As if K-Mart’s front-page ad wasn’t enough to confirm, Sony’s officially announced their PlayStation 3 Slim that retails for $US100 less for the PlayStation 3 fat. Live updates coming.
The slim will come with a 120GB drive, and will be 33 per cent smaller and 36 per cent lighter than the standard PlayStation 3, as well as using 34 per cent less power. The $US300 price will apply to all PlayStation 3s starting tomorrow. The Slim will be available everywhere by the first week of September.
Here are some more details. The 80GB PS3 (current model) will be discounted to $US300, whereas the 160GB PS3 will be $US400. There will be a new PS3 logo as well as modifications to the official name from PLAYSTATION 3 to PlayStation 3 as to not be shouting all the time.
It’ll also have a BRAVIA Sync feature that’ll allow you to control the PS3′s XMB with your Sony TV remote as long as they’re connected via HDMI. And the TV will automatically turn off the PS3 when the TV goes off.
There’s also a vertical stand retailing for $US24 on September 3. Whether or not you can stand it up vertically for long periods of time without the stand is unknown. Sony also says that they’re eliminating the feature of installing other operating systems on the Slim, so no more Linux.
Oh, and there will only be two USB ports.
[Kotaku's Sony Liveblog]
Daniel
August 19, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Really? that’s it!? jesus christ it looks like the playstation 3′s autistic brother. The one he has to take care of in school. The one he has to stick up for in front of all the bullies in the playground.
Come on sony! i was expecting something more than this to combat the xbox 360! Being an proud xbox 360 owner myself, i find it irritating how Sony built up all this hype amongst their fans only to introduce an “intelligently” designed slimmer version of the ps3. *Insert captain obvious joke here. I know it still technically is a “ps3 slim”, but i was expecting Sony to come up with a whole new design. They seem to have spent all this time building a shrink ray instead.
And for the record, i find Sony’s marketing technique irritating – i’m not actually a fan of the ps3. I just find it irritating how they can act all high and mighty like “watch the **** out xbox 360! we got something big coming your way!”
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