PS3 Slim - The Official Thread

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Are You Going To Buy a PS3 Slim?

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Its not aimed at current owners. But it does use Hubs' I keep my Guitar hero infrared adapter plugged in cuz it gives me 2 more ports when using one :).
 
I just saw the first mention of the PS3 slim in the mainstream media.


CNBC had a brief comment:
Sony cuts PS3 price, to unveil cheaper version next month
"Sony shares slump after announcing price cuts to its Playstation 3 game console, the firm also says they will unveil a slimmer, cheaper version of the PS3 next month in an effort to regain momentum in the video game space."
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Solid Fro
So, is there any reason not to buy a PS3 now? Can the bickering end?
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Probably not, but that's up to both parties. Honestly, the only major difference at this point are the game libraries. Like Joe, I'd give a slight edge to Microsoft in that sense. But, they've got some good stuff coming down the pipe that interests me on the PS3.

Its safe to say that the narrow edge that the 360 had is otherwise gone, at least for me. Not that I'm all to worried, I'll be happy with both.
 
Well since they dropped the price to $300 I should be able to afford one now. Although I am going to have to tighten my budget to do so if I want it before/when GT5 hits stores.


Although it won't look as good on my SDTV but oh well it will be a PS3 that I can play GT5 on.
 
Actually I might be able to get the 42" HDTV from the living room moved into my room.:D
 
Or that! 👍

Can you believe that I've had a 50" plasma in my house for a few months now and I have yet to get it set up yet? Actually, it's only been turned on for 20 minutes. :guilty:
 
That is probably about how much the one in the living room has been used since the digital transition(don't really need cable/satellite since everything I watch you can see online free or on regular channels).

Bask on topic, I like the fact that it will have 120G.

Edit: although it appears(from the IGN unpacking video) that I will have buy component cables. I'm surprised they don't include them.
 
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Does anyone else think the obese PS3 will drop down to around £200 - £220?
 
Mark T
Does anyone else think the obese PS3 will drop down to around £200 - £220?
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Adsa has already annouced its dropping the price of the fat PS3 80GB with 2 games to £250, im sure it will come down even further once the slim is on the shelves.

I think the bargain is actually getting a fat PS3 for the slims price, because (if you dont mind the size and the less GB) your getting a nicer looking unit which is identical in performance, the only major difference is the slim is slightly more energy efficient.

Robin.
 
The official danish importer of PS3s says the price in Denmark is going to be 2800 dkr for the PS3 slim - which is ~ £322 and €376. Luckily we have shops that imports from other EU countries with better prices :D
 
Wow, not sure what the price drop is like in the states, but here in Australia its pretty massive...

http://www.ebgames.com.au/consoles.cfm?console=ps3

$700AUD down to $500. That's nearly a 30% price drop! It brings it much closer to the Xbox 360, and may seal the deal of me buying a PS3 rather than an xbox 360 (already own a good gaming PC, I don't need 3 different gaming platforms when I only game a couple of hours a week).
 
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Does anybody know if the PS symbol can be rotated on the new slim model?, it looks like it may not be.
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From what ive seen it looks like its just printed on so sadly no. The rotation of the logo was such a neat touch and I remember on PS2 some of my mates didnt even know you could do that! :sly:

Robin.
 
Robin.
From what ive seen it looks like its just printed on so sadly no. The rotation of the logo was such a neat touch and I remember on PS2 some of my mates didnt even know you could do that! :sly:

Robin.
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I figured this out like a week ago... Mindblown :sly:

So I did a bit of pricing and:
£250 PS3 Slim
£10 Little Big Planet
£15 MGS4
£20 Cables and stuff
Pretty sweet deal
 
In my country the conversion rate from U.S. to tt dollars is 1-6 . So a ps3 slim $300.00 U.S. for me it would cost just over $1800.00 tt dollars plus $ 400.00 tt dolars for shiping etc.. still a sweet deal for me $2200.00 tt dollars or $366.00 U.S. total delivered directly to me in CARIBBEAN.
 
Interestingly the price is way cheaper in the US

299 U.S. dollars = 362.204724 Australian dollars
299 Euros = 514.946457 Australian dollars

Yet price in Australia is 499 Australian dollars

However no price cuts for the current PS3 which I am surprised about.

Also anybody wondering if and how you can swap the hard drive in the slim? I'm assuming it is from the front corner where some vents are. It is the only place with some sort of line. The rest of the console appears to just be a top and bottom piece with no seperate sections.

On an unrelated note, Australia has yet to receive pricing or a release date for the PSP Go! so I was surprised about the PS3 slim to be announced here already.
 
