While I may be proven wrong, I'm willing to go out on a limb an say that I don't believe this'll be the case. There's no real reason for the "slim" to exist, unless it's a substantial cost savings to Sony to build it - and I have a hard time believing that building a slim PS3 is cheaper than continuing to optimize the George Forman version for a while longer.

They're gonna need to get the price down below $299 ASAP, and this doesn't seem like the right way to do it.

Yeah I mean who's this going to appeal to if there is noone in the customer base?

I seems it could be the case after all Redesigned PS3 to be Revealed at E3

ps3-slim-2?

Of course this is just yet another rumor, as there is no official confirmation. But we caught word that Sony is set to not only reveal the PSP Go at E3, but another hardware redesign will be debuted as well.

Me! I am sure that there are others who would welcome a slim design if for no other reason to have a system with a Blu-ray player that takes up less space than the current design, bring it on Sony.