Sony officially announced the
PS3 Slim, well long after the leaked pictures made it to the world wide web. And now, everyone is happy with the latest price tag. Sony PS3is the costliest gaming console in the market compared to the XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii. Now, Sony has decided to bring down the price to a much affordable $299. Rejoice PlayStation fans, it's time to finally own one if you haven't. The new PS3 slim is actually by design 33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter, and comes with a 120GB hard drive. Sony redesigned the internal architecture of the new PS3 system in order to meet the new more compact form factor. This is about the same as what Sony did to the previous generation PlayStation, the PS2. The PS3 Slim is powered by a new 45nm version of the Cell processor which runs at the same speed as the 60nm processor in the "old" PS3, but is smaller and more energy-efficient. According to company reps, power consumption for the PS3 Slim has also been cut to two-thirds, "helping to reduce fan noise".
One element which changed against my liking is that the surface of the PS3 Slim is matte as compared to the classy looking shiny piano black finish of the PS3. Also, the "PLAYSTATION 3" words are no longer written across the top, replaced by "PS3". The Sony PlayStation 3 Slim is available for pre-orders from Amazon.com.
