Sony's new slimmer, high capacity PlayStation 3 coming to India in Oct

Sony has unveiled a redesigned model of its existing Playstation 3 console at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan. The new PlayStation 3 sports a slimmer streamlined design which makes it 20 percent smaller and about 25 percent lighter than the existing PlayStation 3 console. Also, for the first time, the new PlayStation 3 uses a sliding door panel to top load discs as opposed to the slot-loading disc drive. A noticeable change comes in the overall power consumption, which drops from 200W to 190W.

Sony has bumped up the internals of the new version while the prices remain the same. The new PlayStation 3 console will be available in two different models with 250GB and 500GB HDDs. They will come in two colours, black and white. The black model will be released on October 4, while the white model will be released on November 22.

The company announced that the 250GB model will cost 24,980 Yen. Sony did not reveal pricing for the 500GB model. It also announced an Everybody's Golf 6 PS3 pack, which will launch on November 22 with a white PlayStation 3 250GB model for 25,980 Yen.
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Coming to games, Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Vita will be launching in December, while Soul Sacrifice will have cross-platform functionality but has been delayed to 2013.

Sony also unveiled a new Vita title Valhalla Knights 3, scheduled for 2013 and Oboro Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a remake of Muramasa: Demon Blade. Tecmo Koei also announced a new title, Toukiden, featuring a female protagonist. Toukiden will be made by Omega Force, the studio behind Dynasty Warriors and will have a joint release for the PlayStation Portable and the Vita with cross-platform play.
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