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PS3 Rumored To Receive Hardware Revision

Posted on Friday, June 17 @ 07:42:05 Eastern by

It's only been 2 years since the PS3 was first slimmed down, cutting the price at both Sony's hardware costs and consumer level. While we don't believe the PS3 will be slimmed down any further, a new rumor has surfaced saying that another PS3 hardware revision is in the pipeline.

After looking closely at the rumor, we highly doubt that the appearance will be altered, instead only affecting the BD-ROM drive inside each new PS3 sold. The rumor says that a new layer of copy-protection will be built into future PS3's BD-ROM drive.

That's not surprising given all of the hacking and piracy the PS3 suffered at the hands of GeoHot and others. Funny how quickly that was forgotten after Anonymous and the PSN hackers surfaced (or are they one in the same?).

Additionally, the rumor says that the new console will be accompanied by a price drop, and it could happen as soon as Tokyo Game Show in September. However, we're willing to be that if it happens, it will happen at gamescom in Cologne, Germany, which coincidentally is where Sony announced the first PS3 revision and price drop to the current $299 price point.

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  • Kijan
    Kijan
    Joined: Aug 2008
    Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 at 8:07 am
    599$, 599$, 599$...

    ... the nightmares are still haunting me.
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 at 8:43 am
    Ah well, I've got the Slim and that unit isn't too bad.
    0 1
  • Hatecrew
    Hatecrew
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 at 8:50 am
    I still have my old, fat, shinny, 80GB PS3! Depending on the price drop...I might upgrade since I hurting for more space!
    0 0
  • assembler_b2b
    assembler_b2b
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 at 9:13 am
    I highly doubt the source of the information, I don't think it's economically reasonable for Sony to spend on just a security measure that only will be available to new PS3 buyers.
    0 0
  • Lethean
    Lethean
    Joined: Jan 2001
    Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
    I have my 40GB...Wish I got the 80. Once the welcome back games are installed I really have no room for the game data of other games. With the price of 60GBs on EBay, I'd rather drop 100-140 on one of those if I want a second PS3.
    0 0
  • acdibble
    acdibble
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Jun 18th, 2011 at 9:01 am
    We mustn't forget, the hack happened because of what Sony was doing to GeoHot.
    0 0
  • GlockNinja
    GlockNinja
    Joined: Oct 2006
    Posted: Jun 18th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
    i have a 60gig model and a Slim model. I love both. I hope they bring back backwards compatibility and a faster Blu Ray Drive into the picture as well. I just bought a Xbox 360 Slim 4gig model. What a rip off. Don't do it. I bought it so I can play Gears of War 1 and 2. Its not all that...and its definitely not worth buying a new console to play. Hopefully Gears of War 3 will blow my mind and make me feel better about having bought the 360. But so far, I feel ripped off. The 4 gig model shouldn't even be on the market. I played some Halo demos and I have to say that the game is really way over rated. Its a good game but its a brainless frag fest for dummies.
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