Polish Promotion Points to Imminent PS3 Super Slim Reveal

See you in Tokyo

by Sammy Barker Mon 17th Sep 2012

The heavily rumoured PlayStation 3 Super Slim will be officially unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show later this week, a Polish advertisement has all but confirmed. A promotion for the hardware refresh – which narrowly missed out on a GamesCom reveal last month – was spotted by TheSixthAxis on Polish website Polygamia.pl.

The new system will supposedly ship in two guises: 12GB (which is less than the 16GB originally leaked) and 500GB. They’ll supposedly cost €199 and €299 respectively. We’d expect the former to dip below $199 in North America.

All eyes are on the Tokyo Game Show, then. Who’s excited?

[source polygamia.pl, via thesixthaxis.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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ShogunRok
Mon 17th Sep 2012

Interesting... a cheap 12GB model isn't a bad approach I suppose, especially for people not looking to download their games. I just wonder what it'll look like.

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get2sammyb
Mon 17th Sep 2012

@ShogunRok A lot like this I should imagine: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2012/07/looks_like_that_super_slim_ps3_is_totally_real_after_all

The prices just don't seem low enough to me. If they're going for the super cheap 12GB SKU, I would have liked them to go down to €179 personally. I secretly hope that's exactly what they'll do in North America.

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meischoice
Mon 17th Sep 2012

Interesting...
I own a PS3 slim (120GB) and i'm having trouble with Hard Drive space.
I wonder how well(or not) the 12GB will sell...

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JavierYHL
Mon 17th Sep 2012

i would like to have the 500gb super slim...need space for ps4 man

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get2sammyb
Mon 17th Sep 2012

@meischoice I think it's designed with families in mind. As long as it's easily upgradable, I don't think the limited space is a problem.

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CrissCross87
Mon 17th Sep 2012

Well, unless they remove the ability to swap hard drives, I think this is a fantastic way for Sony to save money, However, the way game installs alone eat hard drive space, I could see this being very annoying for the casual clueless market and the retail staff that has to deal with them.

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belmont
Mon 17th Sep 2012

I have an early fat (but not ps2 compatible) ps3. If the 12GB super slim has upgradable hard drive (and costs 199 euros) I may get one and swap the drive with a 2.5 750GB drive I have around here somewhere!