I love my PS3 but the slim is very ugly and cheap looking.

Doesn't look that bad...

Thats it? 33% smaller? Sony pulled this off WAY too early. The price cut is nice, though at this point in the game? 249.99 would have been greater, considering MS is going to drop the ELITE to 299, and the Arcade is rumored to be dropped anywhere from an extra 20-50 US dollars.



I am not complaining about this at all. I just want Sony to do better, because while I have owned a 360 for most of this generation, I am not going to buy a PS3 until support starts growing for it (ala, no more crappy ports of multiplatform games).



But, in the past, as far as the design goes ... when the PS1 was reduced in the form of the PSone, and the PS2 to the PStwo likewise, there was a significant reason to call it a slimmer version. But then the PSP went through a similar transition and changed Sonys whole perception of what they consider slim.



The drop in weight was much appreciated, the size of the unit was still pretty big. That and they complained they couldnt fit another analog nub in because of space. Well, the slim opened up for the possibility of that space, and they didnt act on it. after that, it became a little to late to add a second nub, without pissing off a lot of PSP(prior to) users. Hell, the PSPgo has more of a right to be called the PSP slim.



I will go as far as saying this should have been the PSP2 with two analog nubs that are better and more accurate than the current PSP's, and it should have included L2,L3,R2 and R3 buttons as well as force feedback. But 250 just for a smaller design, and bluetooth (not to mention buying all the accessories over again?). I will just wait until 2010 when they release the real PSP2.



And now we have the PS3 following suit ... and while the 30 percent reduction of the psp slim was significant, the PS3's reduction in contrast is slim to nothing. I imagine a day where Sony releases a new console/handheld every year or two that has a bit of a reduction and takes out features that they believe no one uses and adds more crappy features they will determine at a later date that no one will use.



However, I am happy about the reduction in usage of power consumption and it has no resemblance to the ugly photo that was initially released earlier in the year. Just upset its not smaller, and still has no extra bundles like a headset or extra DS3. Maybe if I get a decent paying job in the future here I can afford to not be so picky, otherwise I am stuck waiting for another 100 dollar price drop ... hopefully by the end of next year, with the release of the PS3go.

Wonder if they readded the PS2 backwards compatibility. Also the memory card adapter?

Ok, I take that back ... about it not being ugly ..... just seen some clean and clear pics on ign and it looks EXACTLY like the pictures shown earlier this year. STILL UGLY. And also, I take back part of what I said about the size, it does look to be significantly smaller as well.



Still not as small as Sony's consoles used to look when they released a slimmer version. They should have waited longer, but I guess in their deffense this also means cheaper production costs.



But if that is really the case, then wth is the deal with the PSPgo? An extra 70 dollars for Bluetooth? You get a smaller screen, smaller memory card slot, a unified port (is there even a headphone jack left?) and no UMD slot! Dont even tell me 16GB internal memory cost that much, either.



With everything taken out, the addition of BT and the 16GB of storage should have kept it at 169, if not dropped it to 149. Hell, Sony even said it .... its 249.99 because of the "new and shinny" factor.

i thought that was the rumored fake image.



it looks like a cheap dvd player now...



the 120 gb hard drive is a nice addition.

not trying to start a flame war here, but I would say $299 is a very reasonable price if xbox 360 elite is also 299 since ps3 comes with wifi and blu-ray player.

I really don't think it will drop another $100 anytime soon. There's no way Sony will sell this for $199, least not until PS4 is on the horizon. It will just be a slap on the face to the product.

Were you planning on making love to it?

So as soon as this gets out ill be seeing alot of my friends on the PSN. Most of my friends XBox360 messed up so now they are telling they are getting a PS3. hahaha good thing i got a PS3 even though they kept telling me XBox360 is better for like a year. then their Xbox360 messed up and they are getting a PS3.

who is laughing.

Who is laughing now Xbox fanboys!!!! Your XBox360 has a 54% failure rate.

And I'm pretty sure a bunch of XBL people whos Xbox360 messed up are gonna join PSN.

Let me be the first to welcome you

i am really sad...personally i dont like the slims look...at least give us people who want fat ones sometime to buy the fat one...i want a shiny ps3 not a ps2 look alike :(

if you didnt have a ps3 yet + you know about the slim, are you still going to buy the fat one then?.. i dont think so.. thats just you saying it but i know you want it too but dont wanna spend money on a ps3 again so to feel better about yourself you go into thinking that the slim is ugly + cheap looking.. ugly?.. yes a bit.. cheap-looking? maybe, but it is cheaper than it was with the old ps3.. you sure you dont want it?.. coz i do, but unfortunately i already have a ps3 too so i dont need to buy another one again..

Although the price and weight changes are nice, the design of the "slim" looks a little dated. Sony could have done a little better to make it look a little more sleak, but the price drop is amazing so I guess I can't complain.

then its useless to me.

I don't think it does but that doesn't mean it never will. There have been some rumors that Sony is working on a PS2 emulator for all PS3's. And plus, it will still play PS1 games out of the box, just not PS2. It's definitely a big deal to me but considering its small size and small price, it will hopefully get a lot of 360 fanboys over to the PS side, and I think that's its goal.

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