Half of them are good reasons, the other half are grasping for straws.

All I'm saying is that, since it's still selling at a loss, the PS3 slim, while certainly boosting sales, won't save Sony this generation. When a company has to rely on sales of accessories, games, etc. to make a profit, it's a sign that they're not doing well.

And for the record, I'm considering getting a slim.

Actually I take back what I said earlier.

Other than the reduction in size / power consumption. Every single "reason" why the Ps3 slim will save Sony are reasons the PS3 phat would save Sony, none are slim-unique.

The only reasons that matter:

1. Its cheaper to make

2. It will sell for a lower price

3. It is smaller, which will help in crowded places like Japan.

Incidentally, because sony had to do something pretty radical like redesign the PS3 in order to trim costs leads me to think that the price won't go much lower than this for the lifetime of the PS3....mabey to $250 (or $230 if we are lucky and have a cheapcheap version with less memory and no wireless).

Yawn, it's been said time and time again, Sony isn't getting much from the PSP Go! mark up. Retailers will be.

some of those points are kind of dumb, like it having a matte finish.

it's promising anyway that the media is taking an interest in the slim and are giving usually positive feedback.

I actually like the new finish better than the smooth piano black look...i also agree with mtofu that the finish thing really wont make a whole lot of difference either way

It seems the writer of the article lost focus after the 1st few reasons.