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 HERE

ya right
yea... maybe in 3 or 4 years.
Yup I doubt it
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.
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!!!
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!!!
I must say this PS3 is very sexy indeed, even though how much i despise this thought of the slim ps3.
psn id: gingo... slim ps3 looks good but i dont think we will see this for 3 or 4 years
It looks like a really tall Wii...
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...
heck i'd buy one!
@alielle - hay is that machall?
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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.
that looks retarded. i like the PS3 how it is. big, heavy, and powerful.
That mock up is horrible. Looks like an anorexic PS3 mixed with a cut-by-half Wii.
i would buy that shiznaay
>>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.
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.
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.
LOL somone just lopped off the top of a ps3 and stuck it to a wii.
Hmm. The PS2 slim was ugly as * so I doubt the ps3 slim will look any nicer
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!!!
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.
doubt it
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.
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.
Doubt it.
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..
why even bother to post this , romours who cares , and the pictures are computermade (prety bad to)
@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.
dont think so !!! retard
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!
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.
This is pathetic... baseless speculation? Fake product mock-ups? These guys are fawing like Apple fanatics and that's not a compliment.
yeah , looks ugly
Who cares about the size. As long as it looks good.
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.
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.
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
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