Well with the E3 expo only a few short weeks away, the net has been on fire with rumours and predictions. Rumours have been zooming back and forth like babies on hot coals, one such rumour being the re-design of the Playstation 3.
Earlier this week Levelup Chinaposted an article up with some rough looking images supposedly showing a re-designed PS3, and PS3 packaging. This was very quickly taken down and the images removed, but not before a whole bunch of people had grabbed the images and the article that went with it. Soon the Internet was infested with these Slimline PS3 rumours with pretty much every game site reporting on them, some just putting down predictions, some believing Sony was trying to cover it up and that the pics could indeed be real.
So one Games site decided to stop beating around the bush and decided to ask Sony UK directly about the rumoured re-design, CVG (Computer and Video Games) was told by Sony UK that “We currently don’t have any plans for a redesigned PS3″, and that “We don’t know anything about the system in the photos.”.
So there we have it folks, there is no PS3 Slim on it’s way, which makes sense. Sony has just reported its first loss in 14 years in tune to a net loss of $1 billion for its fiscal year, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to spend a whole heap of cash on a re-design of something that works perfectly well already, as the old saying goes “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!”.
This all said and done, it is reported that there are 2 hardware re-designs to be announced at E3 by Sony, one is believed to be the new PSP and the other is now open to debate, could this possibly be the new motion sensing controller we have reported here? Or seeing as that isn’t really a “re-design”, could there be something else on its way? Let us know what you think this might be!
Got any opinions on this article? let us know! Got an idea what the hardware re-designs might be? Have you seen the photos of the rumoured slimline PS3? What did you think of it? We would love to hear from you!
Source:
CVG Article 1
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CVG Article 2
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Mog // May 15, 2009 at 2:08 pm
it could be a re-designed headset thinking about it!
2 mobiletone // May 18, 2009 at 8:11 am
the slim PS3 looked pretty good to me, but then again i already have a day one ps3 so am not likely to rush out and buy another one just because it has a new case design. a slim does make sense though with the 45nm chips etc…
3 ENDUROS // May 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Sony always denies rumors until they are ready to make an announcement. My gut feeling is sony is indeed making a slim line PS3 to help cut costs. This would also make it easier for them to announce a much needed price drop. They did the same thing with the PS2 years ago. Rumors are rumors, but I wouldn’t be supprised if sony did indeed announce a new slim line PS3.
4 disconnected // Jun 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Am I wrong in thinking that this will be confirmed at the tokyo game show along with a price drop? There are even rumours it might come bundled with Gt5
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