The rumour mill is in overdrive as E3 approaches, but here's one with a ring of plausibility - a cut-price PlayStation 3 redesigned to lose some flab.
PlayStationLifestyle has heard the magic word 'redesign' and thinks this can mean only one thing: a smaller, lighter PS3 with a price-cut to boot.
The omens for something interesting happening are certainly good. Sony boss Howard Stringer, interviewed in Japan last week, admitted that the cost of the PS3 has been "high" and talked about "evolving" the console into a platform for web services.
Sony to ditch the discs?
This could mean a cheap new PS3 with a mini Cell processor, downloading all its movies and games online. Or it could mean a new paint job and fifty quid off the RRP.
Some motion-sensing hardware seems almost a given, following the success of the Wii and rumbles from Microsoft about a new body-sensing webcam accessory for the Xbox 360.
One arrival that you can bet on is the PSP Go!, a handheld upgrade that ditches the dreadful UMD drive and adds a sliding display. All will be revealed at E3 on June 2.
Via PlayStationLifestyle.
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louis058
June 10th 2009
7. I think Metal Gear Solid 4 is the only game that uses all the space, but its a PS3 exclusive
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thegilb
May 15th 2009
6. Oh great, another PS3 permutation, just what the market really needs!
I don't think many games actually use all of the space on Blu-ray .. Particularly the cross-platform releases. Most games would probably still fit on a single dual layer DVD. But the Blu-ray won't go away, it's the only reason PS3 has sold any units at all tbh.
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amit290
May 15th 2009
5. I wonder if this article was written after pictures of a slim PS3 emerged on Gizmodo.
http://gizmodo.com/5253523/alleged-ps3-slim-spy-shots-inspire-hope-doubt
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headsh0t
May 14th 2009
4. A slimmer PS3? A PSP without UMD? More wicked awesome games coming out? BOY I CANT WAIT FOR E3!!!!!!
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agentcool
May 14th 2009
3. The idea that a PS3 may be released without a Blu-ray drive is utterly ridiculous. It would be like releasing a toaster with nowhere to put the bread.
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watcherzero
May 14th 2009
2. What the writers suggesting is it possibly having no optical drive at all, not going back to dvd. Personally I agree theirs no chance of sony ditching the blu ray drive with it being the consoles greatest success, besides the cost of manufacturing the blue lasers could be as little as a 10th what it was when the console launched.
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saucymonk
May 14th 2009
1. A ps3 with no Blu ray would be ridiculous! They would then have to release games on Blu ray for old ps3 and multipal dvd for new ps3s!
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