It all seems a little bit early for Ars Technica’s fall release prediction, but according to the Economic Daily News, Sony has awarded two companies contracts on the PS3 Slim for shipments starting this July.
The report claims that Hon Hai won a majority of the production contract with Foxconn scoring a bit as well. But details are scarce on the new PS3, describing it only as “smaller” and “lighter.”
Unless the Slim were to be released in July (or maybe August), the “early July” shipments from Economic Daily News seem way too early for the console. Sony would need to announce the Slim next week, otherwise where would they hide all the new consoles?
So either the Economic Daily News is wrong about July shipments, Ars is wrong with the “fall” release, Sony is wrong about the best way to announce a console without it leaking or we’re all wrong and the PS3 isn’t ready for miniaturisation. Fun stuff! [UDN via Engadget]
mick
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 1:31 PMIm still happy with my 60GB original. And its running just fine.
Anon
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 7:12 PMJust thought I would mention that the major retailer that I work in has been out of stock of PS3 for about 3-4 weeks now. Presumably more is coming from Sony but perhaps they are pulling an Apple and surprising everyone with a same day release.