Alleged PS3 Slim spy photos get cease-and-desist treatment
Alleged spy shots of a new, slimmed down PS3 continue to attract attention.
(Credit: Engadget)Engadget is reporting that its Japanese site received a cease-and-desist notice from a "mysterious Chinese firm" demanding that it take down images of what may--or may not be--a new, slimmer version of Sony's PS3 game console.
Engadget didn't name the firm, but if such a company really exists--and it did send out a real cease-and-desist letter--it would lend some credence to the possibility that the photos are real. Engadget, as we do, finds the whole episode amusing, because in this day and age you just don't retract leaked photos. Once the genie's out of the bottle, nothing's bringing him back in; those images are everywhere.
As for what to make of these demands from this mysterious firm, the most obvious speculation is that the company is somehow involved in the production process of the new PS3 and that one of its employees leaked the photos. However, some Engadget readers aren't buying the authenticity of the letter, saying it doesn't have the requisite legal jargon to pass cease-and-desist muster and it smells like a hoax. Here's the letter as printed by Engadget:
Dear Sir,
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:
(redacted)
We are investigating this violation and will bring all necessary legal actions regarding this matter. 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. If you have any question regarding this issue, please feel free to contact us.
Your cooperation is deeply appreciated.
Best regards
The whole thing sounds bizarre to us and frankly, we're a little jealous we didn't get our own cease-and-desist letter.
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Additional reading: Is a slimmer PS3 in the works?
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Theoretically, a Sony competitor(s) could easily hurt PS3 sales with this technique. Many consumers have been putting a PS3 purchase on hold for many reasons.
The lure of a slimmer, enhanced (cheaper?) PS3 on the horizon could further reduce current sales. (BTW, add in the the announcement of the new HDMI standard with a new connector and ALL current electronic purchases less appealing).
IF this is a sham, the smart thing for Sony to do is to state it immediately and clearly.
Most importantly, adding things to the PS3 would only increase costs. The doesn't help the perception of the PS3 being expensive.
I'm pretty sure it's not real. 1) As you said, once it's out, it's out and everyone knows that. 2) To attempt to stop the pictures from spreading won't stop them and will only validate the claims.
On the flip side, if they are trying to build hype, I guess this would be one way to do it. Leak photos, send out fake C&D letters, start a media frenzy.....solid plan. (shrugs)
If the proposed slim version is cheaper than the standard, then the standard sizes will lose a stupid amount of value in stores that have already bought some as the standard sizes will probably no longer be sold new and thus the slim will supersede the fat.
Web Browsing on the PS3 -> .04%
Web Browsing on the wii -> .01%
http://www.edge-online.com/news/ps3%E2%80%99s-web-browser-usage-ahead-wii
So tell us again, why should Sony put more time, effort, and expense into a feature that so few people actually use?
Lower the price of your PS3. Nobody is going to buy it in an economy like we have.
get rid of:
Wifi - i don't need it
Bluray movie playback - i don't need it
Cell processor - just get a new cpu from intel and have it emulate the cell. i'm sure an intel cpu would be more powerful and easier to code
Your arrogance
And if Sony were to switch to an Intel processor, I'm 100% sure there will be compatibility issues with older games that would dissapoint many people.
I'm pretty sure the majority of people DO need wifi (including myself). Who likes ethernet cords running through their house? This is the main reason why I don't use Yahoo Widgets on my supported HDTV. It doesn't have WiFi..
you say, "get rid of:..."
"Wifi - i don't need it" - I can agree with this, but now a days wireless G is pretty cheep, and it adds a huge amount of placement flexibility for some people.
"Bluray movie playback - i don't need it" - While I can agree that Blu-ray movie playback isn't needed, it's not possible to get rid of Blu-ray for the games, and as playing Blu-ray movies has no impact on the price of the unit I don't understand why you wouldn't take a free feature.
"Cell processor - just get a new cpu from intel and have it emulate the cell. i'm sure an intel cpu would be more powerful and easier to code" - The way the cell is designed it can not be emulated at any reasonable speed by any current consumer level intel CPU, as for the power, I don't believe any consumer level intel processors are currently being usedas the heart of any of the top 10 fastest super computers; however, the Roadrunner (currently ranked as the fastest super computer in the world) uses the Cell processor.
http://www.top500.org/list/2008/11/100
http://www.top500.org/system/9485
"Your arrogance" - They are arrogant; however, no more than that last post was ignorant.
Again, I am sorry for the insults, but apparently not sorry enough to erase this comment.
About the only thing you said agreeable is the part about Sony's arrogance.
(Helpful hint: it has NOTHING to do with how fat or skinny the machine is.)
Sony is a swimmer in the middle of an ocean.
PS2 is the life preserver he's wearing.
PS3 is a 2ton boat anchor tied around the swimmer's ankle.
Oh God... Bluh, bluh, bluh. We KNOW Sony is a big company. We know they have other resources besides games. Duh. Good for you -- you've travelled outside the U.S. I guess that make YOU special. Because no one else has ever travelled to another country and discovered they too are also annoyed with Sony lack of consistency and lack of understanding of what customers want.
We certainly don't need the latest "Trolling Sony Fanboy", running in to save their bad reputation. You just come off as a sad loser, who's desperately hoping he did back the wrong horse. Grow-up already, Sony doesn't CARE ABOUT YOU, or any of their customers. And the sooner you learn that lesson, the better off you'll be.
The PS2 swimmer is swimming level.
The PS3 swimmer is maybe a six inches under water, but with a few good strokes could be back tot he surface.
The Xbox 360 swimmer is about a foot under water, and with a few good strokes could be back at the surface as well.
Are any of these swimmers in danger of drowning? Not at this point, and to be fair none of them are like the Dreamcast which at about 100 yards out was half way to the bottom of the ocean. So please lets not see silly comments that don't make any sense if you do any research at all.
You say I feel special because I went out of the country? and that I defended sony? You're getting me all wrong my man.
First of, I'm no Sony fan boy (I have an Xbox on a Samsung TV, although I do have a Sony digicam, hmnn, maybe that's what makes me a fan boy?! darn that digicam!). Who cares about Sony, they can go to bankruptcy for all I care.
My point being was people like douggdangger should stop stating generalizing statement like you know what I want, or the rest of the world want. First, douggdangger pointed out that the PS3 should remove this and that and he implied that the WHOLE WORLD don't need those things in their gaming console, well, some people do (as evidence to the comments left on his post). Also, most of my friends who has PS3 teases me that I don't have blu-ray so obviously my friends like it. Then he stated that PS3 is like a 2 ton boat anchor on a swimmer(Sony) in the middle of the ocean(the world) and PS2 is the only thing that saves them from going down(bankruptcy). What is his basis for stating that? The reason I mentioned that I went out of the country is because I want him to know that I have seen PS3 out selling the Xbox outside the US (it's part of my job).
And the reason felt I need to leave a comment is because whenever I'm in a hotel room outside the US watching local news (just like what I was doing when I typed that comment) is most of the time, their commentary is about us americans being such arrogant know-it-all bully that tries to impose or dictate our will to them. So when I read comments that dougdangger (now you) left here stating this and that, then you're just giving them proof that they are right. So who's the loser now?
well said.
- by TacoMusic May 19, 2009 10:35 PM PDT
- Great just in time when i was about to purchase a PS3, 120 gbs, thinner for the supposed same price of a original PS3.....im down!!!
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