PS3 price drop coming soon. Slim PS3 coming soon.
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ms07s;1388378 said:
After having worked in the gaming industry for many years I can tell you the chances of you ever seeing another system with a flip open top manual loading system is pretty much slim to absolutely none.
The problem, especially with open top designs has been proven that they do not last nearly as long for the general consumer in the average environment. The design is subject to more often then not being left open by younger gamers and broken off or collecting dirt/food/pets/whatever. I expect to see more and more designs like the Nintendo Wii, a front load, no tray variation that allows the unit to do the loading without the dangers of being left open and without the bigger problems of being closed roughly or breaking due to impacts. But top loading designs are pretty much for sure a thing of the past for gaming systems.
The cost of production is lower, however the cost of frequency for repair was in fact greater. Also the consumer viewed any breakage as a design and therefor manufacturors issue and not as a fault of there own for being clumsy for example.
Sony in particular saw an enormous amount of latching issues and this caused huge amount of disc mounting problems due to worn latches etc.
There ya go, FYI, if anyone cares.
Fuzz420;1388551 said:
Plenty of games got get off the 360 only sites. That's first year PS3 bashing get with the times.
Anyway, Slim looks sexy thinking about picking up a second for another room.
Fuzz420
Are U Here 2 take My Baby
No bashing, im just saying im not impressed with the title selection still even after all these years. I have both so trust me im no fanboy of either, im just giving my honest opinion.
Back on topic: i do know of several people that will be grabbing the a ps3 because of the price drop and the new slim model. Me personally i think sony has too many options out. A 60,80,160, now a slim 120 geez.
Back on topic: i do know of several people that will be grabbing the a ps3 because of the price drop and the new slim model. Me personally i think sony has too many options out. A 60,80,160, now a slim 120 geez.
Fuzz420;1389378 said:
Has too many models? Do you mean had? 60 hasn't been around for 2 years, 80 and 160 are out of production ( although still on shelves )... and you forgot the 20 and 40 gb's. After all the old stock is sold there will be one model, or maybe 2 ( rumored 240 gb ).
360 has just as many models... with much bigger differences ( HDMI or not, HD XX size or no HD at all ect ).
DBN;1388419 said:
Who cares about the different models? It's only a difference of size in the HD, which IMO they're all too small, and the older ones came with a version that was backwards compatible and one that wasn't.
The new PS3 slim will be fully backwards compatible for ps2 and ps1 games, and shortly after the release a firmware update should be available to make the other non backwards compatible models work with ps2 games. It's all in the software now as the ps3 runs an emulator to operate ps2 games whereas the original release ps3 consoles had the backwards compatibility in the hardware. With that said, it's only a matter of time before my 40GB model PS3 can play the 2nd Runner again
Oh, I also ditched the 40GB HD right when I bought it and bought a Hitachi 7K series 200GB HD. Helluva lot faster than the POS HD's Sony tosses in them right now...
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starscream5000;1389487 said:
Where did you "hear" that? Sony CEO himself even said BC is off the table.
CTsupra;1389517 said:
This is true.
However, I'm also 90% sure it's in the works. Sony recently filed a patent on emulating PS2 games. I'm guessing it will come via software update.
No BC is retarded when it's nothing more then a software problem... my guess is the still want people to buy PS2's since it's continuing to sell well.
CTsupra;1389517 said:
Our sony rep said it will be BC with an update.
Also, i have just pre-ordered 2, 1 i'm getting for free :sarcasm:
lolwut? Too many options? How about this, you want wireless on your xbox? you gotta buy an adaptor. You want a hard drive with the old models? oops you have to buy that stupid thing too, not just drop in a sata.Fuzz420;1389378 said:
Canuckrz;1389518 said:Superior:
Sure, that's going to be faster, but at what cost? Plus it's not big enough for what I use mine for
Let's see. After 1 year of having PS3 80gb with some ps2 backwards comparability.
Metal gear solid 4 that came with it.
Gran tourismo 4
umm and tgat us it. Still waiting patiently for God of War 3. About the only franchise that remotely intrests me from the PS side.
On the hdd front. Add a 300gb velociraptor and call
it a day.
Metal gear solid 4 that came with it.
Gran tourismo 4
umm and tgat us it. Still waiting patiently for God of War 3. About the only franchise that remotely intrests me from the PS side.
On the hdd front. Add a 300gb velociraptor and call
it a day.
Holy need an edit Figgie.
Uncharted just became a greatest hits I think it's time for me to pick it up.
Uncharted just became a greatest hits I think it's time for me to pick it up
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Fuzz420
Are U Here 2 take My Baby
What is this about backwards compatibility?Are the regular 60,80,160 bc. Is it select games or what.
Amazon is saying PS3 Slim is already running out of stock from pre-orders?
All models play PS1 games, only some play PS2 games
60 is 100% bc, 20 is 100% bc, 4 USB port 80 GB is 88% bc, 2 USB 80 gb is 0%, 40 0%, 160 0%.
All models play PS1 games, only some play PS2 games
60 is 100% bc, 20 is 100% bc, 4 USB port 80 GB is 88% bc, 2 USB 80 gb is 0%, 40 0%, 160 0%.