PS3 Slim + Price Cuts!? (Aug 18)

[Shojin]

So will there be any differences between a PS3 original and PS3 slim? I know it's a dumb question but I am curious.

PS3 launch, or the current PS3 original? Only difference between current is that you can't install OS, and it doesn't come with an Ethernet cable.

EDIT: Also uses 30w less power, so less heat.

Here you go.

[Kurokikaze]

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[Corrderio]

Okay thanks for the info. I was curious if it would lose support similar to how the PS2 Slim lost it's HDD support. And since I backup my memory cards on my HDD... yeah...

[Hitoshura]

OMFG all this damn hype... now I have to buy one at launch. I hate Sony! They are gonna rape my damn wallet.

Okay thanks for the info. I was curious if it would lose support similar to how the PS2 Slim lost it's HDD support. And since I backup my memory cards on my HDD... yeah...

Nah thankfully they could never do something like that because some games (like MGS4) actually make it mandatory to install. I think skate 2 also does this, but I don't really mind if it improves overall game performance. This 120GB PS3 though... day fucking one.

[Shojin]

250gb model rumored to be announced at TGS now... lol. It never ends.

Sony sneaks PS3 Slim through FCC under pseudonym, 250GB model discovered

[Corrderio]

OMFG all this damn hype... now I have to buy one at launch. I hate Sony! They are gonna rape my damn wallet.



Nah thankfully they could never do something like that because some games (like MGS4) actually make it mandatory to install. I think skate 2 also does this, but I don't really mind if it improves overall game performance. This 120GB PS3 though... day fucking one.

Well that was just one example since usually when an upgrade for a model comes or something they usually have to lose something. PS2 Slim lost HDD support, DS/DS Lite lost Gameboy support... etc.

[Hitoshura]

I love the ending to that IGN video, it's what pretty much sold me. Might upgrade mine to 500GB depending on what I can score black friday.

[Kaisha]

Here's to hoping for a party mode being added to XMB 3.0 to accomodate all the new BGers I'll be adding to my friend list soon thanks to the Slim.

[Dymlos]

While I don't own a PS3 yet, but I might have to pick one up depending if my PC can handle FFXIV, do you think it's possible for a slim PS2 to be plopped on top of the new slim PS3? I don't have enough room in my entertainment center for a PS3 and finding a PS3 w/the EE chip is going to be a complete pain in the arse. =/

[Kurokikaze]

From the looks of the pictures... the top of the slim is curved a little so no.

[Shojin]

While I don't own a PS3 yet, but I might have to pick one up depending if my PC can handle FFXIV, do you think it's possible for a slim PS2 to be plopped on top of the new slim PS3? I don't have enough room in my entertainment center for a PS3 and finding a PS3 w/the EE chip is going to be a complete pain in the arse. =/

New slim PS3 is arched like the fat PS3 as far as I'm aware, so probably not, plus it would probably get pretty hot

[Kurokikaze]

New slim PS3 is arched like the fat PS3 as far as I'm aware, so probably not, plus it would probably get pretty hot

I was going to mention that it would get the PS3 hot but then I figured only one of them would be on at a time. But still its a bad idea to stack consoles.

[orson]

I was going to mention that it would get the PS3 hot but then I figured only one of them would be on at a time. But still its a bad idea to stack consoles.

Ya it's not really a good idea to use closed cabinets either for the new systems. Even old DVD players and such tended have a lot more issues if you shoved them into a closed cabinet stacked together with surround sound system, digital TV box, etc.

It's good to know that the new slim you can still swap in a regular laptop HDD.

[Wintermute]

Am I late to the party?

Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September (updated!)

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....im-gal-004.jpg

[Haiko]

what do you think?

[Wintermute]

what do you think?

Think I should've scrolled back more than 2 pages...

Wonder if I can sell my 80Gb model and pick up a new one, could use the extra space on my shelf.

Wish it didn't look so cheap though.

[Norelco]

I don't know why people are so up in arms over how it looks. People cried and cried (not you, but people) for a lower price point, and when they get it they're dismayed that Sony went for a less expensive casing solution. What did they think was going to happen?

Who cares how the thing looks so well as it functions properly?

[Madeline]

Little worried they're gonna kill off quality to reduce the size lol. =(

Wouldn't be the first time.

As long as it has the same functions and life span as a normal PS3, I'll be all for buying one. If they do what they did with their other 2 "slim" models, I'm probably just going to avoid it.

[Lbelle]

I don't know why people are so up in arms over how it looks. People cried and cried (not you, but people) for a lower price point, and when they get it they're dismayed that Sony went for a less expensive casing solution. What did they think was going to happen?

Who cares how the thing looks so well as it functions properly?

Agree 100% I don't care if it looks like a brown box as long as it's cheap and plays the games/blurays.

[Tyrath]

As long as it has the same functions and life span as a normal PS3, I'll be all for buying one. If they do what they did with their other 2 "slim" models, I'm probably just going to avoid it.

What was wrong with the other 2 slim models? My ps2 slim outlasted 2 normal ps2s for me <_<