Update: UltimatePlayStation.com appears to be back online, and Vespene Gas/Editor & Graphics of GameTrailers stated: “Sony can't keep leaks. Spoiler: It’s Real”

The Web site this originated from (UltimatePlayStation.com) has been shut down by Sony to kill any evidence of it's existence. However, they have not taken down the YouTube video (below) yet. Enjoy!

To quote: "I'm sorry the video is very short and very low quality, but my phone is ancient and the memory is very low, but I hope you believe me when I say this is in now way a fabrication."

The details are as follows, taken from the Web site now seized by Sony:

• It has a 120GB HDD.
• Two USB Ports




• The 'touch' button for eject and on seems to be gone, and there are now these random buttons.
• The PS icon is now white instead of colored.
• No more card reader
• PLAYSTATION 3 is gone, rather its PS3. It says this on the bottom as well for some reason.
• The guy was selling it with a DualShock 3. Whether it is compatible is another matter.
• The guy was selling it for 20,000 pesos, which is roughly £250, which is roughly $410

If there's any other information on this unit, let us only hope, someone will snatch it up and leak more info on it!!


PS3 Slim Console Surfaces on Black Market in the Philippines

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#1
By PS3 News on 19 weeks ago:
Thanks for the news, pic and video Nairb! +Rep! :tup4:

Let's hope Sony doesn't make us remove them too.. as it's all over N4G, GameTrailers, etc so trying to stop it is futile indeed at this point. :wacky:

PS: It boggles my mind that some sites are still reporting this as a fake :crazy:

Example: http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-most-likely-fake-ps3-slim-video-surfaces-139549.phtml

#2
By ernvil on 19 weeks ago:
Wow serious? If I was still in the Philippines, I'll probably check this out myself.

(Or not because I wouldn't be as rich to afford one :S)

But maybe I should get some of my cousins to check this out for me.
This is really interesting.

Wonder how much this would fetch on ebay :D

#3
By Chivafighter on 19 weeks ago:
wow, the design is so simple. IF this is real, and almost everything is pointing that it is,....well its may too simple (unless thats what they wanted to go for). Are there any advantages and/or disadvantages from the Normal PS3 to the Slim PS3?

#4
By y2kkingboy on 19 weeks ago:
i dont wont to be negative. BUT HOW THE HECK DID THAT GUY GET IT!!!!??
is it an inside job?
did he steal it?

the only thing we know is that there is something called "PS3 SLIM" and we see images and videos that cant really show it in a whole convincing way, just like aliens.

i hope that this is real and the fact that sony tried to block it or hide it says so.
and the guy is selling it!

why dont someone give him 50 bucks to get him to spill the guts of the playstation codes.

all i know that that guy is now hunted by sony.

i hope i'm not hurting anyone feeling i'm gust speaking my mind...

#5
By P3RF3CTPOISON on 19 weeks ago:
Can't wait for it to hit home. :D

#6
By zaror1992 on 19 weeks ago:
i think that the picture is fake but the new ps3 slim is true, because that ps3 look like sony didn't desing it.

ps: that ps3 looks awful, is horrible.

#7
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by zaror1992 View Post
i think that the picture is fake but the new ps3 slim is true, because that ps3 look like sony didn't desing it.

ps: that ps3 looks awful, is horrible.
first we had leaked photos of the chassis and the box design now a video of it on the black market. Sony flipped out and took down the whole page that was hosting the video. its real trust me.

the interesting thing is.... this slim may be a dev unit. which meas it was either stolen from or sold by a developer.


too bad no one can buy it up and see.

#8
By PS3 News on 19 weeks ago:
Someone here can perhaps check the pic to see if it was altered (exif data?)... below is the original (1600x1200) and another smaller (possibly modified) one of it.

#9
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by PS3 News View Post
Someone here can perhaps check the pic to see if it was altered (exif data?)... below is the original (1600x1200) and another smaller (possibly modified) one of it.
ill take a look, but one thing i do not is when i clean up the original... it most definitely says PS3 on it not just PS

the photo is legit it came from a sony ericson cellular phone.



and here is the original image after i cleaned it up.



the modified picture you posted PS3 News has no meta data besides the image resolution.

#10
By itisme424 on 19 weeks ago:
it could very well be a case mod.

#11
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by itisme424 View Post
it could very well be a case mod.
there is NO WAY that the PS3 origional guts would fit in that case.... not at all. if you have ever looked in a ps3... tis pretty full. the psu alone is about 4.5-6 inches tall and about the size of a fruit cake.

#12
By travis134 on 19 weeks ago:
Looks promising. Perhaps this system will have an exploitable hole. Anyways, hope Sony releases it for cheaper than the current PS3's. This may be their saving grace.

