+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted June 12, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted June 12, 2012 Will Sony launch a new super slim PlayStation 3? "Never say never," Sony has teased. Sony rebranded the PlayStation 3 in August 2009, when it announced the release of the new PS3 Slim at German trade show Gamescom. It is 32 per cent smaller, 36 per cent lighter and consumes 34 per cent less power that the previous model. But that was nearly three years ago. With the PlayStation 3 now in its sixth year of life, and reports indicating the PlayStation 4 will launch late next year, there are rumblings that Sony may, yet again, revise the PS3 hardware with an even slimmer and cheaper model to take advantage of late adopters. Gamescom is, after all, right around the corner. When Eurogamer put this to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida at E3, this was his response: "We haven't announced anything new on PS3 in terms of hardware revisions. We should never say never - hardware guys are always looking at ways to make things cheaper, smaller." But is it something Sony is interested in doing? "I don't know if we are going to talk about anything like that. We are quite happy with the PS3." It was a similarly evasive response to our question about motion controller PS Move. Will the hardware ever be improved? "It's very difficult to answer your questions," Yoshida replied. "We are not talking about any hardware revisions. We are very happy with what we have with PS3, PS Move. If anything, we haven't been able to really fully make use of the potential of PS Move. We are still finding new ways to use PS Move on PS3, and we continue to search for applications." Before Sony settled on its PS Move design, it explored a Microsoft Kinect style tech that involved controller free motion gaming. As revealed by Eurogamer in 2010, Sony turned it down because of resolution and accuracy concerns. "When we were developing PS Move, we looked at every other sensor technology," Yoshida revealed. "As I understand, Kinect is a combination of hardware solution and Microsoft internal software solution. So it's not like we looked at Microsoft's internal software! "So when, during the course of introducing and launching PS Move, we could have, might have, spoken about - we looked at the Kinect technology. We were talking about the hardware sensor technology, and that was not something we thought we wanted for PS3. Will Sony look at that technology again? "Well, these technologies continue to evolve, so our hardware guys are always searching for and talking to different tech providers, so never say never." Source: http://www.eurogamer...never-says-sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drazgoosh Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Am I the only one here that doesn't see the point to having an even slimmer console? It's not like a portable thing anyway. Just connect it and leave it where it is. Also just to say that the EyeToy revolutionised motion gaming (controller-less gaming) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Id be interested in a PS Three in the same vein as PS One and PS Two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Just release the PS4 already. Lucas and ahhell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGM Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Am I the only one here that doesn't see the point to having an even slimmer console? It's not like a portable thing anyway. Just connect it and leave it where it is. Also just to say that the EyeToy revolutionised motion gaming (controller-less gaming) :D less raw materials, potentially cheaper to make, definitely cheaper to distribute.. probably other benefits i can't think of right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Less power usage, if they did what Microsoft did with the slim, combine all the chips into one single SoC it would be cooler, quieter, cheaper to make and uses less power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted June 12, 2012 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2012 At the end of the day, it's a good Blu-ray player. Even if the next PlayStation ends up being physical-media free, there you go. fusi0n and dead.cell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Even if the next PlayStation ends up being physical-media free, there you go. Highly doubt it. Blu-ray is cheap to manufacture now, and will be even cheaper when Sony is ready to produce the PS4. Sony has a stake in blu-ray, I'd bet money the PS4 will have a blu-ray drive. Plus, not everyone one in the world has access to internet fast enough to download what I imagine to be the next gens massive game files. inFamous 2 which was given to PS+ members for free this month was 15GB, to some people that is too big to download/chews up too much bandwidth. The largest capacity blu-rays are like 100GB. <speculation> Game devs might start using those higher density discs for the next gen games. </speculation> As far as another hardware revision: Sony, don't bother. I can't imagine you could drive down production and manufacturing costs at this point. I'd think about creating bundles with some of the badass titles they have coming next year. A "Last of Us" bundle? Hell yes! A "GOW Ascension" bundle? Yup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted June 12, 2012 MVC Share Posted June 12, 2012 For the right price, I'd buy a couple to replace some blu-ray players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted June 12, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sony made very small/thin versions of the PS1 and PS2 - makes me wonder if it's in their interest to sell a 'super-slim' model next year prior to the PS4 launch. at the same time, i wonder who would care for such a device in 2013 :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Enough of this PS3 on a diet madness. Show me a fat PS4!