The New PlayStation 3: CECHG01 Model - A Few Unforementioned Details

Anyone who's seen SponG's report about the new PS3 model should already have been expecting all of this.

But after reading the report a few days ago, Rumor Reporter Bruce has more details to report on the new PlayStation 3, as he has obtained an un-edited copy of the initial FCC report. Here are the things to note that's not in the previous reports on this topic:

1.) The new PS3 model uses less power than the other models. This one uses 3A (Power Measurement), while the older version use 3.3A and 3.2A respectively.

2.) The new PS3 will include a brand-new controller, most likely the recently announced Dual-Shock 3 (this is proven in the document)

3.) The new PS3's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth hardware has seen a significant upgrade, possibly allowing for longer distances and even faster connections.

4.) He has heard dripplings of a 65nm chipset coming soon. Could this model be the very first in the line of quieter, less-power consuming PS3 models?

All of the images have been attached below. But let's get to the point. Will there be a 40GB PS3 for $399? Maybe. Will there be a new PS3 announced in the next two weeks? Count on it.

[Omegasyde]

what about other features?

Backward compatibility?

Media Card inputs all still there?

SpiderMan 3 on Blu-ray? ;)

If sony is losing money with every ps3 sold...

"something else has to give" .

[secret]

The line has been drawn. Everything to the left is the xbox360 and muliports developed with the xbox360 in mind. Everything to the right is the PS3 from now on...Look at this link, please.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=...

If your xbox360 lemon is overheating and blowing smoke under the hood and is slow and blocking traffic graphically on the FREEWAY, I suggest you get out of the fast lane and join the Nintendo Wii in the slow lane or the middle lane.

PS3 black Lamborghinnis will blast through the fast lane at 800mph to 900mph, but your hunk of junk 60mph lemon is blocking the way and slowing everyone down, causing a major traffic jam.

We're all late for work now and honking at you, even the Wii owners because of the massive traffic jam, so get your 60mph-70mph maximum speed hunk of junk off the freeway and get onto the middle or slow lane with the Nintendo Wii.

PS3's got work to do. Stay where you belong and stop acting like your hunk of junk is a badass, because it's not.

One example of this generations traffic jam caused by xbox360 is GRAW2. Look at how short that game is due to the enhanced graphical features that the developers tried to incorporate with the xbox360 limitations in mind, trying to work "around" the consoles limitations. Look at the mediocre to slightly above average graphics and animation on that game. Developers want to make these multiport games with the xbox360's limitations in mind because the xbox has a potentially larger consumer base of gullible gamers easily fooled with smoke & mirrors (Microsoft knows that their consoles are defective but are still shipping them out today -- because they love you and your family...abra ca dabra, hokus pokus).

Because of this, I have to play GRAW2 with graphics and gameplay lengths not like Resistance or Motostorm or Grand Turismo 5, but with the handicap of the xboxw360 insisting on blocking everyone who didn't wake up 5:00 AM in the morning to get to the freeway first. Hunk of junk. Get off the freeway...!!! You're slowing everyone down this generation...!!!

Another example is Ninja Gaiden 2. It could've had Killzone 2 or Heavenly Sword graphics and audio and lengthy Resistance gameplay. EGM will hype the graphics to help keep its favored console alive, but Ninja Gaiden 2 is the third, fourth generation title made by the 10 to 20 year xbox experienced war veteran Itagaki himself with full resources and looks no better than a first gen title Ninja Gaiden Sigma made by inexperienced kids with limited resources who's working on the Playstation 3 for the first time. And Sigma is a remake PORT, even. ALL GAMERS suffer from mediocre graphics because Microsoft inisists that the game goes on xbox360. Why even bother porting this game to the PS3 even if it will look identical to the xbox360 version. NG2 is still running only 60mph because of the xbox360 limitations? It will never look like anything from Sony first party developers or Insomniac.

READ THIS PORTION:
MGS4 should been a fantastic game graphically. But now Microsft is trying to get it to go multiport. Oh brother. Everyone, thank Microsoft for lowering graphical standards again by demanding that the game should run on the slow ass 60mph - 70mph car. Now everyone has to slow down for the xbox360 ---> AGAIN.

This generation's graphics is being capped off by Microsoft. Look at Halo 3, Ninja Gaiden 2, and Mass Effect. Capped off there as long as developers want to continue to dine / devour the tasty and gullible xbox fanbase. Only Sony's first party and Insomniac can show a glimpse of what this generation is all about. They're barely revving up their engines...barely warming up...and you can already sense the power under the hood...

