With the official unveiling of the PlayStation Super Slim this week at Tokyo Game Show, Sony has now had three very different models of their current home console. The announcement inspired us to look back at the many other notable hardware redesigns in video game console history. No, we're not looking at when companies release differently colored or skinned versions of their existing platforms. Those things are a dime a dozen. We're highlighting our favorite completely overhauled reworkings throughout history.

Let's take a look...

Brian Altano is IGN's Executive Editor of News & Features. He buys every console on day one, even though he knows most of them will go on to get way better redesigns down the line anyway. Such is life, yo. Follow him on Twitter.