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[Sethos]

Didn't people say the slim looked ugly as shit when pictures leaked? I'll wait till I see it in person to judge.

Yes and they weren't wrong, what's your point?

 

[iceatcs]

I really, really think it is a sliding door, whether it is manual and clicks into place or automated I'm not sure, but the Blu-ray tray opens with a sliding door, I'm sure of it.

True, could be. Or that PS logo is the front of very thin tray?

 

[Syphon Filter]

Phat PS3 was an ugly monstrosity of a console

yea that fat ps3 is atrocious.you have to be insane to even like it a bit.thank god they put out the current ps3.

 

[paperheart]

What the? Goodness gracious. My PS3 Slim better not break, because this new model is ugly as sin. :x

 

[CorrisD]

The bigger news is that there's a 16 gig budget model in the works. Looks like they're going after the 360's arcade market. Could also make for an excellent spare blu ray player.

I don't think this is to go against the 360, with Wonderbook and such like on the horizon aimed at the casual crowd, I think this is aimed at having a cheap model ready to go against the WiiU.

 

[ScrubJay]

Why is it so asymmetric. This angers the aesthetic gods.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Yes and they weren't wrong, what's your point?

Slim is sexy buddy.

 

[gogogow]

Probably a pre-production model screen like the initial slim shots

So you're saying it will be the same when it's in stores? The leaked slim pics were the same as the final retail version.

 

[Elixist]

its kinda lame its not alot smaller, guess they just cant fab the insides that small oh well. Also on the looks bad bandwagon, *kisses slim*

 

[ajvizzgamer101]

They took the PS Slim and made it more complex. This PS3 annoys me... there are so many ways they could have made this better.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Didn't people say the slim looked ugly as shit when pictures leaked?

It does.

 

[gurasa]

Is it toploading? Where do the discs go?

As someone noticed in the other thread, looks like the right half (above the disc) can slide to the left.

 

[Totobeni]

Pay me sony, and you shall copy my designs

Well SCE and Sony Electronics usually made good looking slick things( Vita is a recent example) but this new PS3 is really horrible.

 

[FLEABttn]

Never mind, never seen the back of the slim before.

 

[Manp]

wait wait... it looks like the right part of the top scrolls to the left to reveal the top loading BD drive.

that's ... ugly! D:

 

[Azure Phoenix]

I'll go a decade earlier:

I dunno, I feel 70s would be a better fit:

 

[ironcreed]

That gaffer made mock up was wayyyy better lol:

I dig it far more than this new design, which is pretty fugly.

 

[Izayoi]

Horrible. Whoever designed the exterior on that thing should be fired.

 

[Syphon Filter]

It does.

no current ps3 is nice.

 

[ghst]

 

[jorgeton]

Wow. Ugly. Is the new grill part of the "it only does everything" campaign?

 

[M.D]

Thinking about the first slim...

Did we ever get the full story about how that guy from the Philippines was selling it in his store before it was even announced?

 

[Cyborg]

It seems Sony cant do nothing good. No wonder they r loosing money. Listen to the costumers you (bonus making) idiots

 

[entremet]

What happened to Sony's industrial designs? They've been sucky since the PSone.

 

[gogogow]

Yes and they weren't wrong, what's your point?

Haha, you're right. If it wasn't square, I would like it better. Too bad my launch 60gb crapped out and had to buy a slim. The sound the BD drive makes is terrible.

 

[VideoMan]

Comparison with PS3 Slim. Used ethernet and HDMI ports to size match.

 

[Killthee]

Maybe it has a glossy front cover plate that slides into it and covers the ridges. Sort of like the fat PS3's:

 

[Wario64]

Not to scale

 

[Taco_Human]

I'd still get it. I'm always late in the Sony generations. Got a ps2 right before the three came out.

 

[jaypah]

Looks like I'm supposed to put cassette tapes in it.

 

[Speedymanic]

What have they removed this time? Another usb port?

 

[B.O.O.M]

Looks like one of those early vita dev kits level of ugly. However the important thing is the price reduction

 

[thelastword]

I could swear that reactions were similar when the current slim was introduced or leaked. When persons bought the thing and brought it home it was a different story. Aren't many of you jumping to conclusions.


As for the 16Gb, it's virtually impossible for Sony to stick a 16Gb HDD into a console at this point, I mean why? Many moons ago the lowest end HDD on a PS3 was 20Gb and now 16Gb is all they can muster. This is easily a typo in favor of 160Gb, the only possibility which would make 16Gb possible is flash memory, but that's highly unlikely with Sony pushing so many digital titles and with PS3 games being so huge in file size.

Personally, I'm more interested in what type of power savings, cooling solutions and die shrinks are entailed with this new iteration.

 

[xenorevlis]

Based on the USB ports thats not even smaller than the current slim.

I don't get it.

 

[alr1ght]

The uneven top looks terrible in these pics.

What have they removed this time? Another usb port?

ads

 

[rdrr gnr]

Ridges are just awful. Why? Phat still looks the best. Slim looks good, too. This? Not so much.

 

[see5harp]

Still no USB ports on the back? Come on Sony.

 

[sajj316]

So you're saying it will be the same when it's in stores? The leaked slim pics were the same as the final retail version.

I could have sworn they were different. After looking it up, they were production models.

 

[Persona7]

That is the the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

 

[dragonlife]

Yikes. Looks ugly.

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

I expected it to be a smaller.

 

[nordique]

Wow.

Sony's ugliest console design ever?

 

[Syphon Filter]

Ridges are just awful. Why? Phat still looks the best. Slim looks good, too. This? Not so much.

phat is an abomination.

 

[Glorified G]

I could swear that reactions were similar when the current slim was introduced or leaked. When persons bought the thing and brought it home it was a different story. Aren't many of you jumping to conclusions.


As for the 16Gb, it's virtually impossible for Sony to stick a 16Gb HDD into a console at this point, I mean why? Many moons ago the lowest end HDD on a PS3 was 20Gb and now 16Gb is all they can muster. This is easily a typo in favor of 160Gb, the only possibility which would make 16Gb possible is flash memory, but that's highly unlikely with Sony pushing so many digital titles and with PS3 games being so huge in file size.

Translated

On the afternoon of Friday found that at the end of last month which seems to be a new model of PlayStation 3, with capacities of 250, 500 and even a 16 GB has been certified by a laboratory and published in the system

 

[gogogow]

Maybe it has a glossy front cover plate that slides into it and covers the ridges. Sort of like the fat PS3's:

Eh...no it won't, that's the design. They wouldn't put ridgers there, just to be covered up. And the "PS3" abbreviation is on top of the shell.

 

[alr1ght]

Of course if it really is 16GB it's flash.

 

[Oemenia]

So its as wide but not as long?

 

[phants]

Was thinking maybe I'd made a mistake to upgrade my phat to the scarlet slim a few weeks ago, once rumors of this started dropping. Am suddenly

Spoiler

much less

concerned.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

awesome ridges for dust to collect in

 

[H_Prestige]

I expected it to be a smaller.

It is.