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Europe is gaining another new bundle for the PS3 Slim, but this time packaged with EA’s newest racer, Need For Speed: Shift. The new PS3 Slim bundle has a bigger Hard Drive too, at 250GB. With pricing at 349.99 Euros.

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A retailer in speaking with Eurogamer has some details on a new PS3 Slim SKU may be releasing as soon as October. The new PS3 Slim SKU would be packaged with one of three games. Having  a choice of Assassins Creed 2, Gran Turismo 5, or Uncharted 2.

What’s more peculiar were that Gran Turismo 5 had earlier reports of releasing this holiday season, soon after Gran Turismo PSP is released. So this news may be true. Possible announcement at Tokyo Game Show? Stay tuned for more details on this topic.

The people at IFixIt have managed to dismantle the Playstation 3 Slim, revealing the rather small motherboard the machine carries.

The question is how much smaller is it compared to the regular Playstation 3? Below is a comparison between a 60GB PS3 and a 120GB PS3 Slim.

Spot the difference.

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As you know the PS3 slim is selling out quite well, Amazon reported that they have sold out of their pre-order allocation. What is all the fuss about? G4TV has posted a video that will compare the PS3 slim against the original PS3. Check it out.

The new Playstation 3 model (slim) has been selling very well, in fact they have sold out at Amazon. The biggest online retailer has sold out of their pre-order allocation.

Order now and we’ll deliver when available. We’ll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when we ship the item.

Take a look at the console on the Amazon product page by clicking here.

The PS3 slim was announced at GamesCon 2009 and costs $299.99.

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We would have rather done it but since we’re not professional writers (or decent writers at all) and get stuff send we bumped into a site that did get it. Gizmodo is the name and here are some part of what they thought about it so far.

Audible comparison vs. original PS3

We tested the two consoles with a Transformers 2 game. While the fans were pretty much the same between the two consoles, the disc drive is noticeably louder (but not a ton louder) on the PS3 Slim. Using a decibel-meter app on the iPhone, the Slim got somewhere between 25-33dB when playing the game, and the PS3 Fat got between 22-30dB. It’s not a huge difference but still.

Physical comparison vs. original PS3

The shape is relatively unchanged, as you saw from the pics this morning, retaining the George Foreman grill top and the same ports on the back. We thought Sony shrunk it down by moving the PSU outside the body, like the Xbox 360, but no, it’s still the same. There’s no power brick.

Its power and eject touch buttons are changed to actual buttons (an improvement, I think), and the USB ports are shrunk down to 2. Also gone are any of the card readers. Because of the decreased size, the Slim is much less stable in vertical mode, which explains the $24 stand coming in September. You also can’t twist the PS logo on the front to vertical orientation, like you could the PS3 fat.

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Here’s the technical specifications for the PS3 Slim. Released via Press Release by Sony.

Product Outline: PlayStation®3 (CECH-2000)

Product name: PlayStation®3
Product code: CECH-2000 (Charcoal Black)
CPU: Cell Broadband Engine™
GPU: RSX®
Audio output: LPCM 7.1ch, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC.
Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
Hard disk: 2.5″ Serial ATA 120GB *1
Inputs / Outputs *2 Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0): 2
Networking: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) × 1; IEEE 802.11 b/g; Bluetooth® 2.0 (EDR)
Controller: Wireless Controller （Bluetooth®）
AV output Resolution: 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i　(for PAL 576p, 576i)
AV output HDMI OUT connector *3: 1
AV output AV MULTI OUT connector: 1
AV output Digital out (optical) connector: 1
BD／DVD／CD drive (read only) Maximum read rate: BD × 2 (BD-ROM); DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM); CD × 24 (CD-ROM)
Power: AC 220 – 240, 50/60Hz *4
Power consumption: Approx. 250W
External dimensions (excluding maximum projecting part): Approx. 290 × 65 × 290 mm (width × height × length)
Mass: Approx. 3.2kg
Included *5: PlayStation®3 system × 1; Wireless Controller (DualShock®3) × 1; AC power cord × 1; AV cable × 1; USB cable × 1

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That is if you believe Jack Tretton

We really think that USD 299 is the sweet spot when consumers think about all the features that exist in the PlayStation 3. There’s just no better value on the market. We’re very pleased that short of its third birthday, the PlayStation 3 has achieved tremendous milestones which have allowed us to bring out this new form factor

A price drop has been the talk for over a year but nobody really imagined it would drop $100/€100. And the Introduction of the PS3 Slim makes the value of owning an original PS3 more and more rewarding (those with the card-reader, and 4 USB slots). We wonder what we can expect.

