PS3 slim plot thickens: Engadget gets cease-and-desist

Second!

Why would be at popstation logo of SONY and also PSN? Didn't notice it on the older popstations, so imo this version isn't likely to be true.

Guys shhh it's a secret!

Wow the POP looked like a POS. If this is indeed a knock off, I hope Sony sues them for everything they have and they get thrown in jail. It would be great if a PS3 slim was in the works though.

It's nice that they kept the C&D confidential. like they asked them too

OR this whole could thing could be a conspiracy theory by the Martians to confuse us with (Highly Possible) rumors, then take over the world

id rather have my huge PS3 then that ugly looking thing

ROFL...

It's nice to do that to chinese GOVs... Are they trying to control press OUTSIDE China? Give them some huge lolz :D

"We just find that the following web pages on your website contain some
confidential document and photos, which were highly possibly illegally
released and posted"

[creepy smile] Oh, no-o-o.

"In order to protect the confidential
information and prevent you from further legal issues and
infringements, please immediately remove those pages and keep our
request confidential."

[creepy smile] A-a-a-ah.

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A POPstation 3 would bring lots of smiles to gamers every where excluding my self.A slim PS3 thought wouldn't make a difference if there's no price cut to back it up.

ummmm if you click on the POPstation link to youtube, on the right there is a video link for the review of the POLYstation3.... which is what this is....

its a china law firm, so its fake knock off stuff. If it were a japan law firm, we'd be talking legit stuff

Once that gets released it will sell a lot in Japan in an interview they said a lot of people said it was too big. the slim PS2 sould huge there and so is the wii, I hope this is just what PS3 needs to explode where its not selling like it should.....and about $100 dollars cheaper in price and cheaper then the normal PS3s to make.

Here's why I think this is real.
#1 - Google "PS3 40gb vs 60gb motherboard" and look at the size difference between them. They shrunk the motherboard quite a bit by consolidating parts.
#2 - The decrease in width and thickness (and possibly depth) could only be done by removing the power supply from the box and making it external like the PS2 Slim or the Xbox 360. Whether you like this idea or not, its smart because it makes it MUCH cheaper to send out a replacement power supply than to send the whole system in for someone to take apart and replace the power supply (which happened to me and cost me $150). This would eliminate a lot of the heat generated in the system, making a smaller form-factor more feasible.
#3 - Smaller is in. Every time there is a hardware change, sales go through the roof. Look at the DSlite and the PSP slim. If they can market a smaller PS3 for $50 more than the Wii (assuming a price cut) with the new rumored motion-sensitive controller, it may convince many out there that the PS3 can be a family console too.
#4 - Sony has a kickass lineup for E3, and nothing to top it all off than announce a smaller, sleeker console.
#5 - Look carefully at the picture that shows the rear ports, it has ALL of them that you find on the current PS3. First the power, then the PS proprietary AV cable slot, then optical, ethernet, and HDMI. The sizing is perfect. I doubt a Popstation would go through all that effort to make a perfect ps3 design clone only to have non-functional imitating ports in the back. I'm willing to put $100 down that says this is real.

Ah, doesn't anybody remember? Sony doesn't comment on rumours and such... Apparently.

I think it could easily be that the firm is trying to sell the counterfeits and doesn't want to get sued. That or, to reduce costs, Sony has started producing all their stock in China - everything hand built by child-slaves. I guess that the $40-less per PS3 is really getting to Sony?

i dont like it
it looks ugly as

Ah, C&Ds on journalistic entities. The mark of an idiot.

I really hope you're right joystiq, that thing fugly.

@ thurzo1: perhaps it's some kind of emulator or something similar...I don't know, I'm just grasping at straws here

Sooner or later, PS3 Slim will happen. It's just a matter of time, this thing could be real.

Anyone who doesn't beleive this is real already looks like a "dummy", i would have said lazy fucking idiot.
Try reading the NeoGAF thread, its CONFIRMED real, FFS.

Something fishy is going on....however I have never known Sony to bring out the guns like that....they just say "We don't comment on Rumors or Speculation" and keep it moving. Something ain't right.

That POP portable that was linked looks like a POS lol.

If this is a knock off, it looks awfully convincing. Unlike the knock off, you can actually see the logos for PlayStation, Blu-Ray, PSN, & Sony. I'm not buying the this is a knock off thing. I think these are probably real.

Why is SONY spending money on re-designing the PS3? I don't care if my console is as big as a 1960's era console television, give me more accessories, more functionality, save the redesign for PS4.

looks nice to me. I could go with something that looks like that if i didn't already own a 60GB PS3. I just feel sorry for all the new people who pick up the new PS3's. I mean really, 2 USB ports and no Backword capabilites? Nah. If my PS3 every dies, i'mma cry like a school girl.

well i'm not buying a ps3 till the ps3 slim is released.