New Model Of The PlayStation 3 Revealed

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September 19, 2012 at 2:25 pm

We have the PlayStation 3, then we had the PlayStation 3 Slim. Now we have the PlayStation 3… slimmer? Sony has just announced a brand new model of the PS3 that’s 25% smaller and 20% lighter than the current model. It also comes in two different colour — black or white.

The black console will be out on October 4, while the white model will be out on November 22.

The 500GB model is selling in Japan for 29,980 Yen, and the 250GB is retailing at 24,980.

We’re currently chasing up the local, Australian price, and will update when we get anything concrete.

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redartifice

September 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm

If the scale with the controller in that pic is accurate, that’s quite a bit smaller

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johnathon smith

September 19, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Why in the hell???

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paerix

September 19, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Woot maybe slims will have another price drop now 🙂

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dmag87

September 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

All I can say is why? 25% smaller isn’t exactly a radical revision.

Also, I guess this means there won’t be news on a PS4 any time soon.

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1. Braaains
  
  September 19, 2012 at 2:57 pm
  
  The main reason for it would be cost reductions.
  
  Were you expecting a PS4 announcement any time soon? E3 next year at the earliest, I would have thought.
  
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paerix

September 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Woot – maybe slims will have another price drop now 🙂

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jimu

September 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

needs more bells & whistles

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Ceepee

September 19, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Probably looking at $299 for 250 and $349 for 500gb, if that works with current currency values

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dmag87

September 19, 2012 at 2:38 pm

More pics here http://us.playstation.com/ps3/systems/assassin-s-creed-bundle.html

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cbrate

September 19, 2012 at 2:39 pm

I see this as good news. There’s a few more years of support for PS3 yet.

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1. Toasty Fresh
  
  September 19, 2012 at 2:43 pm
  
  Great, another 3 years of another console holding innovations in graphics back.
  
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  1. Marty
    
    September 19, 2012 at 2:46 pm
    
    obviously you never lived through the cga, egc, vga era of gaming you knob. be thankful for what you get, dont like it make your own.
    
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    1. Toasty Fresh
      
      September 19, 2012 at 2:51 pm
      
      “dont like it make your own”
      
      I’m not even taking your post into account given how stupid this kind of argument is. “LOL I’D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO BETTER”. Obviously no because I’m not a gigantic corporation with the resources to make a console that is popular worldwide. If I did have any kind of influence over this kind of thing you bet your ass I’d be bringing out some faster and more advanced hardware ASAP.
      
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      1. Invid
        
        September 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm
        
        Then you are an idiot.
        The reason they don’t change the specs is so is some-one buys a PS3, ALL PS3 games play on it, they want to make a decent return on the investment they made developping the hardware.
        “If I did have any kind of influence over this kind of thing you bet your ass I’d be bringing out some faster and more advanced hardware ASAP.”
        If you constantly did this, you wouldn’t have “any kind of influence ” for very long.
        “dont like it make your own” is exactly how PC gamers work (we don’t build the components, but we do upgrade our machine from time to time.
      2. Hyperthx
        
        September 20, 2012 at 12:29 am
        
        Not really, Invid, it worked perfectly fine for all previous generations since 1986.
    2. Thom
      
      September 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm
      
      I did, and I still think your comment is retarded.
      
      “Yeah, my bad. I’ll just go pop down to the factory I own and tell them to make me a better console.”
      
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  2. Braaains
    
    September 19, 2012 at 2:56 pm
    
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    1. Toasty Fresh
      
      September 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm
      
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  3. WiseHacker
    
    September 19, 2012 at 3:59 pm
    
    Dude, seriously, developers make games not the consoles themselves.
    
    Thus innovation is held back by the lack of effort by developers when making games.
    
    If it is not the developers holding games back then it is the question for the ol’ Dallas that is doing it.
    
    There is more to gaming than graphics and more hardware does not equal more complex or better games.
    
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    1. Toasty Fresh
      
      September 19, 2012 at 5:06 pm
      
      And why would a developer put any effort into something so difficult? I respect Crytek a huge amount because they had the balls to try and optimise Crysis 2 on Xbox 360, which would have been no easy task considering that if you got a PC with the same specs as an Xbox and tried to run Crysis 2 it would be absolutely unplayable due to lag. If the hardware was better developers would have more incentive to put extra work into graphics power because there is less of a potential problem.
      
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      1. Hyperthx
        
        September 20, 2012 at 12:38 am
        
        Not to mention the fact that an console is just an custom based PC-in-a-Box, and also an interesting fact is that Xbox360 had the first commercially available 3-core cpu at the time,and the PS3 having an 7-cell cpu at the time… Some of you need to start listening to actual engineers on the differences (pro and cons) of PC (moduler) and console (standardised) computer platforms and stop sprouting this Gibberish!
      2. WiseHacker
        
        September 20, 2012 at 7:23 am
        
        I do not mean to be rude, Hperthx, but I would avoid saying that consoles are custom based PC-in-a-box.
        
