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Slim PS3 on the way?

Posted on February 1st, 2008 at 20:29 EDT

T3.com has reported that they have received insider knowledge about a new, slim PS3 that may be in the works. Included in their report are some mock up images of what the system may look like.

According to the rumor, the new systems will be slimmer, as well as quite a bit lighter, which are the only two seemingly noticeable differences. System specs would remain the same, with the possibility of a larger hard drive. T3 believes that a 160GB model could very likely be the first slim-line PS3 to hit the market.

While all of this sounds exciting and possible, there has been no confirmation from Sony on any of these rumors, and are just that, rumors. As soon as we know, you'll know, so be sure to check back.

Also, for pictures of T3's mock up slim PS3 head H
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posted 8:32pm EST - February 1st, 2008
1

ya right

posted 8:37pm EST - February 1st, 2008
2

yea... maybe in 3 or 4 years.

posted 8:43pm EST - February 1st, 2008
3

Yup I doubt it

posted 8:44pm EST - February 1st, 2008
4

if it does come out they will be selling it at the ps2 price when it was at launch but, probably a little more. isn't it lame that we're relying on stupid info like this just to give us something to do? i've noticed there has been no game information on attack of the show or x-play.

posted 8:49pm EST - February 1st, 2008
5

160 gb slim line.... 40 gb fat line.... yup makes sence lol i love irony... almost as much as i love cupchicks.com <<<< *chants* DOOO IT ...DOOO IT... DOOO IT!!!

posted 8:59pm EST - February 1st, 2008
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well if this was to happen there would need to b a huge power brick like the xbox 360 and seriously tht was a bad thing about the 360! plus the way tht mock was drawing u couldnt fit a fan in there with a hard drive nevermind motherboard with sticks of ram this is a complete and waste of time!!! and ppl will hear this n freak out coz theve j spend over £400 on this console to find out there realesin a slimmer model. plud id expect this from M$ NOT SONY SO PLZZZZZ sony dnt turn on us over this stupid mock!!!

posted 9:02pm EST - February 1st, 2008
7

I must say this PS3 is very sexy indeed, even though how much i despise this thought of the slim ps3.

posted 9:07pm EST - February 1st, 2008
8

psn id: gingo... slim ps3 looks good but i dont think we will see this for 3 or 4 years

posted 9:08pm EST - February 1st, 2008
9
wow... judging from the totally fake news and pictures, i would have to say that yeah, there doesn't seem to be ANY room at all in the ps3 for anything and it would probably make it more flimsy?? anyways, if they do come out with this, 160gb and a ds3 i will be soo frikin pissed... :(
posted 9:29pm EST - February 1st, 2008
10

It looks like a really tall Wii...

posted 9:52pm EST - February 1st, 2008
11

Yeah, and I'm Santa Claus. Like Encryptioncsta, there is no room for to fit everything thing that the current PS3 has (fan, motherboard with ran sticks, etc). What a waste of 20 seconds of my life that was reading the article and looking at the pictures...

posted 10:07pm EST - February 1st, 2008
12

heck i'd buy one!

@alielle - hay is that machall?

www.machall.com

posted 10:21pm EST - February 1st, 2008
13

Thats going to be  late in its life cycle, took ages for the PS2 to have the slimline version let alone the different colors that were hard to get.

posted 10:25pm EST - February 1st, 2008
14

that looks retarded. i like the PS3 how it is. big, heavy, and powerful.

posted 10:33pm EST - February 1st, 2008
15
too soon
posted 10:36pm EST - February 1st, 2008
16

That mock up is horrible. Looks like an anorexic PS3 mixed with a cut-by-half Wii.

posted 11:12pm EST - February 1st, 2008
17
they won't make a slim until the PS2 is dead and the PS4 made
posted 11:49pm EST - February 1st, 2008
18
lol a slim ps3 thats like trying to make a fat kid squeeze into a shirt two sizes to small, not goin to happen anytime soon, besides bigger is better!
posted 11:57pm EST - February 1st, 2008
19

i would buy that shiznaay

posted 1:26am EST - February 2nd, 2008
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>>well if this was to happen there would need to b a huge power brick like the     >>xbox 360 and seriously tht was a bad thing about the 360!

No, the fact of having the power brick wasn't the problem. It was the fact it was HUGE and overheated, burning peoples carpets and crap.

I think it's interesting but I think it's too early for the Slim to be released.  Sony still  needs to make a slim (laptop sized) blu-ray drive, and a few other things need to be addressed before they can slim the console down. But it's completely reasonable for them to slim it down. Though I don't think it would look like that. It's too Wii like, and the CD Slot is in a weird position.

posted 2:22am EST - February 2nd, 2008
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i hope it doesn't show up too early or ever besides i like the original PS3 . the slim one will be just to squeeze everything into a slim pack of tiolet paper. 

posted 4:11am EST - February 2nd, 2008
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Hey...you never know...but why would they do that? I dont mind the slim idea...but putting a bigger hard drive this early on is kind of a bad idea...when you can keep the 80 gig with the newers chips and all and have a cheaper system at 450 or even 400 dollars. The Main thing Sony needs to focus on right now is moving their systems at a lower price point and not worrying too far off into the future. Besides we all can just swap out the hard drives anyways.

