Cell shrunk to 45 nm :)

[Luis_A51]

Originally Posted by rigpig

......define 'soon'.....for xmas 2008 yes. This isn't like any other console roll-out.....the PS3 is the first console ever to essentially wield the hammer blow that gives a new media format, BD, the edge. New hardware development would have started shortly after first market debut of current chassis....at the very latest.....so it's well underway. It isn't a total redesign anyways......a thermal chassis redesign that would build on the backbone of existing unit & also a new mobo etc. Price cuts will happen on current gen sure, but newer hardware will help the platform & BD reach the inevitable tipping point sooner.

Over the last year there have been hundreds of posts claiming that Sony absolutely has to blow their load all at once to win the format war. They havent, and they still won.

Theres no denying that a slim PS3 is an eventual reality. But id be extremely surprised if it came before christmas 2009. Right now price cuts will get them significant sales increases (and even those are likely a couple months away). Once they get to a point where the install base is much more established, then they will change the form factor.