        For the most part, consoles are PowerPC based thus do not use the x86 architecture that PCs has used for decades. There were a few over the years, the Original XBox for one and nother I cannot recall the name of right now, but mostly, its PowerPC.
      3. hyperthx
        
        October 16, 2012 at 2:09 pm
        
        PC in an general term, as in Personal Computer.
2. Mr Waffle
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm
  
  Didn’t they release an ultra-slim PS2 well after they changed to focusing on the PS3, just to cash in on people buying cheap and plentiful PS2 games?
  
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  1. Toasty Fresh
    
    September 19, 2012 at 3:06 pm
    
    Hopefully they do the same here. I wouldn’t mind playing some of these exclusives like Uncharted, God of War, and I’ll be able to if the price drops.
    
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xWisp

September 19, 2012 at 2:43 pm

meh

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Trikeabout

September 19, 2012 at 2:46 pm

Better have rear USB this time round… *looks for images of rear*

No. FFS.

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Sar Selack

September 19, 2012 at 2:54 pm

Creating an entirely new design meant inventing entirely new technology.

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Strange

September 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm

And this is why when we tried to get our PS3 that died a week and a half after purchase replaced on the weekend we were told there are no new PS3s in the country at all. They were all removed to make way for this new version.

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pissopossum

September 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm

From official PS3 website http://au.playstation.com/ps3/news/articles/detail/item529399/PS3-gets-smaller-and-lighter/ “Available from 27 September 2012, the new PS3 system is available in a wallet-friendly 12GB version (AU$299.95RRP) and a whopping 500GB model (AU$399.95RRP). So whether you’re after instant access to memorable, fun-packed evenings with the family, or want to load up your system with tons of fantastic entertainment, we’ve got the right PS3 for you.”

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1. Braaains
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:03 pm
  
  Only $100 difference? You’d have to wonder why anybody would go the 12Gb. Although I guess the ability to use off-the-shelf HDD’s (I assume this new model still allows you to do that) means it could make sense if you can get a 500Gb (or larger) drive for less than that and can be bothered doing it.
  
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2. Mike
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:03 pm
  
  12GB? what the hell, do they even make HDDs in that size?
  
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  1. Braaains
    
    September 19, 2012 at 3:07 pm
    
    It wouldn’t be an HDD, you wouldn’t think – just on a chip like you’d get in a phone.
    
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  2. James
    
    September 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm
    
    Perhaps it is a typo and they mean 120GB? Given many modern games expect to be able to install on the order of 4GB to the HDD, a 12GB model would be a support nightmare.
    
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Jack

September 19, 2012 at 3:01 pm

12GB version – A$299.95 & 500GB version – A$399.95 CONFIRMED. 250GB only launching as an upgradeable hard drive here. Available from Sept 27. http://au.playstation.com/ps3/news/articles/detail/item529399/PS3-gets-smaller-and-lighter/

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hobobeard

September 19, 2012 at 3:03 pm

Which features or inputs will they be removing this time?

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1. Mr Waffle
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:09 pm
  
  PS3 Go!, now with no disc drive? I think my original PS3 was the prototype, its drive died after a year so I had to rely on PSN content…
  
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Erebus

September 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm

Looks like it has a disc tray this time.

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1. Braaains
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:27 pm
  
  I was wondering about that a few months ago. In a PS3 firmware upgrade a while back they quietly changed the “Eject Disc” option (in the XMB when you press the triangle button) to “Remove Disc”, which suggested to me that there was a new version coming without a mechanical loading mechanism.
  
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Stevorooni

September 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm

I’m guessing it’s cheaper to produce.

It looks nicer than the current slim.

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Zar

September 19, 2012 at 3:06 pm

https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/new-look-playstation-3?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost_september

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Zar

September 19, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Also i am calling this model the slim slim, or how about the PS3 Athlete?

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1. Adeptus
  
  September 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm
  
  PS3 Anorexic! It’s slimmer than slim!
  
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2. James Mac
  
  September 20, 2012 at 1:06 am
  
  PS3: Slim Harder!
  
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knifeyspooney

September 19, 2012 at 3:07 pm

$299 for 12GB model, $399 for 500GB model http://au.playstation.com/new-ps3/

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vegemite

September 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm

iPlaystation 3GS

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Kermit

September 19, 2012 at 5:50 pm

Does anybody else think it’s hidious and cheep looking? I quite like the current PS3 slim and was neutral on the original.

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Hyperthx

September 20, 2012 at 12:41 am

I wonder if the tray cover is motorised?

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1. Hyperthx
  
  September 20, 2012 at 12:42 am
  
  With customisable sound effects?
  
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MachV

September 20, 2012 at 2:34 am

EB just announced their release dates at preorder prices…
500gb + 2 controllers + little big planet + FIFA 13 = $398
$198 if you trade in a 160gb slim
or $298 for the 12gb package
available 27th september. preorders are open now

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christian

September 20, 2012 at 10:25 am

Does the 12gb have the option of putting in a HDD? I want to put in my 500gb from my phat ps3 and buy the cheaper.

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