Famitsu is totally fake.  http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/27/famitsu-hints-at-a-ps3-tales-game/   - Yeah TOTALLY fake.  Namco / Bandai / Sony have been holding their cards extremely close to their chest.

 For past tales games, they really haven't. By "Past", I mean ToV, TotA, and Symphonia 2, anyway. It also looks to be the Same with tales of the World: RM 2, and Tales of hearts. They were announced a good bit back. About 7-12 months, anyway. But to tell you the truth, I really do want a PS3 tales game. That way I can justify the purchase of a PS3, in my mind anyway. As for anything solid about PS3 Tales, no, there isn't anything. The mag is reporting about the fact that there isn't a Tales game for PS3, but there is one for 360 and Wii. 

@Talkingparrot That was only a rumor, and I beleive it was proven wrong. Also Namco announced a week after that along with Tales of Heart that the next tales game will be on the Wii.

You still dont understand what I am making fun of, do you? It makes zero difference that there are people in Akihabara talking about the power of PS3. PS3 is any technophile's dream and Akihabara is those people's headquarters. Not too mention that anectodal evidence is not real evidence. I remember people echoing in any gamestop about how Wii is a joke and PS3 has an amazing cell processor, and we both know how that turned out. Also what is the point of mentioning that you are in Japan for six months, that just begs to be ridiculed.

PS3 is already at its cheapest in Japan (even with weak dollar, at current conversion rate PS3 40gig costs 340$). And Sony had two years and several models to reduce PS3's size but as you may have noticed every new model of PS3 is the same exact size. It will be years before PS3 will be smaller and out of the games you have listed only Final Fantasy has a proven track record. Plus, how many times does it need to be proven that a game or two cant change the fate of a console. You need a steady stream and considering that Final Fantasy is not coming out until 2009( most likely in Fall considering that the demo is coming out in spring) PS3 is not fulfilling the steady stream requirement.

you people are forgetting something

ff13 is still is a exclusive in japan
ff13 versus too.
just 2 those games + gt5 will probably rise ps3 to a great level :)

+ White Knight Story, + Tales RPG PS3, and I fial to believe Sony isn't internally developing an RPG.

How many times do we have to tell you this? There is no tales RPG for the PS3. The next titles in developement are going to DS, PSP, and Wii. Then there might be a PS3 tales, but not anytime soon. Also I doubt any of those games will boost the PS3 for any long period of time. THough I do beleive that PS3 sales could go in the 20-30k range for a month or two after FFXIII.

 true, very true. that along with Gran Turismo 5. 2009 will be a good year for PS3 in Japan (and the rest of the world for that matter)

i dont think people really understand the importance of the slim version of things.  when did the ps2 make its biggest jump?  with the slim version (yes, thats worldwide).  the ds? the psp?  the ds and psp were not accompanied by price cuts (not sure about ps2).

i think a remodel is the most under rated factor in a system's selling rate.

the boost wasn't that big in Japan for the PS2 slim, and what more important is something that would indicate a long term increase in sales, and I don't there is any evidence for that right now.  I don't think you can compare a redesign of a handheld to a redesign of a console considering the handheld you have to carry everywhere with you and the size and weight is a very big part of the reason you purchase it.