PS3 Slim officially announced and pricing

[STONEISLAND]

Originally Posted by Thomas T

For those that are interested in such things..... Here is a teardown of the new ps3 slim.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayS...-3-Slim/1121/1

Me - well I fancy one, but I doubt I'd get enough out of it

Do you have a bluray player?

[ShadowTD]

It's just that little bit too expensive. If it was £200, I'd be grabbing one as a blu-ray player for downstairs and to play Uncharted and a few others. £250 means I'll be Xbox only for a little while longer.

[RealDiamond]

Its now coming to light that the US stores/shops are selling new "PS3s" as they get the deliveries of the PS3s. So NOW, not next week...in US..

The build quality of the New BD/DVD/CD drive is being questioned already as its one way of saving power. AKA Slower but the new JAVA technology built in is FASTER for BD menus but the NEW chips is not so good at doing HDMI upscale it can do the new bit stream audio fine but the upscale is worse.

And don't say who cares about DVD, the other sites did this and are getting slated by there readers as new TV shows are still not all on BD only DVD.

And yes, it appears that the AA PS3 games and BD High quality transfer films will cause the Slims fan to go as high in noise as the 60GB. but it takes longer. aka playing Killzone for 2 hours and then instantly putting the BD movie in.

[icestar2]

Originally Posted by RealDiamond

And don't say who cares about DVD, the other sites did this and are getting slated by there readers as new TV shows are still not all on BD only DVD.

Tbh I dont unless my 60GB break's down and am looking for another console. I do think its a bit of a silly move. Will wait till I hear more about it though before making a judgement.

Originally Posted by RealDiamond

And yes, it appears that the AA PS3 games and BD High quality transfer films will cause the Slims fan to go as high in noise as the 60GB. but it takes longer. aka playing Killzone for 2 hours and then instantly putting the BD movie in.

Well again wouldn't bother me had I had to get one as I already have the 60GB and tbh the fan aint very noisy at all. When it kick's in you can tell but after a minute or two I forget its even there myself. It would make sense though with the size of the console that it would need some powerful fans to keep it cool.

[BenMcr]

Well I have to say Firmware 3.0 for the older PS3 is a big lot of nothing!

[alexcopeland]

Originally Posted by benmcr

well i have to say firmware 3.0 for the older ps3 is a big lot of nothing!

so true.

[RealDiamond]

heres the bit that matters...

Settings

[Audio Multi-Output] has been added as an option under [Sound Settings].
[HDD Content Audio Language] and [HDD Content Subtitle Language] have been added as options under [Video Settings].

Thats the bit needed for Novembers Film store. With out this Sonys Film store for EU would Never be, the Storage cost for Film files would be expensive..

[Graham M]

The IPlayer (although it obviously just opens the web browser) link is very handy

[MMORGHUnter]

Hmmm... is it expensive or its worth the payment?

[RealDiamond]

updated

250GB PS3 slim model in production .
Starting October 1 , UK gamers can get a 250GB PS3 with either inFamous or two unnamed Platinum titles bundled with it .

Another bundle will be rolled in the UK on October 16 , this time packing a copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Finally, on October 19, a third bundle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Dark Knight Blu-ray movies and a Blu-ray remote will become available at retail.

The UK-specific bundles have already been given a price tag £284.99 . Replaces the 160GB model That was the previous bundle version.

PS3 120 GB slim owners Have just had their balls crushed in a vice after only 1 MONTH by Sony as this will price crash the version they just payed for.

[Ravenheart]

Toys R Us are selling the PS3 Slim for £229 at the moment spotted it yesterday while out and about.