Three New PS3’s Announced Including New Classic White.
Developer Sony
Publisher Sony
Platform PS3
Release Date 28th September & 12th Oct
Sony have announced that not one but three new PS3’s will be hitting the market over the coming weeks. Set to launch on September the 28th is a brand new lighter and smaller sized PS3 but boasting a whopping 500gb hard drive. Following up then in October is another smaller lighter entry level PS3 that has a 12 gb internal flash memory built in. North America and Japan will also be getting an mid range option of a 250GB model, we are unsure if this will get an Irish release. Japan will also be the first to snag the new classic white console, this wil be released in other regions but nothing has been announced yet.
Completely redesigning the internal design architecture, the internal volume and weight of the new PS3 is reduced by more than half compared to the very first PS3 model with a 60GB HDD, and by 20 % and 25% respectively compared to the current PS3. By adopting a sliding disk cover, the new PS3 continues with the characteristic sleek curved simple body design, which fits various places in the home and enables users to enjoy an array of entertainment content. The 12GB model is designed to offer an affordable entry into the market, it has the option to further expand the memory with an optional 250GB hard drive that can be plugged into it should it be required further down the line this has an expected RRP of around €89.99.
Full List of dates and prices are below.
| Storage size | Recommended Retail Price | Launch Date | |
| North America | HDD 500GB | US$299 | October 30th |
| HDD 250GB | US$249 | September 25th | |
| Europe/ PAL territories | HDD 500GB | €299*2 | September 28th |
| Flash Memory 12GB*3 | €229*2 | October 12th | |
| Japan | HDD 500GB | 29,800 Yen (including tax) | October 4th |
| HDD 250GB | 24,900Yen (including tax) | October 4th |
Since the launch of PS3 in November 2006, the number of BD-based titles has reached more than 3,300 titles and downloadable PS3 games to 4,100*6 titles worldwide, with the support from a broad range of third party developers and publishers. In addition to this extensive software title line-up, exciting and attractive new titles are to be released from third party developers and publishers as well as SCE Worldwide Studios, including Call of Duty Black Ops 2 (Activision Publishing, Inc.), Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft Entertainment.), FIFA 13(Electronic Arts Inc. ), PlayStation® All-Stars Battle Royale, LittleBigPlanet Karting, God of War: Ascension (Sony Computer Entertainment), and more.
SCE will further accelerate the expansion of the PS3 platform which is in the 7th year of its lifecycle, by continually releasing a vast library of exciting and attractive software titles and offering users a choice from a variety of hardware models.
Full list of Specs listed below.
| Product name | PlayStation®3 | |
| Release date | North America: September 25th, 2012(HDD 250GB) October 30th, 2012(HDD 500GB) Europe: September 28th, 2012 (HDD 500GB) October 12th , 2012 (Flash Memory 12GB) Japan: October 4th , 2012 | |
| Recommended Retail Price | HDD 500GB model: $299/ €299/ 29980 yen (including tax)HDD 250GB model: $299/ 24980 yen (including tax) Flash memory 12GB model: €229 | |
| Product code | CECH-4000series (Charcoal Black / Classic White) | |
| CPU | Cell Broadband Engine™ | |
| GPU | RSX® | |
| Audio output | LPCM 7.1ch, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC. | |
| Memory | 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM | |
| Storage size | CECH-4000A : Flash Memory 12GBCECH-4000B : HDD 250 GB CECH-4000B : HDD 500GB*1 | |
| Inputs/Outputs*2 | Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) | 2 |
| Networking | Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) × 1 | |
| IEEE 802.11 b/g | ||
| Bluetooth® 2.0 (EDR) | ||
| Controller | Wireless Controller （Bluetooth®） | |
| AV output | Resolution | 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i (for PAL 576p, 576i) |
| HDMI OUT connector*3 | 1 | |
| AV MULTI OUT connector | 1 | |
| Digital out (optical) connector | 1 | |
| BD／DVD／CD drive (read only) | Maximum read rate | BD × 2 (BD-ROM) DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM) CD × 24 (CD-ROM) |
| Power | AC 220 – 240, 50/60Hz*4 | |
| Power consumption | Approx. 190W | |
| External dimensions(excluding maximum projecting part ) | Approx. 290 × 60 × 230 mm (width × height × length) | |
| Mass | Approx. 2.1kg *5 | |
Included *6 | PlayStation®3 system × 1 Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK®3) × 1 AC power cord × 1 AV cable × 1 USB cable × 1 | |