REALLY REALLY READ THIS PORTION, IT'S THAT GOOD::::
The xbox360 and its games are supported and sustained by oxygen machines and automatic intravenous food machines in the hospital. These life sustaining machines in the business world are called ---> HYPE AND FAKE REVIEWS AND BRIBES. (HALO 3 and PRG4 perfect 10 in graphics LOL ---> LOL ---> LOL ---->>>>> LOL ----->>>>>>& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; gt;>> LOL LOL)

I have eyes, too.

Any console or game that survives by these life sustaining machines has got to be in trouble. Would a healthy and active console or game require phoney-rigged-fake reviews, hype, and bribes? HOT AIR AND SELF-STEAM.

Disagree? Report me to get me banned again?

ON GEARS AND BIOSHOCK:
By the way, shine a light on Gears of War and Bioshock and all other DARK AND GRITTY first shooters on the the xbox360, and you'll see Halo 3. Turn off the light, and you'll see Gears and Bioshock again. Ugly girls want to turn the lights off and they put on lots and lots of makeup. Good looking girls wouldn't mind you seeing them in broad daylight or without makeup.

Oh yeah, my PS3 with a personal computer version of Halo or Gears or Bioshock (I won't buy it on my PC though) is also an xbox360. Go figure. At about the same price as the the xbox360, I got a PS3, PS2, PS1, PSN, SACD player, linux computer, excellent DVD player, excellent Bluray player, and now I just learned that it comes with a free XBOX360, too.

But without the red ring of death or the internet fees.

The PS3 really does everything. Heck, maybe it's a free Wii too someday.

FIGHT NIGHT: PS3 BRINGS THE FIGHT TO THE XBOX360
Since the xbox360 won't raise its price to match the PS3's price point, the PS3 will bring the fight to the xbox360 and settle this once and for all by lowering its own price tag to $399. Get Ready, xbox360. HYPE and self-steam will sustain your life for only so long. Prepare to rumble for your life.

[Odion]

ROFL

your telling me the system that is going to cost 100 dollars less is going to have

1. A controller that doesn't come out till next year
2. Better Wifi, and blue tooth
3. AND a new chip!

ya ok

[mentalboy11]

seems more like updated hardware rather than extra hardware when comparing the 40 to 80. like the new PSP2K, the only thing thats really new is the video output, everything else was mostly an upgrade/downgrade.

[Omegasyde]

..don't forget it comes pre-loaded with Final Fantasy VII....

(I might as well as add on to the rumor)

[Kleptic]

Odion...65nm chips are cheaper to manufacture (just harder to tool for manufacturing wise)...producing PS3's with 65nm chips will cost Sony less than the current size...Just like the 360 "falcon" or w/e you people call it...

its not an upgrade that would cost consumers more...

[FF7numba1]

it would sell if it was true. and it would make the haze commercial true.

[SmokeyMcBear]

i guess you are used to microsoft's way of doing business.. you know, there are other companies that actually give you more for less.. you know, the way sony offered the 60GB for the same price as the old 20GB, then offered the 80 GB with a game for the same price as the 60GB.. prices don't always have to go up

[SonySoldiers]

This kind of news are needed to overshadow the XCOW momentum. Yes the 65nm models are up and it draw less power!

Buy it for holidays shopping! The more the merrier. :)

Let's finish the XCOW 360 a cowboys technology that breaks.

[Cartesian3D]

it will be stupid for putting a 40 GB HDD in it... because 40GB HDD 's production costs is exactly same as 60 and 80 now days.. may be 1 or 2 bucks difference..

so they must be stupid for not using bigger storage for same price..

I think they will cut 60GB and 80 GB price to 399 and 499.. and then sell this one with motorstorm or sth else in 599..

may be 120 or 160 GB HDD ,65 nm chips.. Dual shock 3 and a game for 599 would be amazing deal..

and 80 GB for 499 with 2 games ... is amazing too ..

just remember Kaz hirai Words.. they wont cut prices to 399 .. they will make starter packs with more stuff in same price..

