Playstation 3 Slim Announced. Other Countries Get It Cheaper.
Wednesday 19 August 2009, 9:25AM
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Announced today at Sony 2009 Gamescom in Germany, Sony's revamped console; the PS3 Slim comes with a 120GB hard drive and is 33% smaller and 36% lighter. Other altered specs include a BRAVIA sync function where you can control the PS3's main menu using the television's remote, the removal of the manual install OS feature and 2 USB ports.
The PS3 Slim will be available in the first week of September and will retail in the US for US$299/NZ$442.76, in Japan: 29980 Yen/NZ$458.61 and in Europe: 299 Euros/NZ$479.50.
Unfortunately for us we'll be paying much more for the new console than the rest of the world as an article on NZGamer states that the regular retail price (RRP) for the PS3 Slim in New Zealand is NZ$629.95. If you got family or friends in the US then import away as Playstation 3 games are not region coded.
Source: Digital Kiwi