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07/19/09
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Thai lawyers threatening to sue
This shaky video
And the new font
I am actually suspecting a marketing-ploy. This MIGHT be in their plan to get us, the fans, to discuss about it so that the news spread that way, without making any actual announcements that might hinder PS3-sales.
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After all, everything in the world needs to be made into a cheap plastic knock-off product that plays old hand held games I could get in the 80s for 2 bucks.
07/18/09
Seriously though the fact that it's not plugged in and working works against it too.
I vote that the product is real but the one in the video is a fake.
07/18/09
I've seen the PS3 slim (in action) at SCEA and it is most definitely real. I wanted to play test it but they wouldn't let me :(
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I trust the guy, because he seemed like he wasn't really trying to beat anyone in the information, and he mentioned it at two different times.
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It's true I've seen the PS3 slim in my mother's office, and it's true that it looks a lot like the one in the video.
However, I'm pretty sure it hasn't been in full shipment to the offices, it was more a "show and tell this is what we're working on" kind of thing. As far as I know it's safely in a glass case in the secretary entrance.
So honestly, I don't know. Maybe it's real, maybe it's not. I can say it does look kind of like the one I saw, but thanks to the shakiness I can't tell to much. however I have never really heard of consoles getting black marketed. Much less so from sony. They have this pile of frikkin gold Playstation 1s that could probably go for hundreds if not thousands of bucks (they look devastatingly awesome) in the same office and not one has been stolen.
But then again, Philippines.
One thing I don't get is, though, I don't really know if the console has been shipped out to anywhere but sony headquarters (SCEA in foster city, SCEE in europe, Sony in Japan, etc), so how would someone in the Philippines get their hands on it but no one in other countries would? Doesn't make sense to me.
I voted "fake" but you guys can come to your own conclusions.
I'm also bitter because someone else has it before me, if it is real, so if there was a "I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE" I'd vote for that too, but don't tell anyone.
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And no, I didn't mean shipped in full. Just units for show, like the one you saw.
My suggestion is that you look at the logo in the video and tell us if it's the same as on the unit you saw. I think that is enough to tell since it's a new logo previously not seen other than with the PSP. Had it been bootlegged it would've have the new logo, and probably the old one.
The reason why it is there is because Sony have to have an office in that region too. SCEA, SCEE and SCEJ can't be their only offices.
@shufflemoomin: Would YOU fire someone for showing it to their son? Press is one thing, or someone with credibility. But someone's son? No-one is gonna care.
Hell, even developers broke words about PSP Go months in advance.
07/18/09
@shufflemoomin: Well, if I'm breaking an NDA, by all means Sony can arrest me. However I guess they'll have to arrest every single other person who has leaked a single fact about the PS3 slim and every other product they make, which would includes pretty much... well... almost everyone on their workforce.
I'm just sharing what I know. If you don't want me to share, fine, I won't then.
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if you're gonna go through all the trouble to make a video, why not steady the camera and show each side, serial number and every bit of the sexy hardware?? and why not show us that it works? and why not, blah blah blah. yeah, video is fake, product is real- and hiding.
07/18/09
"Does he look like a BITCH?" Yes, therefore fake.
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What?
07/18/09
Also, if it really is in the Philippines, it's most likely fake. I've seen a PS2 there that looks exactly like a slim PS2 (even had the logo), but when I opened the disc drive, there was no laser. Instead, there was a slot for Famicom carts.
07/18/09
It certainly is not the most nifty piece of hardware on the market but neither is it ugly.
It reminds me of the PS2 Slim.
07/18/09
Here's an interview with the said PS3 Slim seller
Here are the things he said:
* unit was bought from some dude who got the unit from the US.
* there are two units but only one unit was for sale (the one he got).
* it was sold to him because it cannot be modded (LOL).
* they tested a PS3 game (Unreal Tournament III) and it worked.
* they tested an unknown (not bootlegged) PS2 game from an unknown region, the PS3 detected the disc, it didn't work. SUCKS!
* hard drive slot is underneath when placed horizontally.
* PSU is internal.
* slim PS3 cannot be placed vertically without some sort of a stand unlike the fat one.
* he got it for 12K PhP.
* there was some sort of packaging but it's not a retail box.
* it came with the necessary cables and a DS3.
* he sold the unit to an indian fellow who has a game store in Bridgeway for 22K PhP.
* he said the indian dude was planning on creating a customized box for it (I guess for it to look like something that is being sold in retail).
* slim PS3 is almost the same size as the fat PS2.
* he's unaware of the firmware installed.
* it's possible for him to get another unit next month.
* when asked about any contact information of the dude that sold the unit to him, he declined giving it.
from: pinoyps.com
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I think I spotted Elvis somewhere in the background... take a closer look!
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You know, maybe the other readers here are like me and submit news "tips" to Kotaku because we like the site and want it to be successfull. Any time I think I might have something news worthy that hasn't yet made the rounds I submit it to tips@kotaku.com just in case I can help contribute to a site I enjoy visiting on a daily basis. It's disappointing to see you complain about readers sending in tips (even if they come in floods that are all about the same thing). Just post the tip as a rumor and the email submissions will slow I'm sure. Try not to knock your fan base in the process.
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Besides, we all know they can knock us, and we'll keep coming back for more. Kotaku has become an addiction to me, can't shake it.
07/18/09
Oh, and i don't see why counterfeiters couldn't be stepping up their game by putting in non-working ethernet and USB ports. If it is fake, they clearly want people to believe....ugh, but then why go to such measures. This is so confusing.
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