#13
By CyanCaze on 19 weeks ago:
Hm... This is a difficult call.... Note how it says PS3 instead of PlayStation 3. That is pretty much overwritten by the fact that it has the PS Logo on it. Also note that is has a outward power supply because you can see the 2 tong AC port on the back. So add to the first post in the spec of the new console. I am 100% sure I am right about it having a outward power supply.

Because the power supply is moved out, and the cell recently was made EVEN SMALLER. As well as having no room for memory card readers. I believe this is a legitimate slim and not some elaborate hoax.

PS3 price drop? I believe so since he is selling it for $410, which if someone from Sony leaked it to him, they probably sold it at cost. So I estimate that the PS3 slim will retail for about $299, 199.

Based on all the events that have taken place this year. Sony has a snitch inside their company, and I wouldn't be surprised if they fire a few thousand people to try and find them.

#14
By JesusFMA on 19 weeks ago:
I'm finding hard to believe that this is the 'real' PS3 Slim, I mean, it could be some sort of stolen prototype or a really bad joke ha ha ha. I came out with such conclusions because:

1. The 'amigo' that's selling the console doesn't seem to be quite good internal source :wacky: .

2. In latin-america, piracy always try to take advantage of good people, by selling them all kind of useless-not-real stuff :shhh:.

3. Just take a look at the poor, poor design ... I mean, if sony really wants to sell this obviously cheap 'thing', well, I just woulnd't do :p.

Regards

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Originally Posted by JesusFMA View Post

2. In latin-america ....
Ohh boy, I think I must check on a map before posting anything :D, sorry, my mystake. But I think that piracy always has a lot to see in these cases

#15
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by JesusFMA View Post
I'm finding hard to believe that this is the 'real' PS3 Slim, I mean, it could be some sort of stolen prototype or a really bad joke ha ha ha. I came out with such conclusions because:

1. The 'amigo' that's selling the console doesn't seem to be quite good internal source :wacky: .

2. In latin-america, piracy always try to take advantage of good people, by selling them all kind of useless-not-real stuff :shhh:.

3. Just take a look at the poor, poor design ... I mean, if sony really wants to sell this obviously cheap 'thing', well, I just woulnd't do :p.

Regards



Ohh boy, I think I must check on a map before posting anything :D, sorry, my mystake. But I think that piracy always has a lot to see in these cases
this is not the first time pictures of the ps3 slim have surfaced.. and its packaging. no one is going to put that much effort into a fake, knock offs are knock offs and are easily spotted. this looks to be legit. and if history repeats its self which it does. sony always makes there consoles cheaper and smaller a few years after launch.

#16
By itisme424 on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by JeffJ View Post
this is not the first time pictures of the ps3 slim have surfaced.. and its packaging. no one is going to put that much effort into a fake, knock offs are knock offs and are easily spotted. this looks to be legit. and if history repeats its self which it does. sony always makes there consoles cheaper and smaller a few years after launch.
you should check out things like "Hi-phone" then you know what a knock off can be like. not many people would put much effort into a fake in the US maybe, but in Asia, that's the hot thing to do.

#17
By JesusFMA on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by itisme424 View Post
you should check out things like "Hi-phone" then you know what a knock off can be like. not many people would put much effort into a fake in the US maybe, but in Asia, that's the hot thing to do.
That's what I meant, with this people you never know. The issue here, at least for me, is that the guy and the place are not good sources; a blurry picture of a PS3 Slim being assembled at Sony headquarters would have much more credibility than this video, again, for me :D.

But I guess that it all comes down to one thing: Wait and see!

:cool:

#18
By crsnwby on 19 weeks ago:
Complete FAKE

The guy videoing it is asking a guy in a shop selling in the background, fake jeans, shitty electrical fans and hairdryers...

That country is always full of fake crap. Also the PS3 is not called the PS3 the whole brand and advertising is built around "Playstation 3". Matt finish will not be on the slim either.

Probably the same retarded manufacturer who made this

Its harder to find anything real in the phillippines than it is to buy a fake or a brick in a box.

#19
By Chivafighter on 19 weeks ago:
Plus also, Since when has Sony ever called their system PS3? i know the Playstation 2 had "PS2" on its Case but it also had on the bottom of it Playstation 2.

So why would sony start naming their system just PS3?

#20
By dodgydan2001 on 19 weeks ago:
Its a knock-off, just look at the terrible quality of it.

Like other people have said, people go to lengths to make their rip-off product look legit, just check out the fake iphones theres hundreds of them and some look almost exactly like the real thing. :shhh:

If these people want to prove this stuff and not keep starting silly internet rumors, lets have a video of a real ps3 disc being inserted into this thing and seeing someone play a game.

