Remember that blog I posted last week with phony PS3 slim pics? Yeah, scratch that because the "Real McCoy" is standing right before you. I knew those pics from last week had to be photoshopped that's why I pulled the CYA(Cover Your Ass) move and said that they weren't gonna be confirmed until today which was just the fact. I just hate when people make fake pics. Kaz Hirai, President and CEO of Sony, introduced the PS3 slim model today at Gamescom 09' Expo in Cologne, Germany. A few changes have be made. For one thing the price has been lowered to $300. Another thing is that the PS3 has been obviously chopped down to size. Gone is the piano black gloss that was on the original and replaced with a darker texture-based surface. I don't have a problem with that because the piano gloss smooth surface attracts a lot of lint which is kind of annoying. It comes with a 120Gb hard drive which I'm upset about because my original PS3 has only a 60GB hard drive. It's all good because I checked Playstation.com and found out that I can upgrade my hard drive to one with more capacity which is cool. They built the PS3 Slim from the ground up right down to its cell processor. The PS3 Slim encompasses a newly designed 45nm (nano meter) processor that runs at the same speed of its 60nm predecessor. With this change made the PS3 runs more efficiently and provides less power consumption. It has built in Wi-Fi, just as the original 80 and 60GB models, and 2 USB ports instead of the original 4. The new design takes me back to when Sega revamped the Genesis and gave it that nice sleek black look. All in all I'm pretty impressed with the new PS3 look. Like I've said, I already have the original. It's in great condition and there's no need for me to go out and grab the new. It still has the same software and programming. So I can't say out with the old and in with the new just yet. The PS3 Slim will be available for release the first week of September but I've heard that Game Stop won't be releasing it until September 24. Don't be surprised if you're not able to grab one right away.
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