Using that pic as reference:



Hmm, not quite as small as I thought it'd be.

If you're transposing that on top of the other pic as is, I don't think that's particularly accurate.

The DS3 is slightly smaller in the photo than on the 'slim' box.

Using the DS3 and independently using the width of the disc drive (12cm), it ends up more like this:



I'm fairly confident about those dimensions since they work out the same, like I say, if using DS3 dimensions or the drive's dimensions.

thos pics & the post itself i from neo-gaf

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15850212&postcount=705

Why is a $100 price cut a given?

Neither the redesign PS2 or PSP got price cuts with their redesign. 

Sony is losing money on the PS3 as is, I doubt a redesign covers a $100 drop in production cost. 

a slim would cost less to manufacture than a current ps3.

i think they can possibly sell a slim for $299 and not take loss on the console, but i also hope the current ps3 is kept at $399 as a deluxe model.

$100 price cut is wishful thinking by fanboys. I think you'll get a $50 cut if one at all at best. Wouldn't actually shock me if there is no price cut period and Sony is banking on the slimmer design as a selling point. 

@Soundwave - Sony is currently not losing money on every PS3 sold

If this is the real deal, that could mean the following:

a) Sony made huge steps in making the PS3 cheaper. Or at least so much that the losses are limited.

b) Sony is going straight for the Xbox without nearly any concern for losses. That would be a real gutsy move for a company in a dire financial position. If so, the Sony boardmembers must have been convinced by a excellent speaker.


I would say A. That's the most logical. B sounds really risky and might endanger more divisions, if not all.

How did they manage to post a $260 million dollar loss for their game division then? That includes the PSP and PS2 (which are profitable) ... the PS3 is still unprofitable, face it. 

A slim redesign likely will focus more on getting Sony's internal costs down more than cutting the cost of the machine for the consumer. 

Like I said, the redesigns for the PS2 and PSP had no price cut. If the PS3 has even a $50 cut, consider yourselves lucky, given the financial mess Sony is in right now. 

The world would implode and Sony would go bankrupt.

Not only is the PS3 losing money still they must be losing a sh-t ton of money on it still, because the $260 millon loss means whatever profit they made from the PS2 and PSP was basically eaten alive by their PS3 losses and they ended up back on the negative side. 

It's quite likely this new PS3 slim design is aimed moreso at getting their internal costs down and increasing their profit margins, not at a massive $100 price cut.