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Slim PS3 ...good fake or...
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DenogginizerOS
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One other thought I had. If the PSP is in fact getting redesigned, and it has a touch-screen, it could possibly act as a touch input device for a PS3 that would allow a person to access music, movies, games, messaging; etc just like an iPod Touch.
west said:I think its the opening where the hand is. Underneath the disk bay. Or is that something else? Looks SATA sized to me.
Exposed at the front? Although I'm not sure what else that could be. But it seems a bit strange if that's the front of the machine, to have the SATA opening there.
I guess better to have it there than not to have it exposed, though.
Like someone said, I think they'll go Apple and go for having a better looking, slicker machine, and enclose the HDD... It'd make people angry, but the people who'd really care are people who already own the system anyway (Since upgrading to a slim would be a pain, if you had tons of video content from the PS Store.
mr_mcgregors
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Totally. Similarly, the last few Apple hardware updates have first leaked from the export processing zones in China - by and large they've been accurate too.DenogginizerOS said:
Quietly optimistic about this!
mr_mcgregors
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USBs at the back would be so much handier for PlayTV...gofreak said:
pseudocaesar
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Definitely the front. I guess they just had to shuffle the insides for a jigsaw fit.panda21 said:
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ill buy this day 1
DenogginizerOS
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I hate to say it but I think this almost assuredly will keep the price at $400. I am guessing they will sell the old models that are on the market off at a reduced price and will emphasize that this new model has a 120GB HDD, all the features of the PS3 60GB (including PS2 BC), and new connectivity options to the new PSP (a hunch), thus rationalizing the price staying the same. This again follows the trend with Apple and their new product releases and will also keep the Sony books a little further away from financial collapse.
gofreak said:
The final model will propably have some plastic cap over that opening like the memory stick readers, hiding it and giving it the propped form factor. It propably clips onto the smaller hole. You do not have to look at a big opening there
We have seen 2 peaces of maybe 30 parts that goes into this.
Edit: The Disk slot might even be in some part we have not seen yet, like the middle part.
DenogginizerOS said:
More likely they'll drop the price on the old models, or they'll throw in a bunch of goodies with the old models and the slim will sit at the upper price tag. Once the old models are gone, and just in time for christmas you'll see a cheaper slim appear.
It's a repeat of the way they introduced the 40 & 80Gb models in Europe - introduce a price difference and some trinkets to justify the disparity. Each model ends up selling to different audiences.
DenogginizerOS
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This picture is actually the most convincing piece of evidence to me.
Down in the lower left, where it says 120GB/??. Anyone know that that is next to the HDD size next to "120GB". Looks like "GO".
DenogginizerOS said:
This picture is actually the most convincing piece of evidence to me.
Down in the lower left, where it says 120GB/??. Anyone know that that is next to the HDD size next to "120GB". Looks like "GO".
I think that's just the french of GB that has to be on NA packaging now because of Canada...I think..?
Admittedly, the box does look pretty convincing, but I still think it's fake.DenogginizerOS said:
This picture is actually the most convincing to me.
Down in the lower left, where it says 120GB/??. Anyone know that that is next to the HDD size next to "120GB". Looks like "GO".
It says 120GB/GO, they have that on the PS3 boxes used in Europe or some place, IIRC. But actually, a slim PS3 + simultaneous price drop explains why Sony is so adamant not to drop price yet, despite that decision costing them quite a bit in market share in the meantime.
Sapiens
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DenogginizerOS said:
This picture is actually the most convincing piece of evidence to me.
Down in the lower left, where it says 120GB/??. Anyone know that that is next to the HDD size next to "120GB". Looks like "GO".
'GO' is just the french term for GB.
Anyways....looks real to me.
lowrider007
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No_Style said:
I was thinking this as well....
No_Style said:
Well, the box itself is probably smaller. Which should look smaller on a shelf.
There's possibly another image on the side with a 'standing up' shot.
What's curious to me about the box is that the image of the ps3 overlaps onto the top flap for no apparent reason. Which seems slightly sloppy, maybe.
DenogginizerOS
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We're still talking about Sony here. Even if they hit a homerun with this, it doesn't mean they are immune to tripping over their own feet while doing the homerun trot. :lolNo_Style said:
Graphics Horse
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Sapiens said:
Yup, GigaOctet.
Does this mean they are european boxes?
Psychotext
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So who is willing to try fitting it onto this?
DenogginizerOS said:
This picture is actually the most convincing piece of evidence to me.
Down in the lower left, where it says 120GB/??. Anyone know that that is next to the HDD size next to "120GB". Looks like "GO".
Gb/Go
Gigabyte / Gigaoctet. The French for unfathomable reasons have don't like using common computer terminology such as byte, pixel etc. even though they're universally understood and often arbitrary and have invented their own words.
DenogginizerOS
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Agreed. However, the way it is assymetrically positioned on the front with its edge going over the side a little makes me think of a thin piece of paper or a folder that has come to rest after being tossed on a table. It gives me a sense that this thing is light, and not needing to be grounded at all four corners to be safe from falling on a toddler below.gofreak said:
KennyLinder
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Can we ask Dave Perry? Maybe he knows
Maybe it's actually still fat, just smaller area when laid horizontal - hence the overhead image.No_Style said:It's a poor decision in my opinion. You're trying to promote the slim nature of the new console and trying to draw attention to the new design, so it should be on the front like this:
It seems very non-Sony to me.
But anyway, the PStwo was stunningly smaller and looked pretty good. This thing, if real, not so much. Not at first, anyway. I'll take my glossy, chrome trimmed, (big, heavy, power-hungry) PS3 over this...
Wollan said:
Yeah, if my calcs were right, then the width and depth dimensions are reasonably modestly reduced.
Which would suggest height (slimness) may also be fairly modestly changed. But I have hope it'll be notably slimmer, maybe slightly more slim than the width/depth reductions suggest.
lowrider007
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Well if you look at the side part of the packaging it looks very wide, wider than my current PS3 box which is strange, you compare it to the width of the box, the proportions don't seem to add up compared to older PS3/PS2 packaging.
Sony UK PR sez:
Which may well be true, even if these aren't fake
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=214986
Which may well be true, even if these aren't fake
gutter_trash
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DrXym said:
English + French on the same box = destined for Canada
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