| LuckyTrouble said: I don't think we'll see slim models for awhile. I mean, it wasn't until 2012 that Sony released the Super Slim PS3, and the original Slim PS3 was born out of necessity, literally dropping hardware in order to decrease size and cost. I think three years is a little optimistic to expect any kind of substantial enough hardware size reduction to turn out a model that is slimmer enough to even warrant calling a slim model. At the very least, Sony won't see it as necessary. Full system revisions like that are usually used when sales are starting to heavily decline, in order to give another push to get momentum going as long as necessary. As it stands, staggering the top and bottom halves of the system the way they did has left the PS4 not looking all that big to begin with. I mean, it fits on top of my dresser with a 32 inch TV, controllers, and my Vita without any kind of issues, and that's lying down flat. Vertically, the thing is easy to sit in most places without issue because of how flat it is. |
By end of 2016 it's 3 years since the PS4 has launched, thats half of a console cycle. The PS3 slim wasn't born out of necessity, it was a natural evolution, after countless die shrinks, hw generations and miniaturization of the parts used in the ps3, a Slim model was overdue. What hw did the og PS3 slim drop in order to shrink? Nothing. The extra baggage was already dropped with the 60GB fat model years before. The PS3 slim retained everything the fat models it was replacing.
"Full system revisions like that are usually used when sales are starting to heavily decline"
Thats not how it works. They dont suddenly start designing a smaller console because they saw a decline in sales. Revisions are made because the parts are getting smaller and smaller parts mean cheaper so they can have a price cut to go along with it. The price Sony pays for the materials is not fixed.
Whether PS4 Slim comes in 2016 or 2017 depends on when AMD is able to shrink dies.
