PS3 Slim Announced!

Unless you’re living under a rock, you will have by now already found out about the PS3 Slim. If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself.

Apparently, this new PS3 will be sold for $100 less for a new price point of $299.99 (USD). This is great for people who are in the market for a PS3, but shitty news for people like me who already own one.

According to Engadget:

“The buttons in the front are now physical and actually “click” in to function. The PS logo above the disc drive does not rotate for vertical use, and yes, the hard drive is swappable — as you can see from the pictures, there’s a screw on the bottom, hidden by a panel, that lets you take off part of the front for access. We’ve also lined it up against our standard, fatty PS3, and we gotta say, it’s noticeably lighter.”

Also, it will have a 120 GBHard drive, a Duel Shock Controller (The original PS3 only came with a six-axis controller), and HDMI support. It sounds better than my current PS3! I only got the 40 GB hard drive!

Surely, this can’t be as good as the older model. Game developers have been screaming at Sony to reduce the price of the console so they could sell more games. The current price of a blank Blu-Ray disc is around $8, depending where you get it from. They’re definitely not cheap. It sounds to me like Sony may have skimped on the hardware. This may help them sell more consoles in the short term, but may be bad for them in the long term. The PS3 packs a lot of heat, and is definately better than an XBox 360 or a Wii (Don’t get me started on the Wii). Will the same be true for the PS3 Slim? I say no, but I guess only time will tell. I just don’t wanna see any Blue Rings of Death. This is supposed to be PS3’s year!

• http://www.pcworld.com/article/170368/ps3_slim_for_300_in_kmart_sears_ads.html/
• http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/playstation-3-slim-unboxing-and-hands-on/