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Slim PS3 ...good fake or...
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Graphics Horse
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As someone said on the eu playstation forum, if it's a cheap fake, there will be thousands of them on sale anytime now.
Cowie said:
if Sony want people to buy some SCE games ( yeah right Sony sell games too ) instead of just thinking about the hardware .
at first it should be PS3Slim @ $400 with no games , PS3 Phat will go at $300 / $340 with two games till it gone , then ( next year or this holiday season ) PS3 Slim go for $300 .
also Pink, white , Purple PS3 slim for Japan ASAP
Very..weird.
Dude should have asked for a demo from the manager just to see if it's real or not.
Very very weird that it would show up like that though..if there are actually slims out there available for purchase and if it is actually real, then one would expect it to be all over ebay/the-net pretty soon.
Dude should have asked for a demo from the manager just to see if it's real or not.
Very very weird that it would show up like that though..if there are actually slims out there available for purchase and if it is actually real, then one would expect it to be all over ebay/the-net pretty soon.
Valkyr Junkie
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Machado said:
Same place it is on the phat
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=16635036&postcount=2247
Paracelsus
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MassiveAttack said:
Confirmed (?)
MightyHedgehog
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This is way too shaky-cam bullshitty for its own good, guys. Someone is apparently trying to capitalize on the internet's obsession with the rumor.
Phantast2k
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Why are people laughing at the Philippines as the origin for this leak?
Filipinos are very often being employed as sailors on international commercial ships.
So while transporting them to EU/US/Japan some of the slims might have "fallen overboard" to emerge at a market in Manila.
Filipinos are very often being employed as sailors on international commercial ships.
So while transporting them to EU/US/Japan some of the slims might have "fallen overboard" to emerge at a market in Manila.
MassiveAttack
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Paracelsus said:
Interesting theory...
Paracelsus said:
He doesn't say he saw it to any degree in advance of when it was generally on the market in other countries..
There's 3 possibiltiies as far as I can see:
1) It's a knock-off, and this shop stocks and sells fakes, and it's finally getting out 'there'
2) It's real and a unit or two went astray and ended up in this store
3) Someone faked a fake to give the rumour more steam
I don't think it's 3... clearly it's the same machine as in the first photos. It doesn't look like a 'faked' version of that. The proportions, the materials etc. all look right. That leaves 1 and 2.. if it is a 'chintendo vii' style knock-off, its the first I've known of such knockoffs to use actual branding and to market the same features etc., rather than phony-ing it up. Doesn't mean it's not a knock-off, but it'd be a new level of gall as far as I know.
H_Prestige
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Teetris said:Matte black? Goddamnit Sony, I didn't want to buy another PS3, it looks pretty great too in those real life pics.
edit, so this would probably have an external brick PSU?
Nobody knows, but none of the leaks have shown evidence of any external power brick. There was even some poster earlier in this thread who was arguing that an internalized power supply is actually more efficient so who knows.
Totobeni said:
You, sir, are misinformed. Actually, the PS3 is doing very well over here. And the KZ2 leak was simply because the guys at Sony here thought: "Fuck it. We have it, we sell it". Let me tell you something, if there's one thing related to games I like about this region. It's that retailers don't give a shit about release dates :lol
Valkyr Junkie
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Teetris said:Matte black? Goddamnit Sony, I didn't want to buy another PS3, it looks pretty great too in those real life pics.
edit, so this would probably have an external brick PSU?
From the leaked pics the AC opening in the rear of the chassis is still pretty large; larger than just about any device with an external PSU. Also, someone claiming to be an insider said that the PSU is still internal.
i think it looks incredibly slick. the design feels modest, but remains its rigid reliable feel. I think it looks great and i'd consider getting one as i find the current ps3 design a bit too loud for my current interior.
I'm also fairly convinced its real. Its designed too well to be a cheap sweatshop fake console.
I'm also fairly convinced its real. Its designed too well to be a cheap sweatshop fake console.
gofreak said:He doesn't say he saw it to any degree in advance of when it was generally on the market in other countries..
