Sony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept.

[Nemesis]

 

We know, we're as shocked as you are, which is to say, not at all: Sony has used the GamesCom stage in Cologne to announce the oh-so-tiny PS3 Slim. The good news is that the system sports both a slimmer form factor (33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent less power use) a 120GB hard drive and the tidy price tag of $299. The bad news? It boasts all the same features as the current PS3, which means still no backwards compatibility with your PS2 games.

[Pathogen-]

hmm. I do need another blu ray player

[Nemesis]

Here's the video of the PS3 Slim getting unboxed and a reason why the Slim isn't backwards compatable by SCEA's Director John Koller.

 

 

"Now that we're at a point where we're three years into the lifecycle of the PS3," he told us earlier today, "there are so many PS3 disc-based games that are available that we think — and noticed this from our research — that most consumers that are purchasing the PS3 cite PS3 games as a primary [reason]".

 

"And it's not just like 50 or 60 percent. It's well into the 80 or 90 percentile range who are purchasing it for PS3 [games]. We do know that there are next gen consumers wanting to come over the the PS3. Most of those are consumers who have not utilized their PS2 for a little while and they're ready to jump into the PlayStation 3."

 

[IRISH BULL]

Why is Sony so horribly bad at keeping a secret? lol This obviously is the exact same product that was leaked from the assembly line. First with the new PSP and now this. Unless they do this on purpose.

[John]

[disfsk3x14]

its better than lugging the one we have now around lol

[Rage75]

Who cares about backwards compatible .... who still plays ps2 games? I just don't see the big fuss anymore about backwards compatibility. Sure, at first it was cool when there weren't many PS3 games, but that's not the case anymore.

[SgtJoeFriday]

It's more nostalgia nights. Like playing S1. But it's definitely not that big of a deal anymore.