Phonomezer
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Looks vile.
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New PS3 Model pics leaked
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PeakPointMatrix
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Your logic is sound... I know it's my inner fanboi screaming, but I really want the PS3 to outsell 360 globally. I don't know why I want it to. I just think if it can do it, even by just a few hundred thousand it would be a show that despite it's early hurdles, the brand is still relevant and quite strong. I'm sick of the hate in the games media leveled at the PS3, I think it would go a long way to silencing the unchecked and undeserved cynicism aimed at the Play Station brand.
This gives them immediate returns for a fraction of the R&D cost of PS4. What do you think will be keeping them in the black for the time being?
MrPink93485
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If it weren't for the ridges, honestly I think it'd look pretty nice.
IceDoesntHelp
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ewww
OldJadedGamer
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It took the PS2 nine years to reach $99.
Graphics Horse
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Hm, well the 360 could still drop.. Not saying 150 but I think the 16gb could be under 200, with a $20-30 drop for the 250gb.
Just paint the middle section red, everyone can feel like Kaz.
It would be 8 years this fall for the PS3 no? I think $150 is reasonable actually.
shinra-bansho
Member
I don't think COGS was the limiting factor.
Is another $50 price cut on a model with far less internal storage really going to make up for being down 30% Y/Y in the US, with the Wii U launching this Holiday?
Last year's $50 price cut certainly didn't spur sales enough to reach forecast. And despite the cut they're down significantly Y/Y right now and we'll be into post-price cut Y/Y territory soon.
encephalon
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It looks like an attempt to produce something that looks something like the original PS2. Except it looks terrible.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
It would be six years.
Oh yeah, math fail tonight.
Storm Prelude
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For God's sake, why they decided to make those kind of strings on the top?
Sony's best designer death CONFIRMED.
Sony's best designer death CONFIRMED.
OldJadedGamer
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
$149.99 base (flash) model. HD models @ $199.99 and up (best guess)
The board and internals are I suspect basically unchanged from current models, I know the first slims had 250W psu's but I think they reduced it over the revisions down to around 200W (actual peak consumption went from ~120w to 90w) so I think dropping to 190w is just another economy.
Either way, the drop is too small to indicate a re-fab of CPU/GPU, if anything has been done it'll be integrating those components onto a single die to reduce heat and cheapen cooling.
The board and internals are I suspect basically unchanged from current models, I know the first slims had 250W psu's but I think they reduced it over the revisions down to around 200W (actual peak consumption went from ~120w to 90w) so I think dropping to 190w is just another economy.
Either way, the drop is too small to indicate a re-fab of CPU/GPU, if anything has been done it'll be integrating those components onto a single die to reduce heat and cheapen cooling.
bafflewaffle
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Yeah, its ugly
I quite like the current slim design.
bafflewaffle
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I like it. sony letters looks nice
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I forgot the name of the colour, but yeah, you're right.
ps3 16gb - $99-$149
250gb-$199
500gb -$249-$299
... That might work for them. A $99 model would be a great competitor to the microsoft $99 pricing scheme. Why does everyone think that they are going to get rid of the slot loading drive? I just thought of something, why would they make just a 16gb version, isn't flash memory at that point? Why go through the trouble of having just one model with flash in it? I would assume that the higher models would have a hard drive plus the flash memory unless that the hard drive support is gone in the new models?
250gb-$199
500gb -$249-$299
... That might work for them. A $99 model would be a great competitor to the microsoft $99 pricing scheme. Why does everyone think that they are going to get rid of the slot loading drive? I just thought of something, why would they make just a 16gb version, isn't flash memory at that point? Why go through the trouble of having just one model with flash in it? I would assume that the higher models would have a hard drive plus the flash memory unless that the hard drive support is gone in the new models?
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
I don't mind the overall style but I'm worried about the sliding door, for it to work well it either has to be motorised or used some kind of good quality runner otherwise it's going to come of feeling really tacky, just basic plastic on plastic sliding door is a no go seriously.
Smutpeddler
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I think the designs only redeeming quality is that it's black. Otherwise, gag me.
BurnOutBrighter
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Sony really should've released their own press pics. The same thing happened with the iPhone 4, everyone thought it looked fugly in the leaked pics, but Apple's photos made it look a lot better.
Spring-Loaded
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Lucent
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I agree. It's the best looking system IMO. And it feels solid. the slim 360 felt like the plastic wanted to cave in and made sounds whenever I picked it up. Probably because it's held together by the ends but yeah that's not really what we're talk'n about.
If these pics are true, I'm stick'n with my current slim. Unless better pics somehow make it look better. lol
Lol yeah, i am a little shocked that there isn't a new model of the vita. Sony should be able to reduce component costs and have some internal memory added.
I am pretty sure Sony doesn't respond to every leak by reveal all their info right then and there. Also its the weekend so I'm pretty sure you won't get a official response from Sony until Monday Japan time which would be Sunday in the States.
Almost impossible to tell from the pics anyway.
Psychotext
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Not that I'm going to buy it (because frankly it's fugly), but if it really is top loading, I also wouldn't be able to place it where my PS3 currently lives. There's just not enough room to see the top of it (and I wouldn't be comfortable fumbling around and sticking my fingers all over the mechanism etc).
JohnnySasaki86
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No actually there forcast is now only 13M, 900k lower than what they achieved last year.