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Here are the first official shots of the nameless new very-slim-indeed PS3. As well as the shots, Sony has confirmed some other details about its new console. The €229.99 12GB model, the first and only PS3 with flash memory, is only being released in Europe, with Asia and American instead …

As is fairly standard practice, Sony has made a few internal tweaks to the architecture of the latest PS3 Slim model.Andriasang reports that the new machine – the CECH-3000B – has reduced power consumption from the 230W seen in existing Slims to 200W. The weight has also dropped 400g to …

Online retailer Tesco Direct has launched what it describes as a ‘VAT free’ 20 per cent off sale that offers some significant savings on a range of gaming hardware. The headline saving is probably the 50 it has cut off the price of a Slim PS3 160GB, which can be …

This week saw the launch of the slimmed-down Xbox 360 S in Japan, but figures from Media Create as reported by Spong show that the new console sold just 700 units, accounting for less than 20 per cent of total Xbox 360 hardware sales. The best selling machine of the …

Retailer GAME has confirmed that the Xbox 360 S will include a data transfer kit that can be used to port all your existing game saves and DLC to the new machine. The new Xbox will have a data migration kit so getting all that gaming goodness out of your …

UK retailer GAME doesn’t just see the Xbox 360 Slim as a chance to sell the console to a wider audience – it wants to sell the console to existing Xbox owners, too. Speaking via Twitter, the retailer stated: Looking for our trade-in deals for the new Xbox? We will …

With the $299 Xbox 360 Slim already making its way to the North American High Street, Microsoft has confirmed that a second model is also in the works. In the same way that the old machine came in two versions – a high-end Elite model and an entry-level Arcade SKU …

Microsoft has officially unveiled the brand new redesigned Xbox 360, but it has an even bigger surprise up its sleeve – the machine is being shipped to retail right now. Said to be sleeker and whisper quiet”, the machine will cost the same as the current SKUs but include a …

The latest iteration of Sony’s PS3 Slim, the CECH-2100A, houses a rebuilt RSX chip that cuts both the power consumption and the likelihood of failure for the console. As has been previously reported, the CECH-2100A is 200g lighter than the generation one PS3 Slim. PlayStation University adds that the new …

Microsoft will launch a new hardware bundle containing an Xbox 360 Slim console, the motion-sensing Natal camera and a 250GB hard drive before the end of the year, so says industry analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, Pachter believes that the price of SKU could end up being even lower if PS3 …