I thought the whole point in making a Slim version of a console was to make the overall console smaller not just the thickness of it. If anything this Playstation 3 Slim takes up exactly the same amount of overall space as the original, if not more. It would take up less space when you play it on its side but by looking at it's design, thats out of the question.
Heres a comparison of the Playstation 2 and the PS2 Slim which I just made.
As you can see it takes up less space in every dimension (The Playstation and the PS Slim were exactly the same but I can't find any good comparison pictures) where as the Ps3 Slim (If those videos/pictures are real) the only size reduction is in its thickness, which seems pointless.
That appears to be the top half of the Playstation 3 slims chassis. Look how much width and depth space it takes up.. You can see the person's hand to give you abit of a idea and the size of the disc opening. A Blu-Ray disc is 12cm wide, judging from the picture the Ps3 Slim is around 30 cm wide (2cm less than PS3) and perhaps the same in depth, making it larger than the Orignal Playstation 2 but slimmer.
Overall it seems pointless to me but if it helps bring down the price of the Playstation 3, I'm all for it. (Doubt it though, look at the PSP GO price)
