PS3 Slim Rumored to Make an Appearance at Tokyo Game Show
Many expected two hardware redesigns to be revealed at E3: the PSP Go, and the PS3 Slim. While the PSP Go was officially announced, the PS3 Slim was nowhere to be found. But now, we may finally see when Sony is expected to show it off.
In the latest issue of PlayStation World, the magazine confirms the PS3 Slim’s existence, and that it will be revealed in September, during the Tokyo Game Show.
“The PS3 Slim Packaging looks almost identical to the confirmed PSP Go, so it isn’t a fake. Expect the smaller, lighter PS3 to be announced at the Tokyo Games Show in September, just in time for Xmas.”
Remember that this should be classified as a rumor.
The Tokyo Game Show will be held this year from September 24th to the 27th, in Chiba, Japan. We’ve got high hopes for this hardware, especially since it should force an apology from Activision’s Bobby Kotik.
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June 19th, 2009 at 9:20 PM
It will be shown at TGS…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Well, this is what everyone has been speculating…
June 19th, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I think this is why Sony has not cut the price of the current PS3, this one will be cheaper on it’s own due to it being cheaper to produce. That is just my 2 cents tho.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I still think that this is a rumor. The only reason I’d want a slim PS3 is if I were to get Head Play and play PS3 portably.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Well when you look back at history of Sony, they generally announce major changes in the Playstation Universe on Home Turf. What is so different now… E-3 is not the main event for Sony, TGS is, it is on home turf and against the other major console vendor of the world Nintendo. Anybody who thinks that M$ is the console that Sony is competing against it is not. There is more to the console wars since Sony was dissed by Nintendo when they dropped Sony for the development of a cd drive for the Nintendo Game Console at the time of the PS one. That feud and dishonor is still there in the management style at the top of Sony’s Management team. Microsoft is barely on the radar. The motion controller was in the works before this years E-3. I would not be surprised that the motion controller was to be a part of the PS3 at launch but it just did not meet standards???? Since there are PS2 EyeToy games that show that body motion control was already done and it just did not work in the gaming world.
The PS3 slim is a new piece of hardware and I will bet that it will have a lower price tag. And that is why it was and will not be announced since from a marketing/sales aspect they have to many units in the warehouses to drop the price because these may be older units manufactured at a higher price point…
June 19th, 2009 at 10:54 PM
I hope they do drop the price round that time…..They will be no excuse to grab a Ps3 then…
June 19th, 2009 at 11:27 PM
@SPD55
The PS2 EyeToy wasn’t really body motion control. It just noticed color change and it worked that way. This is new technology coming out that actually sees your body.
June 20th, 2009 at 12:01 AM
@ SPD55
i remember reading about that along time ago. This feud goes back before M$ was even competition. The motion control was developed way before E3, i read and saw a video presentation with the same guys demonstrating it at E3. i think you and i need to form an Ars Tec alliance battle. lol.
June 20th, 2009 at 1:26 AM
i sent this tip in back in may, and you guys thought it was way off. nice
June 20th, 2009 at 1:46 AM
hopefully it was just the crappy camera taking the picture of the PS3 Slim that it looks so crappy. Let’s hope that it actually looks decent
June 20th, 2009 at 7:20 AM
September eh? I may be able to save enough paychecks to go to that thing! How cool would that be??
June 20th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
@ skullking123
its hard to tell how the system’s form. The picture makes it look flat.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
We will have to see until then I hope everyone shuts up about this.
June 20th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
i could see this happening and being a cheaper price point.. so you could keep the current PS3 model at 400 and have this one at 250-300 price range
June 21st, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Awesome!