[whitesky]

wow everyone is entitled to your own opinions and speculations but you are as far out there as you can get. It has already been confirmed to have a 40 Gb HDD and also many sources mention it has no backward compatibility and only 2 USB ports, along with none of the fancy variety of memory card slots and etc. SO - You lose HDD space, peripheral variety, and USB's, for paying less, but as with all new hardware..lower or higher price it doesnt matter..its gonna have upgraded components as they are always getting better as time goes on. Idc if sony released a $99.99 PS3-Junior in a year it would still have better upgraded components cuz that is where the technology is at that time, simply

[cheatmaster28]

If this doent get to the top 3 im declraing this place xbot controlled!

[Sovannah Phum]

ps3slim?

[SL1M DADDY]

But it yet is said to describe this as a completely new sku. It may be perhaps the 40gb sku but we shall see. It is however, cool news for the next set of owners as they will be getting a few new upgrades. I do wish they were able to include the EE chip but that is what people get for being lat adapters. Glad I got one in my PS3! ;-)

[sfinXters]

Can I download the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth update from PSN?
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[Proxy]

I know, this real time control were using just wont keep up once they increase the speed. I mean how can I compete against someone who's altering the past their controler is so fast? (OMG it rymes!)
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[Xwow]

company,their marketing skills is the best and for all ps3 fans who were sad from the tgs except sony to surprise us next weeks =D
PLAY B3YOND

[whitesky]

This is all really cool news and all, yea it's a big thing that prolly everyone was looking forward to seeing - a price cut. BUT...I am looking a little deeper than this: Don't you get the feeling SONY is gonna surprise us with an exclusive game being moved up, or HOME, or something big like that? My reason being SONY unbelievably admitted in an interview that which many consumers have been pointing out - what good is a price cut with no software to back it up? They said the reason they mentioned at TGS no price cut for these holidays is that a price cut alone wont drive sales..they need AA/AAA exclusive games coming out WITH ther price cut, which is why they said they waiting till next year. Admitting that planning flat out, don't you think they might be planning a little surprise with one of their games?

$399.99 PS3 before 07 Holidays is for sure.
But...
Could we possibly see $399 with surprise release of HOME?
Possibly MGS4 will be announced in time for xmas? Theres been rumors.
Something big with FF?
A PS3 gamercard system, which HAS ACTUALLY been found in a UT3 demo, much to the dismay of the UT3 devs "Oh...you shouldnt have seen that.."

I think something else is coming too...your thoughts?

I just think it's highly unusual that one day they say to the public they won't go cheap with their PS3 unless they have powerhouse software, then mere weeks later they do it...strange

[SacredENA]

Hey Mart, how many original Xbox games can you play on your 360?

[Death]

Here's the lisat if you want to know. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/g...

Sony started out with "full" compatability before the switch to emulation. The list shrank quite a bit with thar move, but may increase over time and hopefully with a graphical update like the Xbox 360 does. I'm not sure how you can remove backwards compatability from the new PS3 sku since it is done through emulation. Yanking the extra memory ports which are probably never used anyway is a great move if it reduces the price of the console and as long as Sony has a wi-fi accessory solution they should yank that too. A $399 or even $449 PS3 is desperately needed at this time.

-Death

[kspraydad]

That model number is the controller number or the Japanese unit (?!) sold since day one. BTW.

[Xwow]

i think the surprise will be:
1- the new sku.
2- the new games from ICO,SOE,eat sleep and play studios.
3- the rumored frameware update(i hope).
4- maybe HOME and Dual shock3 coming this fall(i hope).
5- the new FFVII.
6- they will show us FFXIII,FFversusXIII trailers
7- maybe they will show us GOW3.

and about the price cut i think it,s coming when the new sku released,
and kaz harai was pointing that the price cut must be combined with AAA games,you see in japan the new psp model was released along with FFVII crisis core and look the sales for the system spiked outselling even the DS by a huge margin.(don,t forget that in the next weeks psp will get another AAA games like FFtactics,castlevania so it,s all about timing).

PSP : about 265k
Wii : about 27k
DSL : about 65k
PS3 : about 10~11k
360 : under 2k

the point is sony know exactly the perfect time to cut the price and introduce and new sku.
they are incredibley smart.

edit:A PS3 gamercard system,can you please tell me what is that??

[kspraydad]

At Wow2007

For gamercard see here: http://www.joystiq.com/2007...

This won't be it though as it seems to be a feature of HOME not the XMB

[Xwow]

and i liked when Mark Rein said:"Oops, you shouldn't have seen that." =D
sony have many secrets in their bag(pocket is so small for the amount of their hidden secrets)=D

[socomnick]

Another sku I remember the xbox 360 getting crap for having a couple of sku's but now sony has the same if not more skus.

