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More than one site on the internet has been reporting these images of a supposed Slimline PS3. They originated on this Chinese message board, supposedly taken from a factory. It looks sort of like a dismantled current PS3 using the PS2's font instead of the PS3's. And it's a 120 GB, so they must have some way to fit all that stuff in there.
Perhaps this will hold true. E3 will reveal.
Well, what do you know. On the very day Sony denied a redesigned PS3 was in the pipeline, images have surfaced on a Chinese gaming messageboard purporting to be leaked factory images of just that: A new PS3 "Slim" that appears well into production. Much more after the break.
If US retail boxes are already being printed and assembled, we have to imagine this new, rebranded "PS3" -- no sign of Spider-Man font anywhere -- is coming very soon, perhaps post-E3.
Additional sources:
- Chinese Message Board (gamecolumn.blog17.fc2.com)
- Electric Pig Slimline Message (electricpig.co.uk)
- Kotaku - First Images of PS3 Slimline? (kotaku.com)
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Most recently commented on by on May 22, 2009
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Will Slimline be cheaper than a normal PS3?
Will it play PS2 games?
And I don't think that a "slim" PS3, if it comes out, would play PS2 games.
It would take some time and major photoshop skills to make that box shot look as real as it does.
Also when there were leaked pics like this of the PSP 3000 everyone said they were fake but it turned out to look exactly like pics. We now just have to wait for E3 or until the patents show up to find out for sure.
It looks very cheap. But that's what people are wanting right, A cheap PS3?
Also the flat black makes me sad.
And the box's texture and reflections would take some time to do correctly with Photoshop.
So if it's fake, then they probably had an actual fake box made up.
The actual design on it is poor. Look at how pixelated the image of the PS3 is on it, It looks like crap.
This looks way better than the box up there.
The image of the ps3 on the fake box even overlaps the crease where it is folded at the top, that is clearly a sign that the graphical designer hasn't put any thought into how the image will look when printed, and Sony would never let that through to sale.
The creases cut off half the console, that graphical designer probably didn't think of how awful it was until it was printed, and Sony let that through to sale, so it could happen again.
The designer has put the drop shadow for the PS3 on the right, but on the controller puts it facing the bottom. The controller has its light source coming from the left but the PS3 has the light coming from all angles.
I'd also like to state that I'm not denying the existence of a slim PS3 in the works, I am denying that this is the model and that piece of crap box is what its going to be put in.
Also, no that would never happen in a professional environment, no way would a company not even check the box to see if it actually looks half decent, and no if Sony hired a graphics designer, I'm sure they would get a company or someone with decent credentials.
A graphics designer HAS to think how things will look when its printed, you don't just create a box design without even taking into account how the box looks in real life.
Or maybe just a mock up, or..... maybe just a fake, Whatever.
And people that are saying how ugly it is, it's just a smaller flat black version of your PS3. I don't think the dissembled case pieces and crappy camera do it justice. That is if it's actually real.
Fake. No way in hell you could compile a PS3 into that small a space without SRS heating issues.
Srsly.
Now if this was leaked straight out of Japan, or the UK, or USA, then i'd double take once or twice.
I'll stick with the original.
And if by some very VERY slim chance that it is true . . . I think no matter how much I was considering buying it, I'll pass.
The 2 half''s look shit.
So guys, if you think the shape is ugly you need to take a closer look at the current PS3 and come to terms with reality. But the awful pics aren't doing it any favors though. And Shattered may be right about it not being the final model as well, we will just have to wait and see.
The Matt finish, The Logo, the Size (like a frizbee) nothing points really to this being real --- IMO.
And as for photoshoping, this doesn't have to be photophopped for it to be fake. That's not photoshopped (unless it's seriously, seriously GOOD), it's merely someone's physical idea of what they'd think it would look like --- a physical model though. Either that, or this is from a part of Sony that began to work on a slim PS3 but canceled that production for now and that model is of no value to them...
As I said, the slim PS3 above, is more square than the current PS3 model, so the newer, more cost efficient mobo on the right would fit that perfectly, without using extra, unnecessary plastic casing. Other than a few aesthetic differences, it is designed exactly like the "real" PS3. They both have the convex top half that is larger than the bottom half. They both have a polygonal bottom half (rectangular compared to square). They both have the portion that sticks out on the top left (the old memory card slots). They are built with the same exact idea in mind. Now compare the "real" production plant to something in the pictures above:
Sony also predicted that they would sell 13 million PS3 this fiscal year, which is more than the 10 they predicted (and sold this past fiscal year). Games alone aren't going to sell the most expensive console, especially during these rough times. Why would they ramp up expectations suddenly? Logically, a price cut would sell more consoles, and finding a cheaper way to produce their unit would allow for a price cut. Sony is currently losing only $40 per PS3 unit. That thing up top is clearly cheaper to produce than the current PS3.
If this is all fake, then someone deserves to be a movie director.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/slim-ps3-update-mysterious-chinese-firm-issues-a-cease-and-desi/
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