12GB PS3 aimed at Book of Spells players

The upcoming 12GB PlayStation 3 Slim model is being aimed at the casual audience who enjoy titles like Book of Spells.

Sony announced the 12GB and 500GB PS3 models last month and they hope the new SKUs will appeal to two very different markets.

PlayStation UK managing director, Fergal Gara, claimed downloaded games are a big area of growth for Sony and the 500GB console reflects that.

"What you're chiefly seeing with the new models is greater clarity in which model is for who," Gara told VG247.

"Previously, you had a medium and a high-spec offering, whereas now you have a specific model that's better equipped for medium to high users.

"That doesn't necessarily mean only high-gaming users but we do see download games as one of the biggest growth areas and so we're giving them very big capacity for download games. So, it's bigger capacity as well as being lower power consumption and a sleeker profile."

Gara added that the 12GB model is for casual gamers who will never need a lot of space.

"The 12GB model is almost the opposite and is targeted at who I best describe as the Book of Spells player, who will never need a big drive.

"They just need some space for some game saves and the occasional bit of install. It's for those people that will never miss a higher capacity disk drive but who really appreciate the lower-entry price point."