PS3 CECH-4000 Series
25-30% smaller
Flip-lid Disc Input
16GB SSD (also 250GB+ options)

Possibly cheaper?

This was set to be launched at Gamescom but was held back due to massive stocks of the current PS3, we should see some deals/price cut incoming in the run up to xmas as Retailers clear stocks.

Slimmed Version Confirmed @ Engadget

250 / 500GB
50% smaller than the fridge, 25% smaller than the 2nd Gen
$269.99 for 250GB, no pricing on 500GB yet.

Not that I will be upgrading, but I'm curious what the process is for transferring all your data from your old PS3 to a new one if you decide to upgrade? I'm guessing its not as easy as it should be.

http://uk.playstation.com/ps3/support/network/detail/linked224960/item250047/Use-the-data-transfer-utility/

 

Slightly off topic, but I think Sony are getting things right, PS Plus I've always thought to be a waste of money, but a friend of mine subscribed to it, and he's had to upgrade his HD to a 1TB drive as the games the give away free with it are actually pretty good, if you take in to account the cost, you'd only need one or two good games to make it worth it, just wish I had the time to play the games, otherwise I'd subscribe Tried to find a proper list of what has been offered to date, but couldn't find a definitive list, but this one has some detail: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/06/05/playstation-plus-e3-2012/ although this might be the US list so some of them may differ (also nothing to stop you setting up a US account or even a Japanese account -I have a UK and a US account - the US store appears to be better)

One thing i'd like to see from the XBox though is party chat, you setup a group chat outside the game, so you can just talk to each other and ignore all of the other nobs online

Also a proper kinect interface would be nice, rather than the flop it tried to launch

I seriously hope the next gen gets SSDs all round, the only thing worse than waiting for the PS3 to load/save data is waiting for it to read from disc!

Quote from: TheMallrat on September 19, 2012, 16:37:25 PM

Quote from: Leon on September 19, 2012, 09:29:36 AM

Slimmed Version Confirmed @ Engadget

250 / 500GB
50% smaller than the fridge, 25% smaller than the 2nd Gen
$269.99 for 250GB, no pricing on 500GB yet.

No 250gb for Europe apparently. Instead it'll be the 12gb SSD model here, but unfortunately if you choose to put a HDD in the machine you lose the ability to save to that 12GB. Thing is, with a lot of PS3 games having mandatory installs that 12GB will be full in no time.

I seriously doubt it will be SSD option only, for too long as sales will diminish rather quickly

There will still be the 500GB model to buy but if you want the cheaper one then you have only one choice, the 12GB