 per unit then. They are trying to reduce cost.

No one gets why they are doing this. They HAVE to.

PS3s aren't selling well enough in the US at the $399 price point.

They are losing $40 per unit still. This slim PS3 is to reduce their cost, so they can reduce our costs.

Some people are never happy. What matters more? A cheaper market penetrating PS3, or a super sexy PS3?

If you answer super sexy PS3, then go buy one now at the current price.

Not that the new one wont be sexy. Sony is known for nice looking electronics. These leaked pics just suck. It will look much nicer than people are thinking.

[UnwanteDreamz]

I can't speak for PT but I was joking, and if you owned a PS2 you should understand what the goal is with a smaller PS3 because they did the same thing with the PS2 and they did it for the same reasons, to cut manufacturing costs.

I already own a Super Sexy 80g bc model.

[beardpapa]

@Sev

"Add another $10 per unit then. They are trying to reduce cost.
No one gets why they are doing this. They HAVE to.
Some people are never happy. What matters more? A cheaper market penetrating PS3, or a super sexy PS3?
If you answer super sexy PS3, then go buy one now at the current price."

Funny you mention this, but people don't seem to get it. Sony cut costs & take out some features so that consumers can earnestly tell themselves to get a PS3 at a cheaper price-point because they were reluctant to at its launch price. Yet these same consumers attack Sony for removing backwards compatibility, taking away the media card readers, and going from 4-port to 2-port usb. You guys only have yourself to blame.

It's like they say, You want a nice big house with nice big garden and pool in nice neighborhood for cheap? Sorry pal, you get what you pay for.

[KingDizzi]

I doubt that is the final model, surely the console is still in prototype stage. The shape will change and it will look pretty but it looks like a slim is on the way.

[Fishy Fingers]

Great news I guess although I'd like to see some better images because those leaked pictures dont show the most aesthetically pleasing case ever.

Hopefully, the "real" Slim will have a little more flair than what looks like a cheap DVD player housing.

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

Coming from a gamestop employe i cant do anything else than laughing.

[Menchi]

I sincerely hope that if this -is- true, and those pictures were in fact real, that it was just a prototype.

I already own a PS3, but that "thing" we saw was absolutely hideous.

[theEnemy]

it better be real.

[PinkFunk]

I can easily believe that the PS3 slim is in the works, but this "prototype" or whatever it is, is just butt ugly. The logo is butt ugly. The whole thing is just ugly. Kind of goes contrary to what Sony stands for... I hope the final version looks sleeker...

[Shadow Man]

mooks1 AKA nasim/sammy mantra/doodle/tanod/shmee/temp late/soduku/zambrotta/tidus/na sim/wulan/alexM ect..

with his mutiple accounts giving bubbles to all his fellow droids, How can we Bots stop this unstoppable object!

[ThatCanadianGuy]

You banned to the open zone or something?

[Shadow Man]

Just because I said japanese bot, and proving ghost of sparta wrong

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but, whatever I don't feel like making another account

[LukaX23]

If there really is a PS3 Slim, Sony better add some more RAM to that puppy to make in-game XMB run smoothly.

[Fishy Fingers]

They'll never change internals to that extent mid way through a cycle. The in-game XMB just requires more OS refinement (they have a set memory budget). It'll happen. Just dropping all the features you cant access would probably help. Never understood why they show options you cant use without quiting the game anyway.

[kaveti6616]

They are not going to do that. The XMB problem, as you say, could probably be fixed by a minor patch. I don't own a PS3 console anyways, but here's hoping that the slim is as reliable as the original size. I get this feeling like it's going to have problems.

[StanLee]

There is no reason for a PlayStation 3 redesign so early in the console's life cycle except it's a means to cut costs. Consumers have already been confused by the number of different SKU's since the console's launch and what each offers at the price point over the next. Just the advertising and marketing reintroducing the redesigned console would not be cost effective.

[pwnsause]

1. they need to profit from the machine

2. They need Market share

[StanLee]

A redesign wouldn't be profitable. There is the cost of research and development, the advertising and marketing of the redesign console's launch and the already shipped SKUs setting on store shelves and warehouses. A price reduction would be more cost effective and sensible than a redesign.

[tdrules]

i one wrestled two gorillas with my nose.
im a trustworthy uk student
BELIEVE ME

[GameGambits]

120GB model though. I wonder if they won't cut price and instead release these 120GBs as a "hey look you are getting a lot more for your moneys worth."

I mean 399 for a 120GB, smaller, noiseless, heatless, gaming machine of win is a hella good deal. Whatever I have my PS3 and its just a matter of time till most others do.

The only question is when will you buy yours so you can start playing videogames again? I'm sure that 360 is getting a lot of play with all those new exclusives you've been getting. I'm sure your Wii is having a blast with all those zeldas, metroids, marios, etc.

Seriously I wonder to myself why I even bother with my other two consoles and just sell the Wii on Ebay. I'd keep my 360 still for my party chat purposes, but I'm guessing after E3 I'll laugh at my 360. :(

[kaveti6616]

The 360 will get plenty of play time, don't you worry. There might not be as many stellar exclusives, but there is going to be a few to make people happy. And maybe you, having bought a 360, should have some support for it, just a tad. Like how bout hoping E3 goes well for both consoles and the Wii as well.

[LukaX23]

I guess... Who knows? No one really expected a revamp of the PS3 this early, that is, if there even will be one this year...

[roflmuffins8]

I thought Sony already confirmed that the rumors of a PS3 Slim were false...

[Fishy Fingers]

I'm not suggesting it's real.

But if it were and you had it lined up as a big surprise for your E3 press conference would you admit the rumours/leaks where true? Of course not.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I'll buy 10 of them 'if' true!!! ;-D

[OmarJA]

Oh! oh! can i have one ?

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

1 for every PS3 Fan on this ;-D

+ Seems to soon for a Slim PS3??? Oh well, E3 soon ;-P

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

Its not Armageddon ! Its the PS3 slim(a.k.a fattish+flattish Ps3)

[heyheyhey]

Sev.. one question

they aren't going to discontinue the standard PS3 are they? they need to keep at least one sexy PS3 model around!

[Sev]

To be quite honest, I have no idea. But the logical thing to do for them would be to discontinue the model that costs more to produce. They are trying to lower the price and reduce costs, doesn't seem cost effective to have two assembly lines, for two different models cost production-wise.

[pwnsause]

sev, if you think about it, they usually phase out the previous models, just like the PS1, PS2, and of course the PSP which all had redesigns.

i think that the only machine that might not be phased out is the PSP-3000 just because of the UMD.

[agent864]

be able to get a "sexy" one at reduced price when the slim comes out.

[redsquad]

Ooh, I may have a 'collectable' soon then!!
Though I'm rather fond of my 'tubby' PS3 and would never part with it, a cheaper model would be cool for my bedroom.

[njmzhang]

It seems to be real...
Someone posted PS3 factory photos on a Chinese gaming forum. The factory looks like the place where the "PS3 Slim" picture was taken

[Rekkapryde]

that doesn't sound like confirmation, more like the salesperson was shocked himself to hear of a slim model

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

How many Usb ports?I mean. . .it has to have something better this the current sexy pleasing to look at model. But. . . .I'll ROFL if it turns out its got 120gig hdd cuz you cant upgrade it.thats what electronic companies do. . . .put in a big hdd. .if they know you either wont want/need a bigger one.

[Caffo01]

hmmm the page doesn't work...has it been shut down?if so it's REAL!
and it was from ign..
EDIT: sorry about that...now it works lol