PS3 slim and $100 price cut

arshlevon

so its cheaper now, and takes up less space..

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/18/sony-announces-new-slimmer-ps3-coming-first-week-of-sept/

James Edwards

That's the one I'll be buying. Was going to buy earlier this year until I heard about this. Glad to see I won't have to wait much longer.

adam

Yup, getting the Slim in September

aesir

Yea, I've been a waitin for this as well. Now I just need to justify the 500 i'll probably be spending... had some 'unexpected' expenses last month. Set me back a tad.

jouste

man 34% less power usage? maybe now my house will stop brown-outing whenever i watch some blue rays.

i LOVE the matte finish, finally no more gross fingerprints over my giant beast of a system.

Xenobond

bah, I just took some sandpaper to mine. nice and matte ALL over.

Luxury

Now if only it were backwards compatible + had IR support instead of bluetooth.

notman

Why IR? IR sucks in comparison. IR + Bluetooth, I could get onboard with, but since my PS3 is hidden away in my entertainment stack, I like it not requiring line-of-site for controlling it.

arshlevon

yeah my ps3 is behind my couch as i have a projector so IR would bo of no use... i am curious to why you would want such an archaic interface?? that is from the 1800's i think tesla invented it..

much rather have bluetooth..

Luxury

just because i could use my universal remote to control it.

_Gr9yFox_

It looks like a knockoff product, with the design, typeface change and the matte finish (which I prefer to the glossy one).

arshlevon

Luxury, just get one of these http://www.ir2bt.com/

Ninjas

Love the new design and price point.

Main things I love:
-No Spiderman font
-Less chrome
-Looks less like a grill

I think I am finally going to buy one

Firebert

hangin on to my 60gb... until they re-institute the backwards compatability, i'm not interested.... that is unless she bites the dust, then i'll snatch this whore up in a bear trap.

Marine

Ninjas wrote: »

Love the new design and price point.

Main things I love:
-No Spiderman font
-Less chrome
-Looks less like a grill

I think I am finally going to buy one

honestly, those are all reasons why i prefer gigantor ps3

Uly

When i saw the early leaked pics of this, which turned out to be the final model, I honestly thought it was a Chinese "Gamestation 3" thing you'd find in some toystore that plays all your favourite Atari classics. It's cool that it's tinier, but fuck if that design isn't hideous.

I hated that spiderman font too, and it's cool they're going for more of a PS2 era look, but damn.... DAAAAAAAAAMN

bounchfx

looks neat, and I'd like one, but not supporting Ps2 BC just makes me sad. at least it still does ps1. not like i'd ever play it that often, but I'd like to pop in a game or two now and then without having to hook up my ps2 or worry about ps2/psx mem cards dying on me.

i'll stick with my 60 gig until this goes until 200 I guess, but it looks pretty awesome, and I'm glad theres a solution for people now that's a LITTLE cheaper.

Thegodzero

Yeah looks like a knock off PS3 branded thing. Its almost as knockoff looking as the PS1 slim they released years ago. I guess at Sony slim mean looks like a cheap knock off.

mLichy

bout time they announce this officially. Everyone knew it was comming

acc

The PS2 slim was a black box that didn't look like anything. The Wii is the same way, as is the DS. They're all just knock-off looking boxes with little to no identifying features at all.

... and three of the most successful consoles ever. Considering the "games are for 12 year old boys" mentality, that has traditionally dominated the mainstream, perhaps the "nondescript box" design is actually advisable.

Frump

Nice to see Sony moving in the right direction finally. It's still not enough to make me buy one though. I still have my ps2 phat sitting around. On my computer tower, no desk space left.

pior

Haha yeah as a matter of fact It would look better if they were to totally remove the ugly, tensionless cureves that still remain in that design. It really looks weak and bloated, just like the regular model. Just a plain slim flat monolith with slightly chanfered edges would look so much better :P

But yeah time to get one! Woooo!

turpedo

pior wrote: »

Haha yeah as a matter of fact It would look better if they were to totally remove the ugly, tensionless cureves that still remain in that design. It really looks weak and bloated, just like the regular model. Just a plain slim flat monolith with slightly chanfered edges would look so much better :P

But yeah time to get one! Woooo!

Yes yes you should totally get one and buy SF4 as well so we can play each other haha. Down with the Xbox!

MALicivs

FUCK! I just spent 400€ on the 80gb fat one like.. 4 months ago. I feel screwed

anyway.. feels like the beginning of the end for the xbox.

Richard Kain

acc wrote: »

They're all just knock-off looking boxes with little to no identifying features at all.

... and three of the most successful consoles ever.

Hmmmm....that's a really good point. The original NES was also boxy in nature, as was the Super NES. Even the original PS1 was a smaller, flat box design. Apparently, getting too creative in the external casing design for your console can be a very bad move. All of the more successful home consoles have always had flatter, boxy shapes.

The N64 was too rounded and lumpy. The Saturn was too thick and beveled. The PS2 and the PS2 slim were both fairly flat and boxy. The PS3 throws in excessive size, depth, and curves, and suddenly Sony is floundering. Coincidence? This new design for the slim brings the system back to the flat-and-chunky aesthetic. I just worry that the top of the system might still be too curved.

At the end of the day, this price cut combined with the new, smaller standard model places the PS3 very well going into the latter half of the year. It is finally in the same pricing tier as the 360, and is even quite close to the Wii. And frankly, the PS3's feature set makes the Wii's features look like a joke. Well worth an extra $50. Sony stands to gain considerable momentum this holiday season if Microsoft and Nintendo don't have a solid response.

This could also be influenced by the sudden dearth of holiday titles. Where most years see a glut of game selection in the holiday months, 2009 is shaping up to be pretty barren. With fewer software titles to choose from, many consumers might think more seriously about dropping coin on hardware instead.

Wahlgren

Im getting this shit as quickly as possible.

Blaizer

do want!

killingpeople

it looks like about the same size as the previous one...

edit: okay, saw more pics of it. it's smaller. pretty cool.

Muzzoid

woot $200 aus price drop.... now its only $500...

Ged

I was really happy but I then read the article here http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6215547.html?tag=topslot;thumb;2

and thought wait a sec everyone is saying its gone down in price by $100 to $299 that equals £180 YAY!!!

but the articles here are saying its for sale at £250 NOOO!

Im not paying £70 for nothing, this is not worth celebrating for uk residents on a budget and its certainly no where near the wii £170 price point like it is in america so PS3 is still a big loser over this side of the pond.

In case you were wondering £70 does equal more than $100

Murdoc

SOLD! Or at least when Canada adjust it's prices to reflect the proper exchange rate between the US again... hehehe

Xenobond

So now that they can't claim the PS3 as a computer, does that mean they no longer get their import tax break from the EU?

ImSlightlyBored

SPIDER FUCKING MAN ALL UP IN THIS PIECE

I will be buying one of these... just like I did PS2 Slim and psOne slim
I learnt my lesson never buy a sony console first off.

TWilson

This is just what I've been holding out for...