Sony have got a new PS3 console revision on the way. A Japan and North America release has been confirmed and hopefully other regions will be confirmed fairly soon.

The new CECH-3000B model is meant to be a lighter, slightly slimmer and more economic version of the beloved console. Power consumption will be lower too.

But that’s not all. Sony are reinforcing the consoles security features by adding copy protection to the blu-ray drive. Previously, the copy protection was mainly handled by the systems motherboard and firmware. But in the wake of last years PS3 hack, and more recently the PSN hack, it seems Sony are upping their security on all levels.

Adding security features to the blu ray drives will ensure hackers will not be able to do too much damage, even if they break through the firmware again.

A firmware update will also be on the cards to add new blu ray related drivers to all Ps3′s for performance enhancements and possibly quicker load times.

The console is rumoured to be the 320gb version.

I personally think this will not only aid Sony in further securing the console but also allow them to drop the price and be more competitive as the Wii U hits the market next year.