Chairman-Mao on 07 October 2009
I wouldn't be shocked if there was an even slimmer PS3 released in 2011 sometime. The PS3 slim is still pretty big, although way smaller then the phat PS3.
Anyway this move was necessary. They needed to do this to lower the price to $299 to drive up the sales and make publishers happy (like activision). I think it was the perfect time for it since there was the initial price drop boost, and soon there will be the normal Christmas boost.
