New super-slim PS3 model on the way?

Why would I buy it when the PS4 is coming soon or atleast rumored to be ? The price would have to be somewhere around $200 for most people to be interested I would think.

One thing SONY can do with the supposed " NEW SLIM PS3". Release the thing at a $200 or maybe less price range, bundle a game with it ( most possibly a MP focused one to encourage new users to create PSN accounts). This way they can drive up the sales of the PS3.

o.g. 80gb ps3 pwns

dear sony

allow me to exchange my fatty with the super slim one and no charge plz. why?

well, what do you like more a fat heidi klum or a slim heidi klum.

sincerley your customers

Stupid thing to do in my opinion why spend money on new designs when a lot of people who are already going to buy a PS3 like myself already have one. I bought the slim and i think what sony needs to focus on is software/new games. If not then they need to focus on the design of the PS4.

The PS3 slm is already a good enough design no need to go apple and nintend making a bunch of designs for the exact same console.

Maybe sony is serious about the 10 year life cycle if there willing to put the time and money into a new model...

I wouldn't be surprised, the Slim PS3 is still kinda big in terms of length and width.

People will complain about anything based on what I've seen in these comments. If you don't want a slim PS3, don't buy it. If you already have a PS3, Sony probably doesn't expect you to buy it.

what a waste of time and effort, there are enough ps3 models on the market as it is.....

Man what are they feeding these poor consoles? Oatmeal & beef Jerky?

Currently have an 80GB with semi backwards compatibility. I'll keep holding onto it till it dies. But I'll probably get this thing when it's worth like a 100 bucks... just in case. Very much doubt PS4 will be backwards compatible with PS3 games, and if my current PS3 decides to kick the bucket somewhere like 5 years from now, it will be nice to have a back up.

Backwards compatibility and better ventilation. I will buy it.

I still have my original 60GB huge PS3 and I love it. Won't be changing it for the world.

I just went to G4TV.com and a story said it will be called the Sony PS3 SKU...seriously? i like my names for it better

If i ever need another PS3 i would love a model that uses less power and hopefully outputs less heat. I have the original 60gb and during the winter i can actually use it to heat my room up slightly, which in the summer is not so great a feature to have.

yet another smaller version of the PS3?....hmm what will it be called? the PS3 Slim 2? the PS3 MicroSlim? What about the PS3 Slim Avarus ,which is Latin for greedy, as in Sony is greedy and wants to sell another version of a console that already had a slim version come out in late 2009... the PS3 Slim Iyashii also works as it's Japanese for greedy as well.

Wasn't the slim one slim enough?

Are you serious?!?!? I love the original PS3 and PS2. Every stinkin' time they do a thin-line version of their systems they screw it up. They get hot easier and quicker because there is no real cooling system integrated, and even less memory. I'd suggest anyone actually thinking of wasting money on this thing save your money (sock it away until then) and wait until the next gen comes out.

Different from Xbox that stop the production of the old gen as soon the new one comes out. PS keep selling the old gen even after the new one comes out. A cheaper model makes sense.

This move by Sony is crazy. Why waste all that money on unnecessary design and development on a console which already exists just to make a few efficient changes. The amount of time spent and money used could have gone to the PS4 development or a new PS3 game concept.

Make it less uglier Sony. The my current slim-PS3 is so ugly.

I have my same old 4 year old fat PS3 model (MGS4 edition) that came with a 60GB HD. I've spent $150 to upgrade it over the years with first a 250GB 7200RPM HD and now a 750GB 7200RPM HD. It works great for me and hasn't had any hiccups, unlike the 360 which I've had to have replace 5 times... and that was MS replacing it, not me. If I'm gonna buy a new console, it's going to be of the next generation; and this time I'll wait a year or two just so they get all the bugs ironed out.

Each time they come up with a new PS, it has less features.

I wonder what's going to be missing this time.