Playstation 3 slim confirmed

On Sony’s official Playstation blog there’s news we been waiting for a long time – new slim PS3 will be available from 1st of September.



New PS3 will cost less - $299 (US) and will have 120 GB HD as standard. If you prefer picture for closer look of new hardware check them out on Flickr.

In addition to this another post from the same day (yesterday) is announcing firmware update to v 3.00. Firmware will be released on the same day as new PS3. New features of firmware are:

• What’s New -
• Status indicator
• Friends list
• PlayStation Store shortcuts
• Personalization
• Trophies

See new features in the video below.



Dynamic themes look interesting but I feel it can will be abused. It will come to sifting throu number of them until real gems are reveald.

Anyway I can't wait to get one of these and Gran Turismo 5...