its probably a proptotype. If anything a slim PS3 wont be out for another year.

I got a kick out of the thread title: 'oh no'

If true, I certainly hope that pic in the news section isn't what it'll actually look like.

Truth? I never care about sales when they get in the way of gaming greatness.

That said, I still think the Xbox 360 is the superior console to the 399 phat PS3. Vastly, in nearly every category(except durability).

However, a 299 slim PS3 verses the 360?

Now we're talking.

If it's confirmed and it's true that it won't be out for a year, then Sony is screwed bigtime. Why would anyone buy a 399 phat PS3 with a 299 superior slim on the way?

@zenfolder

Good I agree withy ou on the superior bit.

for 299 & with Gt5, then we'r talking, otherwise just go back to your gaming room & close your eyes & thinkw hich console gave you more hours of playtime

from neo-gaf:

For the new page, resized/rehosted:













Other:

Original 60GB PS3 Motherboard, 180watt versus current 80GB, 110watt (which has 65nm CPU/GPU):



The standard workstations:



Thanks to west and iceatcs for angling the image correctly, the system is almost quadratic:



So:

1. Convincing, professional chassis mold
2. Logo changed from PLAYSTATION 3 to PS3 which is logical, not proof for/against though
3. Packaging image is not shopped (though the pack itself might be custom made)
4. IBM have had the 45nm Cell in production (since mid 2008 I believe?), we all know the story about the general downsizing of PS3 components and lower power needs
5. Pink/green work stations! (same as background)
6. Sony shipped 10m PS3's in fiscal year 07 and 08 each, they are now saying 13m for 09.
7. Maintek Computer located in Suzhou, China, manufactures PS3s. They brought down the thread (Chinese) that was hosting these images with cease and desist.

Is it real? Anyone remember alien autopsy?

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.

Didn't they just change the logo to PS3, but with the Spiderman font?  It was shown at the start of the NG: Sigma 2 trailer.  Seems odd that they would change it again.  Although it kind of makes sense that they would go to a more PS2esque logo.

@yakuza

people think they are rebranding PS3 & trying to make it more like PS1 & PS2