If the PS3 Slim is legit and releases at $299 - What will it do for sales?

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kowenicki said:
UPDATE: Sony has issued a flat denial, telling CVG "We currently don't have any plans for a redesigned PS3." [Gamecolumn (JP) via Kotaku]

Though that is what they should say, true or not.

Otherwise it would kill immediate sales.