Sony Not Ruling Out Super Slim PlayStation 3

PS3 Slim design is just fine.

@UnawareQuagsire It's ugly. The buttons are horrid and cheap feeling too. None of which is at all important, but much prefer the 60Gb design to those that followed.

Well i guess a smaller ps3 would be cool. Less space is always great

I don't think I'd ever get rid of my original ps3 because of the backwards compatibility and extra USB ports. That being said, it is a bit heavy. Even though lighter and less space sounds good, you'd have to wonder what the trade offs would be.

How much smaller can it possibly get?

@turtlelink Probably quite a bit given the afforementioned PS2.

I have a late model PS2 Slim (Cinnibar Red from PlayAsia) and it's quite a pretty little thing. Very quiet and no power pack either. So there's probably scope to slim the PS3 down further. I doubt Sony will though. They've established the new form factor and will probably concentrate on the refining of components going forward to lessen the cost of manufacture.

While I miss my phatt 60GB with backward compatibility and 10 million USB ports, I certainly do not miss the sound of vacuum cleaners when I would play a game.
Also, after 2 of them died on me, I had to get a slim.
The slim never makes a NOISE and never gets overly hot... although I have experienced more system crashes with it compared to the phatt.
I would welcome a cheap £100 super slim, like the slim PS2, with open arms,

@seeafish Really that quiet? Hmmmm.

I may have to invest sooner than I had planned.

@seeafish Well, I have a 320GB slim model that I bought last year and, even though it IS a quiet enough system, it does make some noise. I don't know if it makes any difference, but specially when reading "heavy" games like Uncharted, God of War III and Final Fantasy XIII. Also, there is always a little hum in the background, but you have to be playing a really quiet game in a really quiet place to notice it. That being said, based on what I read I believe it is a lot quieter than the fat models, even though I never saw one "in action".

its still too big for me

I had to get a slim when my phat died and yes, it is definitely quieter that the phat model. I'm extremely happy with the slim model but I do miss the backwards compatibility.

PlayStation: looked great.
PSone: smooth tiny llooked pretty good.
PlayStation 2: looked sleek and powerful minus the bulky "bottom layer"
PS2 (slim): pretty cool tiny sleeker version of the original (I bet they could make a new one as small as the PSone now.)
PlayStation 3: heavy, looks fairly good, but also like the George Foreman Grill-open that thing up and fry something!)
PS3 (slim): looks very strange, like an old Atari/Intellivision/ColecoVision system from the mid 80's.

The more I actually look at it the less objectionable it becomes- sure sign that I'm convincing myself to buy one!

Just now remembering the George Foreman grill jokes from '06. Yeah, I've got a big fat PS3. I don't mind its size, though.

^ Yeah me too and I really don't mind the size either, I just wish it had all the slots and PS2 BC.