#21
By seed101 on 19 weeks ago:
lol i lot of piracy electronics is going on in the Philippines and even if you bought that ps3 slim in the Philippines, you ll get piss off coz it usually defective :crazy: :shame:... but sony will eventually release ps3 slim in the near future..

#22
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by crsnwby View Post
Complete FAKE

The guy videoing it is asking a guy in a shop selling in the background, fake jeans, shitty electrical fans and hairdryers...

That country is always full of fake crap. Also the PS3 is not called the PS3 the whole brand and advertising is built around "Playstation 3". Matt finish will not be on the slim either.

Its harder to find anything real in the phillippines than it is to buy a fake or a brick in a box.
oh yah then why does my playstation 2 box say playstation 2 and the unit says PS2 on the top ;)

Quote:
Originally Posted by seed101 View Post
lol i lot of piracy electronics is going on in the Philippines and even if you bought that ps3 slim in the Philippines, you ll get piss off coz it usually defective :crazy: :shame:... but sony will eventually release ps3 slim in the near future..
you know half the electronics we use are manufactured in the Philippines? cheap labor.

#23
By Yaguchi on 19 weeks ago:
Philippines?? I thought it was China :p

#24
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by Yaguchi View Post
Philippines?? I thought it was China :p
for 2 major players, intel and amd both have manufacturing plants in the Philippines i also know that there iss some form of a sony entertainment branch in this area too.

#25
By 51N15T3R on 19 weeks ago:
I really believe that those who think this is a fake are going to be sorely mistaken. Bottom line is Sony is desperately trying to cut costs in manufacturing the PS3 and the redesign makes sense. Look at the original PS2 compared to the slim PS2, external power supply, motorized disc tray removed.

As much as some of you don't want new PS3 to look like that, bottom line is no one bought a PS3 based on what it looks like. It will still play PS3 games, include a 120GB hard drive and have 2 usb ports along with the same A/V ports in the back as the original PS3. I do think that the price cut won't be much, probably only $50. Even at $50 off Sony is going to loose a lot of money.

#26
By ZBlacktt on 19 weeks ago:
Nice, I wonder if they outsourced the assembly to the Philippines for a cheaper rate? Great find.

#27
By Preceptor on 19 weeks ago:
Well, since they didn't release it yet, and sony still didn't even admit really having a project for a cheaper and smaller version of the ps3, this console could be some kind of test prototype or something like that... It would explain it's ugliness... Pehaps they will still improve the videogame design before the final retail version.

#28
By GrandpaHomer on 19 weeks ago:
He he - this discussion reminds me of similar one about new PSP a few months back ... :)

And now go and compare all those "unofficial" pictures with PSPGo real look ... :P

#29
By Nairb on 19 weeks ago:
There's been a couple of posts now and it has been addressed. I feel I should post a pic. The PS3 slim only has a PS3 embedded on the top of it. As does the PS2 slim.



I believe it is legit. Pictures of the box have been released. This may be the console that the box belongs to? :hmm:

Let us see more of this sexy beast! :p

#30
By Chivafighter on 19 weeks ago:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nairb View Post
There's been a couple of posts now and it has been addressed. I feel I should post a pic. The PS3 slim only has a PS3 embedded on the top of it. As does the PS2 slim.

I believe it is legit. Pictures of the box have been released. This may be the console that the box belongs to? :hmm:

Let us see more of this sexy beast! :p
Yea but the Slim PS2 also has the "Playstation 2" name on the bottom of the PS2 sign.

The PS3 Slim only has the PS3, when the Official name is Playstation 3. So it still doesnt convince me

#31
By JeffJ on 19 weeks ago:
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Originally Posted by Chivafighter View Post
Yea but the Slim PS2 also has the "Playstation 2" name on the bottom of the PS2 sign.

The PS3 Slim only has the PS3, when the Official name is Playstation 3. So it still doesnt convince me
lmao its too funny that you base your opinion on the silk-screening...

ok here is a good one for yah. my "playstation portable" says PSP on it... only PSP must be a knock off eh.

#32
By Chivafighter on 19 weeks ago:
Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffJ View Post
lmao its too funny that you base your opinion on the silk-screening...

ok here is a good one for yah. my "playstation portable" says PSP on it... only PSP must be a knock off eh.
Lol, it could be haha jk :p

But still it could be knock off. im just stating the name difference. hopefully soon we could get one of these PS3 slims to play a game, then it would be convincing enough.

#33
By justMaD on 19 weeks ago:
would they really make a knock-off, go through the trouble of "leaking" images over a rather long period of time, and then only sell a single unit on the black-market in the philippines?

they'd rather produce a few thousands and try to con as many people as possible in a short time, before it becomes widely known as knock-off...



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