Sony Reveals PS3 Slim, Drops PS3 Prices to $299

[Keane Ng]

Updated the OP with some info about new features.

 

[Micklet]

I think its too little too late, though the price drop is very welcome, its far too late. Its only coming down to the 360s price range now, and im sure MS will lower the 360s price now too. They might shift a few more units for xmas, but most parents will not be spending a huge amount this xmas due to the R word. I dont know how effective this is going to be, most people who wanted a ps3 have one already, the slim model is the same as the ps2 slim, just for the people buying it now.

Actually Microsoft are RAISING the price right now

As far as I know thats only in the UK, which doesnt affect me...but if its global, wow, just when you think you have MS pinned they do something totally off the bat. haha.

 

[Zhalath]

Hey, $300 was how much I payed for my PS3...6 months ago. Yay

 

[Kojiro ftt]

3 years too late, Sony. If they had done this 3 years ago, you might be looking at a PS3 owner instead of a Xbox 360 owner. Now I have too much crap for my Xbox, including custom made arcade sticks, that I'll never go back. C'est la vie!

 

[EeveeElectro]

Wait... nothing about £s... I assume it will be £299?

 

[Generator]

Cool. Now, should I just grab up the sexier, current PS3, or wait for this new, energy-saving one to roll around. Decisions, decisions.

 

[Generator]

Cool. Now, should I just grab up the sexier, current PS3, or wait for this new, energy-saving one to roll around. Decisions, decisions.

Personally the price cut and the new one are released simulatniously. Do you think you will ever use Linux Homebrew? No? Get the slim.

Yeah, but... but the older model is so much sexier. Ah, fine! I'll save my dad the money and get the "energy-saving" one. Bah!

 

[bodyklok]

Wait... nothing about £s... I assume it will be £299?

Well $299 dollars at the current exchange rate is just about £180.60, I can't speak for Sony or say anything about it yet but I think they might mark it up a bit to around £200, but like I said, I can't say.

However, there has been a nasty trend amongst gaming companies recently to charge more for something in the UK, but either way it will be less than what they're charging now.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Yes. Yes. Yes. A million time, YES!

Brilliant move by Sony and now I will hold up my end of the bargain and get a PS3. Not just that, a PS3 Slim. Sony, I think I love you again.

 

[joshthor]

very nice, this will make it much more accessible to the gaming community, now, if they can only fix their games problem.

 

[Madmanonfire]

Keane, the bolded section of the news article says September 11th, while the body of the article says September 1st. Might wanna fix that.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

meh its cheaper to get a 360 it has more games so meh

if I can tag a PS3 for under 200 I'll get one but not before....

Now if they put in default full button mapping and and keyboard and mouse support I'l up it to 500 a console...but noooooo.... can;t have any innovation in control like that...

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

very nice, this will make it much more accessible to the gaming community, now, if they can only fix their games problem.

WHAT GAMES PROBLEM!

Sorry sorry, Rage issues under control, Ahem. What exactly is the Games Problem? They are certainly not lacking. Or do you mean titles that intrest you specificly (No venemous emphasis on the You)

Most stuff run and look better on the 360 still, that game problem perhaps?
Now as far as gaming being developed for the PS3 I think things are ALOT better since the first year.....still not worth the price of admission tho...

 

[JakBandit2208]

They had to drop the price of the PS3 within days of me fianlly buying one. I`m officially annoyed

Damn, that is just bad timing. I was waiting the longest for them to drop the price now I can finally afford one, good move Sony

 

[Irridium]

Anyone else suprised people are bashing the backwards compatability now?
Its not like Microsoft's is any better.

Sony does what the people want, and they continue to ***** about this and that...
I guess the internet is never happy.


Ah well, good news for people who want a PS3, now they can get one.

very nice, this will make it much more accessible to the gaming community, now, if they can only fix their games problem.

WHAT GAMES PROBLEM!

Sorry sorry, Rage issues under control, Ahem. What exactly is the Games Problem? They are certainly not lacking. Or do you mean titles that intrest you specificly (No venemous emphasis on the You)

Most stuff run and look better on the 360 still, that game problem perhaps?
Now as far as gaming being developed for the PS3 I think things are ALOT better since the first year.....still not worth the price of admission tho...

You do realise that most multiplatform games nowadays are equal?
The only real differance in them are graphics, and even those differances are so miniscule its not even worth pointing out.
Hell, I don't even think people compare titles released on both consoles anymore, since they are both essentially equal.

 

[dorm41baggins]

Pray tell, if you already have a PS2, why the fuck do you care about backward compatibility in the first place? The only reason I can think of is the use of virtual memory cards on the hard drive as opposed to using one you probably already have. And 90% of the value? That's a fucking laugh as well. See, I personally am under the impression that the reason for a new system is for NEW games, not old ones for a system you already have. No one bought an Xbox 360 to play Halo 2 for instance.

If you really think that the only appeal of the PS3 was its backward compatibility, then here's a novel idea. You could... just use your PS2 and stop bitching because you don't like the games on this new system that other people happen to like.

Because the only reason I would consider buying a PS3 is as a *replacement* for my PS2. I don't want to have two systems taking up space. A *huge* part of the reason I bought a PS2 was because of all the PS1 games that would run on it in addition to PS2 games. When there's a choice of a platform that has 10 decent games on it and one that has 70, guess which I'll choose.

When Sony originally announced the PS3, I was excited at the prospect. I thought I'd be able to replace my PS2 and still play all my games. Plus, there would be the added benefit of HD output that could, theoretically, make the old games look marginally better on my HD tv.

I was hugely disappointed when I found out from reviews that PS2 games actually looked *worse* on the PS3 due to anti-aliasing bugs. Then when Sony scrapped BC altogether, I lost interest.

Maybe you're happy spending $300 on a system that does nothing but play current-gen games, but it sounds like a huge waste of money to me.

As to your Halo 2 remark- I think that's one of the strongest selling points of the 360. If it weren't for all the RROD problems, I would have already bought a 360 for precisely that reason. I'm still strongly considering it- just waiting to see if the new chipset really fares any better.