Is Sony developing a slim PS3? – Part One
Website design By BotEap.comSony’s PlayStation 3 was released to the general public in November 2006. It earned respect for its advanced specifications, Blu-ray Disc playback capabilities, and free Wi-Fi; It quickly became one of the must-have devices, but it also received some criticism because of its high retail price. Despite a price cut about a year after launch, pressure was kept on by consumers and game developers alike on Sony to lower the price and bring it closer to its main rival, Microsoft Xbox 360. Easier said than done. do it for Sony, which was losing money. in every unit sold with many speculating that it would have to wait until it could produce a scaled-down, cheaper-to-manufacture version of the PS3. This strategy would somewhat mirror what he did with the re-release of the PS2 slim a few years earlier.
Website design By BotEap.comThere were many rumors in the tech press that Sony Corporation was developing a revised PlayStation 3 game console. These rumors started with device websites posting supposedly “leaked” images of a stripped-down PS3. They looked a bit fake and there was a lot of skepticism about the reality of a new slim version of the console until the website that published the images received legal documentation from a company that makes the PS3 for Sony. This documentation required the removal of the images, but the most important element of this correspondence was that it added a lot of credibility to the validity of the images. Although they were removed, they spread across the internet and the rumors did not go away.
Website design By BotEap.comOther information to fuel the rumors came from the UK’s Daily Telegraph, who reported that Sony had placed a large order for PS3 components, enough to build twice as many units as they normally sold. This obviously suggested that something was afoot. What would lead Sony to think that they suddenly needed twice as many consoles as they were already selling? Something seemed ready to drive demand, either in the form of a significant price reduction or a new version of the console, or even both.
Website design By BotEap.comMore evidence came in, some from retailers, but mostly from industry insiders, all pointing to the announcement of a Slim PS3. These are just some of the elements that we will look at in the next and final article in this series.