TGS 2012: Sony Announces Redesigned PS3

By Brian P Rubin | 19 September 2012 | 8 Comments

At TGS today (last night? It’s in Japan…), Sony finally announced the new, redesigned, super-slim PlayStation 3 console that we’ve known about for the past few months. Now that it’s been unveiled, we finally have some details about how much the thing will cost: on September 25 in North America, the redesigned PS3 will be available, sporting a 250 GB hard drive and a bundled copy of the “Game of the Year” edition of Uncharted 3, and a $30 voucher for the free-to-play Dust 514, all for $269.

Shortly after launch (though it’s not quite clear when) the un-bundled version will be available for $249. A month later, on October 30, a 500 GB version will be released for $299. Europe and PAL territories get a couple different configurations: on September 28, the 500 GB console comes out for €299, while a 12GB flash-memory console will be available for €229. Don’t ask me to figure out why Europe doesn’t get the 250GB version, or why their 12GB version should be on the same level as our 250GB version…or why we don’t get a super-cheap 12GB version in North America. Whatever.

We first heard rumors of the so-called “super-slim” back in July, and now that we’ve got a price and release date for the Wii U, this is clearly Sony’s attempt to capture a chunk of the holiday market. They managed to do a decent job of that last winter with a price-drop of the PS3, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they convince a few more people to go Sony. This is clearly the system that’s going to keep selling even when they announce their next-gen console.

Also, I had a few really great images that I made for the previous “super-slim” stories. Let’s revisit them now:

Via PlayStation Blog

8 Comments

Posted by Justin Fassino on 19 September 12 at 10:35am

And it doesn’t look like a BBQ grill anymore.
- Posted by Brian P Rubin on 19 September 12 at 12:16pm
  
  Lawrence said it looks like a car’s floor mat. I’m inclined to agree with him.
Posted by Jason on 19 September 12 at 2:49pm

Oh well I guess I’m gonna throw out the one I have now, and go with this amazing revolutionary new device. Oh wait, that’d be stupid and idiotic. Can someone tell this to my friends who are amazed at the iPhone 5.
Posted by paddy on 19 September 12 at 4:13pm

but will it blend?
Posted by Alex on 19 September 12 at 4:14pm

wait, so what do we do with our PS3 and/or PS3 slims now? can we trade them in or do they expect us to just throw them out or leave them to one side while we go out and spend more money on near enough the same system that’s just even more skinny than the previous version with a few new features?
Posted by Ring on 19 September 12 at 5:51pm

Better come with Battletoads, or I’ll be ticked.
Posted by tooley on 19 September 12 at 5:53pm

All I can think about now. Is the Simpsons episode with Malibu Stacy and they rerelease it with a new hat and every one rushes out to buy it.
Posted by james braselton on 19 September 12 at 7:04pm

hi there i have no idear what sony going too charge or trade i know ps3 cost $699 with 80 gb hdd ps vita is $250 plus $100 memory card plus a game or too thats over $400 for a hand held soo but i think sony going were gamers buy sony pritary storage at a big huge large price