There's 3 possibiltiies as far as I can see:
1) It's a knock-off, and this shop stocks and sells fakes, and it's finally getting out 'there'
2) It's real and a unit or two went astray and ended up in this store
3) Someone faked a fake to give the rumour more steam
I don't think it's 3... clearly it's the same machine as in the first photos. It doesn't look like a 'faked' version of that. The proportions, the materials etc. all look right. That leaves 1 and 2.. if it is a 'chintendo vii' style knock-off, its the first I've known of such knockoffs to use actual branding and to market the same features etc., rather than phony-ing it up. Doesn't mean it's not a knock-off, but it'd be a new level of gall as far as I know.
I'm guessing it's number 2.
UntoldDreams
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If we had to guess what could be cut to cheapen a PS3 as much as possible without losing base functionality?
*) HDMI output only (losing the ps2 connector)
*) Optical audio probably has to stay
*) Wifi gone
*) cheapest hard disc possible (20 gig?)
*) external power supply (no more integrated universal power supply like we have now)
*) Overall cheapening of electronic components inside
This would be the low cost slim machine.
They would then still be able to have that fatty high end machine with all the features integrated. Heck I think they should put hardware BC back into the high end machine honestly.
*) HDMI output only (losing the ps2 connector)
*) Optical audio probably has to stay
*) Wifi gone
*) cheapest hard disc possible (20 gig?)
*) external power supply (no more integrated universal power supply like we have now)
*) Overall cheapening of electronic components inside
This would be the low cost slim machine.
They would then still be able to have that fatty high end machine with all the features integrated. Heck I think they should put hardware BC back into the high end machine honestly.
H_Prestige
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I'm starting to warm up to the design myself. It looks a lot slimmer than a I thought, slimmer than the fat ps2, and I like that Sony has gone back to the all black look, like the ps2 and 20gb ps3. The 20gb looked so sleek and menacing, pity it didn't have wifi.
I still think a colored ps logo would look nicer, though. And the matte finish is kind of weird considering the disc loading area is all gloss. Makes the unit look sort of unfinished.
I still think a colored ps logo would look nicer, though. And the matte finish is kind of weird considering the disc loading area is all gloss. Makes the unit look sort of unfinished.
UntoldDreams said:
IF this is real, which may be an increasingly big IF (I really don't know any more :lol ), the photos indicate that all those things, at least, are in and indicate a 120GB hdd. The first photos from the back showed the same openings for the outputs as the current ps3, and the front seemed to have two led 'flashing' lights (one for hdd, one for wifi..the current 20GB only has one for the hdd).
JoJo13 said:
agreed. very well done redesign and once more, this look too sophisticated, too professional to be a sweatshop design. Besides, i really don't think the counterfeit industry would be so up-to-date on rumoured redesigns, let alone have the means to jump in and ship out said counterfeit to entice the early buyers.
donkey show
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I have cousins who live near Greenhills where that video was supposedly taken. I'll ask them to go check it out.BeeDog said:
Also, the old rumour that mentioned the front button change also mentioned it's still an internal PSU, which would be impressive. With the reduction in power usage and cooling due to the smaller Cell/RSX chips, the PSU wouldn't need to be as large as it has been previously.UntoldDreams said:
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
unlikely. all modern consumer electronics are designed to have the cheapest components allowing them to meet their operational specs.UntoldDreams said:
things sometimes go south in later revisions for one main reason: ramping up of production. that can bring mechanical parts issues (much more difficult to verify than electronic circuits) and trivial QC slip-ups.
now, i don't think sony plan to massively ramp up their production cappacity. the cheapening of compoents can only come from technology advancements.
Valkyr Junkie
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blu said:
The current model of the PS2 has over 80% less components inside than the launch PS2. He's not talking about getting better bulk discounts.
Valkyr Junkie
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blu said:
Cutting stuff = Less capacitors, less power modules, less transistors, less solder, less silicon components. That is what happens when technology iterates.
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