Sony considered SSD, network storage for PS3 Slim

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 12/14/2009 - 16:51

Could the the PS3 Slim have been even slimmer?

It could have, according to Sony's Masayuki Chatani, but it would've cost you. That word comes from a wide-ranging interview Chatani gave to Tech-On!

, in which he revealed (seemingly for the first time) that Sony had considered using SSD drives or even network storage to further reduce the size of the console.

SSD drives were ultimately rejected, as you might have guessed, due to cost reasons,...

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