Aug 19 2009Is This The New PS3 Slim? (Yes, Yes It Is)
Sorry folks the internette at the hotel was bitchtitting me this morning so I just gave up and came to LaGuardia to post from here. Don't think I forgot about you. I could never. Anyway, I'll post as much as I can before my flight, and Geekologie will return to its regularly scheduled program tomorrow.
Soooooo, this is the new PS3 Slim. The 120GB console will be available the first week in September for a price cutted $299. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THEY CUT! The unit is 33 percent smaller and 36 percent lighter than its chubs predecessor. So what does this mean for you? It'll be easier to lose. Hell, I even thought the original PS3 was too small to keep track of. WHICH IS WHY I GLUED IT TO THE COUCH.
Sony Announces Slim PS3 - It Lives This September! [kotaku]
Thanks to Mr. Tiddles, catch22, Nate and The Superficial Writer, who tape their consoles to cinder blocks. Hey, that works too.
Reader Comments
1. Que - August 19, 2009 12:34 PM
Que dieting!
2. Mike - August 19, 2009 12:35 PM
cheese. gizmodo had this up yesterday! good news for people who just dropped $400 on a new PS3.
3. Mr. cow - August 19, 2009 12:36 PM
Moo
4. jimmy - August 19, 2009 12:36 PM
third
5. jimmy - August 19, 2009 12:37 PM
damn you cow...
6. pants - August 19, 2009 12:38 PM
I did think you forgot about us... is the only post for today then? Sad day.
7. Ollie Williams - August 19, 2009 12:41 PM
@2
Yeah, like me 1.5 months ago. Oh well.
8. jacuzzi - August 19, 2009 12:45 PM
Too expansive.
9. old news - August 19, 2009 12:48 PM
yes... thats not so impressive PS3s will never beat this
http://arbab.mybrute.com
10. Pat - August 19, 2009 12:49 PM
Well, there's always something new, smaller and cheaper around the corner.
11. shadwag - August 19, 2009 12:51 PM
i just ate three of these on my lunch break.
12. Ollie Williams - August 19, 2009 1:00 PM
Reading the reviews, not a lot of people like this model. It's louder (both the Blu-ray drive AND the cooling fans), it's not as attractive switching from a piano black finish to matte, it has less USB ports, and the cool touch sensitive controls for eject/power are actual buttons now, which makes it feel cheaper.
The only benefit I see is that it's smaller (which really, who cares), and it's less money for a larger hard drive.
*shrug*
13. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 1:01 PM
GW is blocking my comments. Why???
14. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 1:02 PM
Here's my blocked comment (bad language):
to: Gordon Shumway
re: IT problem
cc: Anyone who's video is blocked by a firewall
Have you tried disguising your URLs? You might try these:
http://anonymizer.nntime.com/
http://www.hidemyass.com/
Both of these allow you to enter a URL (about halfway down the page). Push the button and they'll serve the page and make it look like it's from somewhere else.
Should work unless IT blocks these too.
15. kyle - August 19, 2009 1:02 PM
nice http://kyle143.mybrute.com
16. catch22 - August 19, 2009 1:03 PM
warning to those looking to buy one in sept... the ps3 slim will also have a 250GB version of the slim for a christmas release
17. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 1:04 PM
Here's the rest of my blocked (bad language) comment:
Try entering a URL like this:
http://www.geekologie.com/
18. Jeff - August 19, 2009 1:14 PM
What exactly is 33% smaller and 36% lighter? Give me the actual number please!
19. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 19, 2009 1:17 PM
Dishy - you had too many links in your post. That's why it was blocked.
20. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 19, 2009 1:18 PM
PS - My IT blocks those sites.
GFS - I miss you man.
21. bendizle - August 19, 2009 1:22 PM
GIMMEE!!!!!!!!!!
22. dubba - August 19, 2009 1:43 PM
@16
thanks for the info, id be pissed if i jumped to get one for my birthday when xmas will be nicer
23. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 1:44 PM
@19, I thought that too, but there were 3 URLs and the post-a-comment notes say "you can put up to 3 URLs in your comments". And it gave a reason: profanity. It thought it might be one of the URLs had "ass" it it.
24. Fitz - August 19, 2009 1:44 PM
For your information, it can't even play PS2 games :(
25. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 1:46 PM
Ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass.
No, you're right, must be the number of URLs.
26. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 19, 2009 1:50 PM
25 - The number of URL's allowed includes the one allowed in your name.
27. Goss Jerk - August 19, 2009 1:59 PM
@ Dishy Dishyington
Thanks for the links, i tried them bu get "smart filter" that states they are Anonimizers...... so no vids for me in the office!
His name was Gordon Shumway...