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sony made very small/thin versions of the PS1 and PS2 - makes me wonder if it's in their interest to sell a 'super-slim' model next year prior to the PS4 launch. at the same time, i wonder who would care for such a device in 2013 :huh: Yeah, there were 2 version of the original PS (PSone), 2 version of the PS2 and there are 2 version of the PS3. Seems to be a pattern for them. Enough of this PS3 on a diet madness. Show me a fat PS4!! Like 'em large, do ya ;)? dead.cell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios01 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 With PS4 one year away, this may seem kind of pointless. Unless, they don't plan to do BC on PS4 and want to keep selling PS3s past PS4 release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddo89 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 PS2 and PS sold pretty well gaming and console wise well into the life cycle of the next PS. Don't think it matters too much to them. And they likely be needing to produce PS3 before PS4 anyway. IF the lower cost of production worth more than the change in manufacturing, then why not? For PS2, could they honestly go slimmer? Exactly and Slim PS3 is still a behemoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emn1ty Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 less raw materials, potentially cheaper to make, definitely cheaper to distribute.. probably other benefits i can't think of right now More R&D, smaller hardware = more expensive hardware, etc. If this was true, laptops would be cheaper than desktops. Its not. Also, smaller cases are harder to cool and circulate. This is considering the idea of it being super slim. I honestly couldn't care less so long as they are similar in size to the current "slim" consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 With PS4 one year away, this may seem kind of pointless. Unless, they don't plan to do BC on PS4 and want to keep selling PS3s past PS4 release. PS3s will sell past PS4 release. The same way PS2s sold past PS3's release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted July 14, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted July 14, 2012 The images depict a pretty interesting device that is designed with a ridged top, fairly curved and indented front, and oval-shaped bottom. The bottom of the console which will act as the stand in some instances is quite bizarrely shaped and doesn?t look like it "belongs" with the rest of the console. In some ways the design is sleek, but ? judging by the images at least ? it?s a bit too peculiar for my taste. Design opinions aside, the filing also confirms three new PS3 models: The CECH-4011A, 4011B, and 4011C. The FCC filing leak from last week suggested that the device sported a CECH-4001x model number, so this certainly seems to be legitimate. Tecnoblog reported that at one point, the Brazilian filing included a letter that specifically noted the A, B, and C models were to offer 160GB, 250GB, and 500GB of storage, respectively. So, as you can see, it?s pretty clear that Sony has a new PS3 revision in the works. But, when will they announce it? Rumors have suggested that it will make its debut at the gamescom conference that takes place in Germany at the end of August. So, is it worth the wait? Beyond the obvious ? aesthetic changes and perhaps cooling improvements ? the PS3 will undoubtedly have similar/the same performance as existing models. But, if you don?t urgently need a console, perhaps it will be worth the wait. And if you really don?t need a console anytime soon, perhaps you can hold it out until the next-generation PlayStation is released, supposedly sometime in 2013. Sauce: http://tecnoblog.net/107348/novo-ps3-anatel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 14, 2012 Author Subscriber² Share Posted July 14, 2012 Not keen on the top design, looks weird, hopefully better in person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 doesn't look all that slim to be honest, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 How much do decent blu-ray players fetch for these days? If this is true and comes out rightly priced I might pick one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Awful, prefer the current slim. Crisp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 14, 2012 Author Subscriber² Share Posted July 14, 2012 NOT official Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 NOT official Damn, I hope that becomes "official".... Might have to upgrade... cause that design is slick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted July 16, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted July 16, 2012 Cant say im a fan of that top loading bluray drive thou, other than that it does look awesome :) Ill stick with my slim thou I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Just saw those pics on GAF. The spy shots make it look awful, those photoshops make it look awesome. If its not too expensive I might trade in my slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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