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Sony Announces PS3 Slim, Price Cut, Improvements To Home
Sony's press conference today at the Gamescom convention was full of announcements. They officially revealed the PS3 Slim, which will be 36% lighter and 33% smaller than the normal PS3. It will come with a 120 GB hard drive and list for $299 when it hits retail stores in early September. Normal PS3s will drop to that price as well starting tomorrow. (Unfortunately for Sony, their unveiling was spoiled a bit by several retailers jumping the gun on new advertisements, not to mention the rumors that had been swirling for weeks ahead of time.) Sony also announced a PS3 firmware update as well as new features and customization options for Home. In addition to that, the PS3 and PSP will be getting a digital reader service. At launch it will bring access to Marvel comic books, and will expand from there. They didn't talk much about their upcoming motion control scheme, but promised more details next month at the Tokyo Game Show.
Well duh, obviously the people looking for consoles with a really reliable drive buy an XBox instead.
People still watch tube tvs?
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
to describe their probable sales volume. There's very little there in terms of improvements for PS3 owners. For those of us who bailed on PSx line after #2 I don't see anything enticing enough in terms of new features to make me consider purchasing a ps3 slim.