28. Dishy Dishyington - August 19, 2009 2:03 PM
I suppose this one is also blocked:
http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html
29. Seras Victoria - August 19, 2009 2:13 PM
HAHAHAHA XD kinda looks like a pizza box!
lol i prefer my original baby :3
30. GoSS Jerk - August 19, 2009 2:18 PM
Yep, also blocked...
Your system policy has denied access to the requested URL.
For assistance, contact your network support team.
Your request was categorized by SmartFilter as 'Anonymizers'.
If you wish to question or dispute this result, please click your spork into the closest electrical output.
31. crack - August 19, 2009 2:24 PM
I was at an airport once.
32. Colorless Rainbow - August 19, 2009 2:38 PM
Grr. I wish I could have paid less for this, I don't care if it's noisier.. long as it isn't more buggy. I wouldn't even mind the cheap buttons. I like to know when I'm pressing something. Wink.
33. Matt - August 19, 2009 3:23 PM
@22 & 16
You can upgrade the hard drive any time you like. It's not an xbox. It's very easy. Granted I have an old one, it has been confirmed that you can still upgrade if you like. I bought a 20 gb model at launch for 600 bucks, lol, but it's 500GB now, so I can't complain. just used my old pc drive.
Just figured I would let you know so you don't end up spending an extra hundred bucks on 130GB more. Right now on Tiger Direct you can get a 500GB sata for under a hundred bucks.
34. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - August 19, 2009 3:28 PM
Websense calls it "Proxy Avoidance"
35. banana - August 19, 2009 3:42 PM
there are a huge number of these proxy sites, like btunnel.com, ctunnel.com, actually most letters of the alphabet...
36. Ivan - August 19, 2009 5:17 PM
this cant possibly be a good idea. cheaping it down to the xbox's level and making it more easily overheated (like the ps2 slim). its like an anerixic. its better with a little extra weight.
37. BathCaptain - August 19, 2009 5:37 PM
Arrrrgggg! I just bought one!
38. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - August 19, 2009 5:49 PM
@34
Proxy Avoidance sites are all blocked for me. I have yet to find one that works.
39. ciao - August 19, 2009 6:13 PM
ah, the slim version. Pretty much an indicator they bettered the system. Usually the first of every system is fairly bulky and quite slow until with further work they better the existing goods. ....that's why I pretty much wait tell they figure out all the bugs a few months after they publish any new system.
there you go folks, some curious info behind electronic goodies.
40. Batman - August 19, 2009 7:52 PM
@40
I wouldn't say this is the better version, this is the cheapier version. The one I bought orginally had 4 usb ports, memory card slots, and was backwards compatible.
Now it has 2 usb slots, no memory card slots and it isn't backwards compatible. So this is nto the best version. No doubt it is good, and for the price better, but still not the better version.
41. edgeworlds - August 19, 2009 8:54 PM
@41: I was wondering what features were being cut for the slim version. Hrm. I really wished PS3 would've thought of this earlier--offering two different models instead of one. As much as I love my PS3, I don't use a lot of the features (prolly 'cause I split my gaming time between this and my 360), and getting a "slimmer" PS3 woulda been easier on my wallet. :[
42. Spith - August 20, 2009 3:18 AM
Lack of backwards compatability means making it slim is pointless. When I put my PS2 on top of it, it'll be just as big as the phat PS3.
43. Jaded Icon - August 20, 2009 7:04 AM
@ 42
I understand that from a consumer point of view 2 versions would be great to choose from. Which is why they are doing it now. But starting from that is a risky proposition. It is always a gamble to put new consoles on the market. Lots of questions that need to be guesstimated. Is there enough publicity? Did we make enough? Did we make too much? How will the market react. And the list goes on and on. So having 2 versions would be doubling the risk without finding out if the market would even want it or not. After all have we not learned from Atari or Sega?
44. jose - August 20, 2009 9:59 AM
Thanks for the sharing your opinion with every one.Daily thousands of new electronic products and gizmo's come in to the market and i guess PS3 Slim is not a big deal.
45. che-che - August 20, 2009 10:43 AM
its also an inch smaller, on 2 sides, and and 1 inch bigger the other way. so its 1 inch smaller. is that really something to rename it slim. i think should be called chubby or chub. if the first one is fat. i dont know. i will buy it when it is around 150 bucks. cause i think thats the real value of the thing.
46. geekogie - August 23, 2009 5:29 AM
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47. بنت مصر - February 27, 2010 3:09 PM
review is on, the things you come up with are dsfsd
48. how to play farmville - March 3, 2010 5:52 AM
Well Sony PS3 comes with more affordable price and its slimmer and more compact design attracts me.It has all games in high-definition and also easy-to-use interface.The most important thing is it does not need any external power supply and have free online gaming service.