Photos of the new PS3

I don't care for the ridges of the fliptop but the sizes of the hard drives are interesting (16, 250 and 500). Be interesting to see what the prices are when this is announced at Gamescom (an assumption, but a very safe one).

http://www.gamespot.com/news/new-ps3-model-pics-surface-6386946

$150 (or $199 at most) or it's a complete waste of a good announcement. Here's Sony's chance to show the public what an out of touch bunch Microsoft is by taking the price cut fight to them. Microsoft is still trying to push $400 bundles and the market is collapsing in front of them. Sony has a chance here to regain a sliver of its former role as the market leader by putting this revision out that makes it hard for someone to say no -- that hasn't happened very much this generation on either side, but Microsoft has gotten so slovenly and so out of touch that I hope Sony comes in here and steals that waiting-for-$199-or-less market right out from under them, and laughs all the way to the bank along the way.

You can now do laundry on it

$150 (or $199 at most) or it's a complete waste of a good announcement. Here's Sony's chance to show the public what an out of touch bunch Microsoft is by taking the price cut fight to them. Microsoft is still trying to push $400 bundles and the market is collapsing in front of them. Sony has a chance here to regain a sliver of its former role as the market leader by putting this revision out that makes it hard for someone to say no -- that hasn't happened very much this generation on either side, but Microsoft has gotten so slovenly and so out of touch that I hope Sony comes in here and steals that waiting-for-$199-or-less market right out from under them, and laughs all the way to the bank along the way.

Shame-usBlackley

The 360 has been selling for $199 for the past two years now. I think it's safe to say they have the $199 market secured.

It will be interesting to see if the cheapest option is $150. That would surely make MS drop the Arcade down to $150 as well.

Yeah, I also see a $199 price tag on these latest models. Anything above it may turn off a lot of people on the model, unless they want the 500 GB one that bad.

why does sony go out of its way to make fugly consoles....?

current ps3 slim is the best looking (especially in white or red), but even then its "ugh". At least tjhe curved shape prevents my cat from standing on it

Looks like a phat and slim had a baby.

Also you can now say you have PS3 abs instead of washboard abs

You can now do laundry on it

Black_Knight_00

[QUOTE="Shame-usBlackley"]

$150 (or $199 at most) or it's a complete waste of a good announcement. Here's Sony's chance to show the public what an out of touch bunch Microsoft is by taking the price cut fight to them. Microsoft is still trying to push $400 bundles and the market is collapsing in front of them. Sony has a chance here to regain a sliver of its former role as the market leader by putting this revision out that makes it hard for someone to say no -- that hasn't happened very much this generation on either side, but Microsoft has gotten so slovenly and so out of touch that I hope Sony comes in here and steals that waiting-for-$199-or-less market right out from under them, and laughs all the way to the bank along the way.

S0lidSnake

The 360 has been selling for $199 for the past two years now. I think it's safe to say they have the $199 market secured.

It will be interesting to see if the cheapest option is $150. That would surely make MS drop the Arcade down to $150 as well.

Possibly, but I really don't think we'll know until that market becomes competitive. Microsoft has done a really **** job of marketing the Arcade unit, and the the trend seems to be toward price increases with them (through added value they would say), when the cost curve needs to be bending down. I mean, they've only got 1 or 2 years left at most, and the Xbox, the one most people consider the "real" Xbox, is still at $300 and up, that's fuc*ing ridiculous considering its age and hardware. Is their plan to finally drop the price when the next system comes out? That is sure to piss off developers -- "Hey guys, come make games for our next generation console while we drop the price down to where the last generation should have been two years ago, allowing consumers to second-guess a next generation purchase." The whole thing is ass backwards.

Sony used to be spot on with this kind of thing. It wasn't until this generation that they went in the toilet. I'm just hoping they'll finally take the fight Microsoft. Partly because the prices should have been sub-$150 a year or more ago, and partly because the last thing you want to do is make adoption rates for next generation even more challenging by making last generation seems like a better proposition.

Possibly, but I really don't think we'll know until that market becomes competitive. Microsoft has done a really **** job of marketing the Arcade unit, and the the trend seems to be toward price increases with them (through added value they would say), when the cost curve needs to be bending down. I mean, they've only got 1 or 2 years left at most, and the Xbox, the one most people consider the "real" Xbox, is still at $300 and up, that's fuc*ing ridiculous considering its age and hardware. Is their plan to finally drop the price when the next system comes out? That is sure to piss off developers -- "Hey guys, come make games for our next generation console while we drop the price down to where the last generation should have been two years ago, allowing consumers to second-guess a next generation purchase." The whole thing is ass backwards.

Sony used to be spot on with this kind of thing. It wasn't until this generation that they went in the toilet. I'm just hoping they'll finally take the fight Microsoft. Partly because the prices should have been sub-$150 a year or more ago, and partly because the last thing you want to do is make adoption rates for next generation even more challenging by making last generation seems like a better proposition.

Shame-usBlackley

I dont think Sony will be making the same mistake again. The Vita shows they can produce a high tec piece of kit and release it an affordable price point. The Bluray and Kutaragi's insistence on putting a PS2 (Emotion Engine) in every PS3 is what added almost $300 to each unit. Looking at the lack of a memory stick in Vita units, it's obvious Sony has wised up and done taking massive losses on their consoles. I doubt we will see anything that ridiculously expensive from Sony again. The main doubt I have is that Sony will skimp on RAM again next gen trying to control the costs. THere are reports that Sony is going with only 2GB of RAM with every dev complaining that's not enough. Let's hope Sony doesn't get too cheap. We dont want two Nintendos. :P

I'm calling a $400 console at launch, with a $300 cheaper option available by the end of first year.

It's butt-ugly and looks cheap as all hell. It's probably going to be $100 or so.

Hope they will keep the 'old' slim models. Or else I may be forced to buy one of these in the coming years. It looks horrible. I like my slim, hope it lasts as long as my PS2 has. Still running wonderfully since the day I got it in '01.

They should just lower the price of the current slim model, instead of making this ugly abomination.

I'm not one to usually criticize looks but I'm really not impressed at all with this so called "super slim". And as others have previously mentioned, it's high time for the price to be bumped down to $199. I think Sony could really catch Microsoft with their pants down if they did this.

I prefer the design of the slim now, and even if I did think the new one looked better I wouldn't waste money on getting it because it might look nicer.

I prefer the design of the slim now, and even if I did think the new one looked better I wouldn't waste money on getting it because it might look nicer.

Venom_Raptor

its not meant to make current slim owners buy a new one, its meant to help tip people who still havent decided, or those who have an xbox as their primary machien (like me) but like the look of the 5 exclusives that make ownign a PS3 actually worthwhile.

Really Ugly I'll be sticking with my 320gb slim I might budge if they sell the 500gb for $150 which I don't see happening.

New PS3 Slim bundled with Washboard Hero.