New PS3 Slim coming out this September...

[Sonicwolf]

If Sony releases a PS3 slim they will drop the price of the original PS3 in order to clear the stock and warehouses.

[The 1 2 P]

If Sony releases a PS3 slim they will drop the price of the original PS3 in order to clear the stock and warehouses.

Which basically means that the new slim PS3 would still be $399 and the older model would be dropped to $350. I seriously doubt Sony would drop it to $299, mainly because that would make so much sense.

[swlovinist]

Which basically means that the new slim PS3 would still be $399 and the older model would be dropped to $350. I seriously doubt Sony would drop it to $299, mainly because that would make so much sense.

Quoted for the dang truth....I think that Sony has screwed themselves so much this generation, that they might want to go get checked for STDs

[Sonicwolf]

Sony has screwed themselves harsh, yes, but, all in all, I dont see the video game industry in its entirety going anywhere special. It seems to be entering an era of ludicrous stagnation, shovelware, sequelism and over-milkage. Its starting to look like the world in 1939. Somethings gotta give.

[RPG_Fanatic]

I think that Sony has screwed themselves so much this generation, that they might want to go get checked for STDs

Thanks for the good laugh today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chicnstu]

Well, here is the new PSP.

E3 SPOILERS:














Then here it looks like the power button is on the left now.

http://psp.ign.com/articles/988/988431p1.html

Looks a little weird for a Sony product.

[Damaramu]

Ugh. My hands are cramping up just looking at that new PSP.

[Sonicwolf]

Oh dear god no. That PSP is frightening terrible. Ill be sticking with my PlayStation Portable Classic. These people can have their New PSP...

This sounds like New coke...

Wait... What the hell! 1 ANALOG STICK?

BURN!

[The 1 2 P]

Wait... What the hell! 1 ANALOG STICK?

You beat me to it. I was about to ask "is the other analog stick hidden under that sliding screen?" Maybe it's invisible

[dendawg]

Well, here is the new PSP.

....And this has what to do, exactly, with PS3 slim rumors?

[chicnstu]

....And this has what to do, exactly, with PS3 slim rumors?

I didn't know where to post the pictures, I didn't know about the PSP topic that was just bumped right after I posted the pictures. PS3 redesign, PSP redesign, they seem related enough to me.

And I only create topics in "Buying and Selling" and "Technical and Restoration Society".

[CosmicMonkey]

According to John Koller of SCEA, Sony has had "a certain amount of frustration" with rumors of the slimline PS3. He doesn't flat out deny the existence of the machine either.

I think this basically translates as Sony being a little pissed off that the new machine has been leaked 4 months before it was going to be announced. It's left the company in a difficult position and a lot of potential customers on the fence.

Source: Joystiq.

[heybtbm]

Almost confirmed...

http://kotaku.com/5305021/ps3-slim-e...-ready-by-july

[Therealqtip]

I don't give a damn if its cheap looking as long as it's 200 dollars cheaper I'm sold.

[The 1 2 P]

I don't give a damn if its cheap looking as long as it's 200 dollars cheaper I'm sold.

It should be cheaper but a price point hasn't been confirmed yet.

[Nionel]

I don't think it'll be $200 cheaper, keep in mind that Sony is partnered with other companies that make blu-ray players, so if they make it too cheap that could hurt those other companies sales and make it more difficult for them to work with said companies in the future. My prediction is that we'll see if for somewhere between $299-$349 in the US, but no less than that, unless Sony makes it so the PS3 slim is unable to play blu-ray movies.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

My prediction is that we'll see if for somewhere between $299-$349 in the US, but no less than that, unless Sony makes it so the PS3 slim is unable to play blu-ray movies.

If this happens, then the new PS3 will be incapable of playing all PS3 games released up until that point- because they're all on Blu-rRay.

[ProgrammingAce]

If this happens, then the new PS3 will be incapable of playing all PS3 games released up until that point- because they're all on Blu-rRay.

Reading data off a blu-ray disc and playing a blu-ray movie are 2 different things. Even so, sony isn't retarded enough to remove that feature.

[Therealqtip]

It should be cheaper but a price point hasn't been confirmed yet.

Ah true, but smaller probably means less to make.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Reading data off a blu-ray disc and playing a blu-ray movie are 2 different things. Even so, sony isn't retarded enough to remove that feature.

I always understood that you can add a layer to Blu-ray that is able to be read by a DVD player, but it has to be specifically designed to do this. I didn't think a DVD drive would be able to read a disc specifically encoded for a Blu-ray machine, because of the density of the information. Unless Sony has been encoding their discs like this from the beginning.

Also when Blu-Ray players are $129 at Wal-Mart, it doesn't seem likely that Sony would engineer a disc drive that would read their Blu-Ray discs that wouldn't also play movies.


From Blu-Ray.com

Blu-ray Disc


Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB. Recent development by Pioneer has pushed the storage capacity to 500GB on a single disc by using 20 layers.

Blu-ray is currently supported by about 200 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has support from all Hollywood studios and countless smaller studios as a successor to today's DVD format. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month. For more information about Blu-ray movies, check out our Blu-ray movies and Blu-ray reviews section which offers information about new and upcoming Blu-ray releases, as well as what movies are currently available in the Blu-ray format.