That of a new PlayStation 3 SKU.
“What’s to stop Sony pushing out a new, cheaper, lighter, smaller PlayStation 3?” we asked a few days back.
Following on from the idea that whilst a PS4 won’t be making an appearance in Los Angeles – at least not publicly – we speculated that a refresh of current hardware might be on the cards.
We obviously can’t confirm anything here or even offer much in the way of details – we honestly have no idea, this is just wishful thinking – but could there perhaps a cheaper model (a price cut would really stir sales), or maybe one with a bigger hard drive, or even just a new colour?
This would certainly lend weight to MCV’s certainty that both Sony and Microsoft were planning to showcase new hardware. Perhaps they both still are, but with current-gen machines?
If Sony are thinking about rolling out the PS4 any time soon, then the sheer amount of top-tier games announced in the last few weeks and months would have been a waste. No, we’re fairly sure Sony will be sticking with PS3 and Vita for a while – but that doesn’t mean some tweaks can’t happen.
Everyone’s desperate for Sony to really kick up a gear with PS Vita, but a price-cut or a few changes to the PS3 would no doubt go down nicely – better than a white PlayStation Portable at least, eh?
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I like the idea of one of these ‘size zero’ Playstation’s. I can only see it attracting much audience if they offer some great prices combined with te new releases for this year. Maybe this will be the final stop before we arrive at PS4. I’ve been interested in buying a 1TB HDD for my current PS3, with this on the cards i’m going hold fire on that before E3 is over. Wouldn’t be surprised if its maybe between £100-£150 in this case i’d just buy the new console and be done with it.
Foxhound_Solid
If it happens… evolution would be epic. Which is something that ps3 has done throughout it’s cycle so I think it could be something special…