In the lead up to E3, many rumours abounded regarding the future of the PlayStation 3 as a games platform. While the focus on hardware emerging from Sony's camps was squarely directed towards the PSP Go, rumours of a Slim PlayStation 3 circulated like wildfire before the event got under way.

In the fallout of E3, several sources indicate that a Slim PlayStation 3 does exist, and today, several news agencies report that the "PS3 Slim" is due to shortly enter production, with Sony signing a contract to this effect.

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Yawn.

What I'd really like to see is a GAME for the PS3. That's it, just one game.

anything smaller than their oversized, overpriced box is a good thing the question is what will they cheap out on to get it cheaper. No bluray? dodgier graphics?

The CPU and GPU used in a slim PlayStation 3 would likely be using a smaller manufacturing process. By cramming more chips on a single wafer at a fabrication level, the console should be cheaper to produce, require less cooling, and use less power. Those are the main bonuses, and feature wise, one would assume that the console would be fairly similar to the existing models.

Funny how obvious 360 fanboys make the first posts, best try to defend the 360 as much as possible ey, each to their own. Those "leaked" images of the PS3 slim look (imo) really crap, the design and general look just makes it look inferior to the original, I prefer the original design of the PS3 and don't think that it needs a redesign altogether maybe just a resizing for the new manufactured motherboards etc.

Specs should be the same however if Sony managed to improve with the new PS3 i'm sure that would stop alot of bickering over which next gen consoles graphics and processing power is better, considering the price of CPU's and GPU's now days it wouldn't/shouldn't be a possibility that would be scratched.

You could most probably easily updrade to this slim PS3 aswell without losing any money.

Just be like Harvey Norman put a bigger HDD in your PS3 but actually be a bit more generous and put a 500gb other then just a 250gb or what ever they put in, then charge $1000 for your PS3.

Harvey Norman got away with it, i'm sure anyone else could too.

Is this even newsworthy? This rumor has been floating around for ages without any official word from anyone. Until it is confirmed by someone it isn't news so why waste an article on it (if you can consider that an article).

http://games.on.net/pages.php?page=news_sub

Knock yourself out.

apart from all the multi-platform games that are also available on the 360 and PC? hmmm.. to name a few from the top of my head there's resistance 1/2, infamous, killzone 2, valkyria chronicles, motorstorm 1/2, uncharted (and soon the sequel), metal gear solid 4, little big planet, wipeout hd, folklore, heavenly sword, ratchet & clank.

Exactly.
There's more than plenty of good games out for it now.
When it first came out, yes there was a major shortage of good games.
But that dry spell has gone.

but does it have BC?


+1

was about to say the same thing, if anything it's the 360 that's having a dry spell

Lemme break it down for you:
resistance 1/2 killzone 2,uncharted (and soon the sequel),- FPS YAWN
heavenly sword,valkyria chronicles, infamous - got the demo, YAWNED
motorstorm 1/2, wipeout hd - played both, boring racing games YAWN
metal gear solid 4, ratchet & clank. -played them, mgs4 was ok.
little big planet - got it. there's only so much fun to be had jumping around in 2d. After a while, I YAWNED
folklore - havn't heard of this one. Maybe it is the elusive 'game' I'm looking for.


I'm not a 360 fanboy k, I'd poop on a MS fanboy. Anyone who thinks it's a better system then the PS3 is thick. Having said that, if someone gave me a X360 I'd play it.

I'm just mad coz the PS3 has potential, and instead, Sony is still clinging onto the PS2, and nobody is making good games for the PS3.

Thank god for the PC is all I can say.

Jeez you must be a hard one to please.

gotta say. i dont really feel the way you do about all this
first of all, let me say, I am, by no means, a ps3 fanboy. Having said that, here is my breakdown of that list
resistance 1/2 killzone 2,uncharted (and soon the sequel),- FPS on a console: well done, but nothing will beat mouse + keyboard on fps.
heavenly sword,valkyria chronicles, infamous - first two i havent touched, but infamous, i got the demo for and found it *may* have potential. after purchasing it, i found that they had put a massive ammount of effort into this game and i seriously enjoyed it.
motorstorm 1/2, wipeout hd - motorstorm is actually quite fun, with some good aspects. wipeout HD ive played for 15 mins, had some fun, havent gone back.
metal gear solid 4: i personally seriously enjoyed this game. I only purchased it about 2 months ago, and I played it with no limitations on time/effort and i looked forward to playing it every afternoon after work. I seriously cant see how someone wouldnt like this game. for me, it seemed to do everything that it sought out to do.

as for the rest, i havent tried. but im looking forward to playing them

Hopefully it will be as reliable as the existing one. Ihave a PS3 and a Wii and have had no problems with either of them. I also had a 360 but got rid of it after faulty hard drive, faulty steering wheel and Red Ring of Death. I kept my copies of all three Halos and Gears of War on the odd chance Microsft will eventually fix the thing and I buy another one.