posted 5:17am EST - February 2nd, 2008
23

LOL somone just lopped off the top of a ps3 and stuck it to a wii.

posted 5:50am EST - February 2nd, 2008
24

Hmm. The PS2 slim was ugly as * so I doubt the ps3 slim will look any nicer

posted 6:43am EST - February 2nd, 2008
25

My god please dont make that Sony, it looks like the front of the PS3 stuck on the Wii. It looks horrible...so Sony whatever you do DONT MAKE THAT THING!!!

posted 8:05am EST - February 2nd, 2008
26

nothing like this will surface for at least 5 years. It will be the cheaper to manufacture and distribute solution for people who dont already have a PS3, just like what happened with the PS2, a revamp to boost interest. funny, it looks pretty feasable mind some exceptions.

posted 9:56am EST - February 2nd, 2008
27

doubt it

posted 10:14am EST - February 2nd, 2008
28
The pictures R pathetic. But as much as I'd hate to say it I believe it. Yeah it took the PS2 Forever but 1 : the PS1 had a makeover at the same time and 2 : There is smaller sticks of ram (stuff hidden from the ppl) and they did just dnwnsize the blu-ray lazer. and they can move stuff around. Teck is getting smaller faster than the PS2 age
posted 10:19am EST - February 2nd, 2008
29

If rumor were airplanes, this place would an Airport. If its true we wont see it for awile. It looks like a realy tall wii like alielle3 said.

posted 10:28am EST - February 2nd, 2008
30

It really does look like a Wii but with a PS3 faceplate. Doesnt look too bad, but I like the way the monster looks right now.

posted 10:34am EST - February 2nd, 2008
31
Oh yes. It would also be nice if someone hunt down the [idiot) who PHOTOSHOPED those pics and photoshop them to somthing else! @Xdeth..... Does't it make sence that Sony would make it slim NOW. seriously as many SKUs that have come out already!
posted 11:58am EST - February 2nd, 2008
32

Doubt it.

posted 12:35pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
33

BS. It took 6 or 7 years for sony to figure out a way to make the slim ps2. One year isnt long enough to figure it out yet. Maybe in a couple of years..

posted 12:51pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
34

why even bother to post this , romours who cares , and the pictures are computermade (prety bad to)

posted 3:07pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
35

@D3seeker

No it doesnt make since. PS3 just came out a late 2006. We probally wont see redesign untill, 2010. Trust me, Sony has enough SKU's out there.

posted 5:46pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
36

dont think so !!! retard

posted 6:21pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
37

Possible 120GB-160GB model to replace the 80GB; now a possible slim model on the way?  MAN ALIVE what are Sony doing?  They've gone through four models now, possibly a fifth on the way....  It's a mess!

posted 9:27pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
38

Slim model playstations start in the design phase very easrly, It's not like they say one week they're going to make a slim system and then release it. the slim PSP was in development for atleast 2 years before it actually came out. That they're working on it means nothing more than that they system's development continues as other before it have. I look forward to the new design... probably sometime in 2010.

posted 10:56pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
39

This is pathetic... baseless speculation? Fake product mock-ups? These guys are fawing like Apple fanatics and that's not a compliment.

posted 11:46pm EST - February 2nd, 2008
40

yeah , looks ugly

posted 2:38am EST - February 3rd, 2008
41

Who cares about the size.  As long as it looks good.

posted 8:51am EST - February 3rd, 2008
42

I wouldn't want a slim PS3. I never got a redesigned (white) PSOne, or a slim PS2. I like the way the PS3 looks now anyway.

posted 9:13am EST - February 3rd, 2008
43

Alright... first off, I dun see any USB ports, appearantly the multi-card reads are a no go, the touch sensitive buttons are gone, no HD bay and not to mention that it looks like a Wii with the top of the PS3 slapped on it.

posted 11:21am EST - February 3rd, 2008
44

who cares, who needs a slim ps3 the only difference in all of the ps3s is the hard disk drive and how much space it has  example............20 GB 60 GB 120 GB 160GB

well there r a few more differences between them all but  i guess it depend on how much u download offline like me iv only got 2 demos on my ps3 and iv got a 60 gig and ive got a lot of space left over.  whenever i need it for ill just go and buy and extra hdd  if i have 2    no but i dont think ill have to for quite some time if i ever have 2  i would have gotten one with more space but i got one when they first come out  well actually to be honest it was like 5 or 6 months after they came out cause there were not any stors that had them

posted 2:30pm EDT - July 2nd, 2008
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To make this possible sony will have to redesign the motherboard to consume electricity the cell processors will need a shrink from 65mn to 45nm to reduce heat, size and electricity consumption same goues for the RSX from 90nm to 45nm. so sony can shrink the built in power supply unit but a concequence of that it will lose power and efficiency also they will need to redesign the cooling system and shrink the bluray drive.
But sony won't be doing this anytime soon maybe when it starts to get a bit old 3-4 years

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