Slim PS3 Rumours
It was no great surprise when Sony announced the Slim PS3 at the GamesCon conference in Germany. Rumours had been circulating about it existence for so long that they probably began before the console had even been designed it seems. Over the month leading up to the announcement of the Slim PS3 the clues that something was coming picked up pace and the only big event for an announcement of this nature was Europe’s biggest gaming event.
Previous to the event websites began circulating an image of a box which seems to show the new Slim PS3 console. Unlike all most images claiming to be of the new Slim Playstation 3, websites showing the image were given legal warnings to remove the image by an unknown company. It was almost certainly a company with strong relations to Sony. Someone was taking these leaked images more seriously them previous “leaked images” of the Slim PS3.
Next came reports for stores that stock of PS3s was drying up and Sony told them not to expect any more until September. Why would Sony have slowed down production of the console? There could have been a few reasons but the next piece of news was that Sony had doubled its orders for parts used in manufacturing the console. This was when the Slim PS3 looked not only to be likely but also that it would be in shops fairly soon.
The final clue before the official announcement was when Sony announced that the line-up for their GameCon press conference. They said they would be talking about the NetFlix store. As nice as that feature is, it wouldn’t fill over an hour of press conference time. There had to be a something else they weren’t telling us yet.
Sure enough the remaining time, and majority of the press conference at GamesCon 2009 was devoted to the Slim PS3.
