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Home News [UPDATED] Sony Officially Announces Super-Slim PS3

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[UPDATED] Sony Officially Announces Super-Slim PS3

Posted on Tuesday, September 18 @ 21:20:21 Eastern by

Sony unveiled the Super-Slim PS3 today in Japan at their Tokyo Game Show press conference. The new model is a significant step up from the current slim-line PS3, with a much increased hard drive capacity and a new look. The Super-Slim PS3 will run US consumers $299.00 for the 500 GB model and $269 for the 250 GB model.

500GB launches October 30th for $299
250GB launches September 25th for $249 ($269 bundled with Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception: Game of the Year edition)

The new model will hit Japanese retailers on September 25th as well.

As it was discovered ealier this year, the Super Slim PS3 includes some slightly altered design choices, but for the most part retains everything the Slim PS3 has on store shelves today. Backwards compatibility was dropped when the PS3 moved from launch units to second-line productions.

Some other stuff was said, but I don't fucking speak Japanese so get off my back. We'll update this post with further information as it comes from our own Sony Computer Entertainment of America.
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  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 18th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
    Where does the disc go?
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 2:08 am
    I think the top cover slides open... but I'm not sure.
    1 1
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 18th, 2012 at 11:47 pm
    I'll stick to my slim 320GB until the PS4 releases -_-
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 2:08 am
    Definitely not enough "new" for me.
    0 2
  • used44
    used44
    Joined: Mar 2002
    Posted: Sep 18th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
    "Some other stuff was said, but I don't ****ing speak Japanese so get off my back."

    Haha. This is the best.
    0 5
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 4:39 am
    I spit out my coffee reading this. Hilarious.

    Then I spit out my coffee again realizing they didn't bring the 12GB model to North America or drop the price at all. Same old expensive PS3. Morons.
    0 3
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 12:22 am
    Very tempting. There needs to be enough new features to be worth another $250 purchase. If there is I will gladly trade in my Slim PS3 for this. Let's sit back and see what Sony has done. My guess is probably hardly anything at all.
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 2:09 am
    I'd rather pick up a 360 S. I don't think there's anything here beyond a small form factor when compared to the current Slim PS3.
    0 1
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 3:13 am
    I bought a 360 S a few weeks after it came out. It was worth it for the smaller power supply, WIFI more than anything, quieter disc drive, and 250GB over my 20GB Pro model. Sold it to my dad for $100 and got the 360 S for $200. Unfortunately, I have no idea what to do with my 64MB memory card. Apparently it's not worth jack. I'm still waiting to see what else the SS PS3 has.
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 11:03 am
    Memory cards were the great lie of the Xbox and X360. I don't know why they wasted anyone's time with those things or even with an Xbox that didn't have a hard drive.
    0 1
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 3:01 am
    How much smaller is it exactly
    0 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 11:04 am
    I'll try to find some exact measurements, but it mostly just looks shorter. The current slim PS3 is a large square and this one seems to have squashed a bit in the middle.
    0 1
  • derb
    derb
    Joined: Jul 2012
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 3:42 am
    It would be more worthwhile for current PS3 owners to buy a 750 GB - 1 TB hard drive (My PS3 didn't even get a chance to turn on before a new drive was thrown in). This may be enough to sway people sitting on the fence about buying a PS3, but the real issue is....where is my $%^*ing PS4?
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 11:06 am
    I haven't upgraded my PS3's hard drive, but it is ridiculously easy to do so. This should have included a price-drop.
    0 0
  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 8:07 am
    Call me crazy but I like it, it has an 80's era look to it. I don't mind the ribbed look but it could have been better. The $249 SKU might be enough to convince me to get one. The only thing I'm not sold on is the sliding top, top-loading is not a problem for me but that sliding mechanism looks cheap as hell. I would wait at least a few weeks to see if any problems arise from it. It just doesn't seem durable.
    I still think they should have offered a price drop, they probably could've gone $199 by offering a 120-160GB model. Maybe they're saving the price drop for the holidays.
    Also of interest will be to see how Microsoft counters this.
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 11:07 am
    If the 360 and PS3 don't price-drop this holiday then they both have a screw loose.
    0 1
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
    By now both PS3 and 360 should be about $200 or less. The PS2 was at $200 just three years into it's cycle. I believe they are $80 new now? $100?
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
    $100 I think, but yeah $300 is too much for a console this late into the cycle.
    0 0
  • Axelownz
    Axelownz
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
    Hmm, i just bought a 320 slim a few weeks ago for 300 with MW3, could have waited for this i guess.

    Guess its not a big deal since i probably will never use all 320 GB, and i got a free game. If i would have gotten either of these i either would have not gotten a game, or i would have got less HDD space.
    0 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
    I have the 250GB and I'm not even using 1/4 of the space even with all the installs, saves, PSN games, and DLC. Who uses 320GB?
    0 0
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 19th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
    160 GB here and I've never come close to filling mine.
    0 0

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