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8 Wildest E3 2010 Rumors: True or False?

Every E3 there's the pre-show windup, riddled with gossip and hyperbole, and every year that windup gets longer.

Which ones make sense (or don't)? Which are just pranks? Viral rumors? Intentional misdirecting from public relations agents designed to lead tens of thousands of prying eyes astray?

Like everyone else, we can only promise half-guesses in our list below, but then what's the point of E3 without a monkey-barrel's worth of surprises?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/198605/8_wildest_e3_2010_rumors_true_or_false.html

this is one of them that would be very Exciting:

if

A)

Rumor: Microsoft Unveils an Xbox 360 'Slim'

Face it, the Xbox 360 looks like an old early-2000-style Dell Optiplex, not a game console. And like those not-so-ultra-slim desktops of yore, it's time for Microsoft's Xbox 360 to lose a little weight. (That, and some disc-drive decibel levels: The muted buzz-saw sound it makes still drives my wife out of the room each time I play a game straight from disc.)

The rumor mill cooked up this story ("Is This an Xbox 360 'Slim' Motherboard?") back in March, when a Chinese site "leaked" a snap of an alleged micro-ATX-sized Xbox 360 motherboard. Microsoft declined to comment.

True or false? I say likely. Microsoft could bundle a diet-sized Xbox 360 with its motion-control add-on, Project Natal (or whatever they opt to officially rebrand it at the show). It'd be cheaper to produce, friendlier to home entertainment centers, and, if the gods favor us, quieter too.

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B)

Rumor: Sony Reveals a 'Budget' $199.99 PS3

Just yesterday Sony's new 3D website listed a PlayStation 3 for $199.99 under the '3D-Compatible Products' section, generating buzz about a possible entry-level PS3 $100 cheaper than its $299.99 120GB model.

Sony now says it's just a typo (as if they'd say anything else). Even still, the company only sells two storage-differentiated models, the 120GB for $300 and a 250GB alternative for $350. While those two may offer better value in a spec-for-spec faceoff with Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony lacks an entry-level PS3 that could compete in the 'price tag for price tag' column.

If both are true..

that's very exciting indeed.