If you look at how far PlayStation 3 has come in terms of features, in terms of the great games that have been offered and to understand that’s being done at half the original price with a 120GB harddrive being built in, with a new slimmer lighter form factor. It’s staggering to think how far this has come in less than three years – and to envision how far it will go before this system is over and done with

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Japan has already made plans to make a bundle of the PS3 Slim with a Gundam game, in celebration of the Gundam 30th Anniversary.

The bundle comes with a copy of Gundam Senki, 120GB PS3 Slim, and a wireless controller. All totalling out to be 38,359 Yen.

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In the near future, we may be seeing another SKU for the just announced PlayStation 3 Slim. Back in May, the FCC has a report on some PS3 SKU’s. Two being for retail release, and the other two for developers. Making us wonder when we’ll be seeing reported 250GB Slim. Possibly around the holidays? We’ll report back on when we hear news on this.

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Sony has announced that a video delivery service will be hitting parts of Europe starting this November. Along with a new look for PSN starting September 1. Sony is looking to expand upon their Home service. Adding new dance moves, animations, and new character customizations. You’ll also have a camera to carry around within Home. VidZone is expanding to other countries in Europe, starting with Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and New Zealand. Two new Spaces for Home have also been announced, SingStar, and Audi. Sometime within next month, UK consumers can purchase PSN cards.

Heading to the PSP side, Eye of Judgement and Locoroco Midnight Carnival have also been announced. A digital reader, and comic reader will be available for the PSP in November. With Marvel being the leading partner. Something sounding similar to the PSP App Store have been announced, with games releasing no bigger than 100MB in size. Fifteen being available at PSP GO! launch, and 50 til the end of 2009. PSP 3000 getting new colors, Turqoise, Pink, and Purple. GT for the PSP Go will be FREE to European and PAL consumers who register between the dates of 1-10 Oct. Please Note, that this is only for PSP Go owners.

Eyepet has been priced at 50 euros, which is bundled with the PlayStation Eye Camera.

Heavy Rain, final two characters were revealed. Shelby, a private detective working on the Origami Killer case. Ethan, who is an architect and has to find his son in 4 days. All the scenes within the game will be fully interactive.

Nothing new about the Motion Controller until TGS.

Lastly, Kaz Hirai has taken the stage, and finally unveiled the long denial of the PlayStation 3 Slim. Being available to all territories with the first week of September. It’s 33% smaller, and 36% lighter. With 120GB of Storage memory, the cost will be $299, 299 Euros, and 29980 Yen. Also all current PS3 SKU’s have been slashed by at least $100.

Everybody say this is probably the worst kept secret, and they’re probably right. On the website of Kmart ahead of Sony’s announcement at Gamescom, you can see this

That is correct, the PS3 slim has been given a release date of August 24th (for the US atleast). Though no spec details are currently known for the PS3 Slim, the only thing we’re certain about is the price of $299,99.

In a few hours we will hopefully have more information on Sony’s Gamescom presentation.

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The rumor has been hanging around for quite some time that there is a PS3 Slim on the way. Now those rumors are getting worse as UDN.com has claimed that two Taiwanese manufacturing companies have been awarded contracts to make the new unit. The order has been split up in half with Taiwanese group Foxconn and Pegatron getting one slice each.

Why this rumor has a change of sticking, you ask? These two firms have manufactured the original PS3. So if this is true, Ars Technica might be right as well that the units will hit the market in August or September. Or we can just hope for the best

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Sony just released a new ad for the PlayStation 3. It’s kinda odd, we’re speculating that it’s hinting that a PS3 slim might be on the way soon enough. Share your thoughts down below. 

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Both Sony and Toshiba are working on making a smaller chip, and plans on mass producing the 45nm chip, beginning of 2009. The end result is saving the power in PlayStation 3’s by 40%.

This also brings into wonder if Sony is also working on a PS3 slim, and maybe a price cut.

As usual, smaller chips mean less heat, less space, and more reliability.Engadget suggests that this new hardware revision could usher in a price cut and a PS3-slim model. All seems logically sound, though — even if the chips were produced early in the year — we still wouldn’t see the end product until late 2009 at the very earliest. So if you’ve been holding out for a PS3 until the slim comes into town … you’ve still got a long wait ahead of you buddy.