[jlytle1234]

first off..why do you have socom in your name and yet you rag on the ps3. second ms has twice as many skus as sony, and the major point of discussion on that is the selling of a hddless console. it lowered the standards that devs had to work with. they had to risk selling a game that requires an hdd and have a part of the xbox population not buy it because they are illequipped. or sell a game that doesnt need hdd but takes a lifetime to load and limits space on the disk.

[jlytle1234]

at this point i am actually ok with removing backwards compatiablity if it means lowering the price and selling more consoles. the odds are if you are looking to play ps2 games on your ps3, you already have a ps2. and if your ps2 is modded to play "back-ups" and you sold all your games to gamestop to buy ps3 games...well you get the idea. anyways, as more great ps3 games come out, who has time for ps2 games?
also a 40gb harddrive is not bad either. if you really want a ton of room go buy another hdd. but 40gb will get it done for the average gamer. and again, if they negotiated a super low price for 40gb hdd and that lowers cost and makes sales go up..go for it. just lower the price already and sell some consoles.

[EZCheez]

I didn't buy my PS3 to play PS2 games. I always considered it a luxury, not a requirement.

[S1D3 EFFEC7]

... and any of the 3 PowerBased PC cores on the 360 are practically identical (expect that all 3 of the 360s use Vector 5 instead of the old Vector 4 the PS3s main core uses) I am not surprised to hear this 65nm chipset news.

Edit: Who the hell disagrees over something that is a fact? Look at both systems specs and you will see I am not lying about the vectors or the architecture.

[EZCheez]

I will be so disappointed. I want to get another one but I'm waiting for this news so I don't jump the gun.

[Lord Anubis]

The new model will have two USB slots, one HDMI one AV one LAN and power cord 120 volts 60Hz.

and the new controller model number the PS3 will be compatible with is:

CECHZCIJ

[jlytle1234]

ive never actutally used more than two at a time (usb charger and wifi keyboard). so i dont see this as being a big deal either.

[Cat]

not sure about some of the detractors above, this is typical of a hardware upgrade, and if manufacturing costs have gone down (as is also typical at this stage) a price drop wouldn't be improbable.

[Pika-pie]

Looks like Sony has successfully managed to revaluate its cost model. And the savings are going to be passed onto the consumer.. Good stuff!

There are too many rumors and reports going round for this to be false. Its no longer a question of 'If' but 'How soon'.

I think 40GB will be the only real difference on the PS3. There are so many ways to reduce costs without cutting corners, like sourcing components from other suppliers, negotiating cheaper assembly costs from different factories etc. Plus they may be prepared to take a few extra $ from their own margin to encourage sales.

[Salvadore]

Rumble bundled inside, this is fricking awsome.

[kspraydad]

It is NOT (for the hundredth time) a NEW controller. The model used in the tests is the EXISTING JAPANESE model.

[Quisp]

I would personally like to see the addition of true upscaler hardware, for all the non 720p HDTV owners.

[skynidas]

this will skyrocket the ps3 sales

[supnub5]

40 gig makes no sense since it isn't much of a difference bettween 60 gig in money, the only difference i think that they'll lower 499 to 399 and will make 80 gig a 500bucks and the other consoles with all upgrades dualshock 3 ratchet and clank, spiderman3 and for 599

[DiGiTaL Ki11eR]

@ secret shut your mouth and save that crap for the novel you shouldn't be writing.

[timmyp53]

slimmer?

[MANTIIS]

It was good news to hear the rumor of the 40GB model, but now with the empirical information and pics there is no doubt that its coming. The strategies Kaz was mentioning at TGS made the 40GB being a reality a little obvious anyway. I look at this news, along with the multi billion dollar profit Sony will be making on their IPO sales (and rechanneling a chunk of back into their games division)to translate into a holiday season that Sony is fighting to win. This is like a clean slate, and Sony knows what to do right this time, the price of PS3 technology coming down a bit helps, as well (albeit Blu-Ray). It is interesting to see the way Sony is setting the pieces in order for their strategy...the stock sales, the financial fortification of the games division, the eventual 40GB PS3, the pursuit of PS3 centric developers that can create exclusive AAA content (with Evolution leading the charge), and who can forget the '08 lineup. Whew...with all of these things coming together seemingly one after the other, I think its fair to say that they are supporting the PS3 to win this console war. Personally, after all of these things come to fruition and the the upcoming AAA titles arrive, I don't see how they can lose.