Finally… after being leaked by nerds all over the internet, Sony officially announced the Playstation 3 Slim. The new design got rid of the finger print attracting cover, and replaced it with a matte coating. The Slim is around half the thickness. Gone are the touch sensitive buttons which was replaced with spring button instead. The Slim will be priced at $299 which will put it at the same price point as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Elite. The war is on!

I am not liking the new design. The matte coating makes it look like cheap plastic and the ugly spring buttons do not help.  I would rather keep my fat PS3 with the PS2 chipset still intacted.  The new PS3 Slim will have no PS2 compatibility.