Rumour: Slim PS3 to hit stores as early as 2009 for £200/$300

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I don't see the slimness lowering the cost much... If they shrink the cpu, gpu, and motherboard, that would save costs. But just shrinking the motherboard and taking the power supply out would save you on plastic casing... which I am guessing is not a very big expense to them.