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WolfRacer543
Wow, not sure what the price drop is like in the states, but here in Australia its pretty massive...

http://www.ebgames.com.au/consoles.cfm?console=ps3

$700AUD down to $500. That's nearly a 30% price drop! It brings it much closer to the Xbox 360, and may seal the deal of me buying a PS3 rather than an xbox 360 (already own a good gaming PC, I don't need 3 different gaming platforms when I only game a couple of hours a week).
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OMG how I envy you... :) Pricing in the Czech republic is much more cruel: yesterday's price is 9 390,- CZK, September's price is 7 690,- CZK, which makes only 15,9 % price cut. What a shame... What is worse, GT5 doesn't look so attractive from latest gameplay videos. :grumpy:
 
J-PaP
Also anybody wondering if and how you can swap the hard drive in the slim? I'm assuming it is from the front corner where some vents are. It is the only place with some sort of line. The rest of the console appears to just be a top and bottom piece with no seperate sections.
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Joystiq has a video of them unboxing one that Sony sent them.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/19/video-joystiq-unboxes-the-ps3-slim/

It still has the hard drive slot on the side, and the eject and power buttons are now actual buttons.

So yes, people can still buy a PS3 Slim and then pop in whatever small form factor SATA hard drive they want.
 
Well Let put the price thing to rest -

If your in a PAL country your SOL, pretty simple, with value of the Euro vs the Dollar and the fact that to market for overall sales is smaller, why would Sony who would actually make more money in the European market because of its strong currency at the 299 Euro price point?

Sorry but the only way around this (for German and British people) is to go to one of the US PDX stores, buy a PS3 there (actually befriend somebody linked to the military). A Woman I used to date in Germany has a NTSC-U PS2 and NTSC-U TV.... Not a PAL TV and PAL PS2, get it?

Most LCD's don't care what signal you feed it, many are region-free.

NTSC PS3's are region free, so unless there's a Curling game you just have to have or some other game that's specific to your market, you might be better off, coming to America or going down to Australia/NZ (maybe Japan?) to get your PS3.

As I said before one of the FEW perks that remain about being American is STUFF IS CHEAPER, especially electronics and let's not forget many EU countries have VAT....

Engadet has many current PS3 weighing about the slim and its seems most don't like it. To be honest I like the glossy finish of the original units, but Sony had to find another way to bring the price down and the only way to do that is to reduce size.

BC is seemingly less important, mainly because I already have a Slim PS2. But as I stated its about space in here. If I am forced to make yet another console work in here, I can do that, I just rather not. Given the news of the Slim PS3 hasn't had an effect on recently listed used 20gb PS3's, most are still around $300-350.

WiFi isn't that important I have one of the rare Buffalo Ethernet Converters and still have 2 ports open. I don't believe the card readers were being used as much as they thought it would, which is why it might not come back later in a more expensive model.

This might be the only PS3 console until the PS4.
 
andrewz
OMG how I envy you... :) Pricing in the Czech republic is much more cruel: yesterday's price is 9 390,- CZK, September's price is 7 690,- CZK, which makes only 15,9 % price cut. What a shame... What is worse, GT5 doesn't look so attractive from latest gameplay videos. :grumpy:
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Unless its a direct stream from the console to the capture software/hardware it will look so-so on You Tube or whatever video site your looking at.

Should I mention that capturing HD from a PS3 is a somewhat expensive proposition?

Its also not the most straight-forward and simple process either.

Trust me, GT5 is a major step forward in terms of graphics compared to GT3 or GT4.
 
Mine died last month, was heat broken , i lost most my saved data. I would not mind the slim if it was an option. Oh yeah. They really cheapened the system. Good, now is the time to get those who arent all fancy about "lits so shiney" "look no buttons" :D.

Anyway for those who dont know it PS3 can use an PS2 video cables. fine some cheap ones and they will get your HD gaming up and running.
 
LaBounti
Anyway for those who dont know it PS3 can use an PS2 video cables. fine some cheap ones and they will get your HD gaming up and running.
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While you are absolutely correct about using the PS2 component cable for the PS3 for 1080p, due to how many more devices use HDMI, you can actually get said HDMI ($3.55) for less than the component ($7.98) and still have enough to buy an Optical Toslink Cable ($2.14 (if you need one like I do)) and have change left over. 👍
 
Looks like they didn't bother with much ventilation. Normally I wouldn't be concerned with the heat, but as I've killed 3 Xbox 360s, 1 PS3, and a hard drive in my second PS3, I'd want as many holes and complicated heatsinks as they could put in it for cooling...
 
So this means the phat should drop in price ....... you beaudy:tup:
 

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