PS3

[funcro]

Does it look to anyone like the hard drive in the Slim is going to be easily user replaceable?

SCEI marketing materials as presented by Engadget.

I have no experience with the existing PS3, and it's too dark to tell easily in that picture.  If I can't upgrade the hard drive in the Slim, I'll get a price reduced Heavy (or whatever they end up being called) instead.

[Yegolev]

Based on those photos, I'd say no.  Or at least it won't be as easy.

[MisterNoisy]

I think the HDD access hatch has been relocated to the front of the machine (the little panel with all the logos to the right of the USB ports).

[Yegolev]

Yea, that is where it would have to be but my glass is half empty.

[AutomaticZen]

You lose the touch-panel buttons, seemingly the ability to switch out the hard drive, and a stand costs extra.  But otherwise, it's about time Sony.

[fuser]

Where's the pictures of the power brick?

[stu]

Oooo. That Slim looks sharp. I hope the speculation about the hard drives being a pain isn't true.

[Yegolev]

Where's the pictures of the power brick?

Reference PS2 Slim power brick.

[Hawkbit]

Was anything mentioned about backwards compat for PS2?

[Mrbloodworth]

Spec sheet:

    * Product name: PlayStation 3
    * Product code: CECH-2000A (Charcoal Black)
    * CPU: Cell Broadband Engine™
    * GPU: RSX
    * Audio output: LPCM 7.1ch, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC.
    * Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
    * Hard disk: 120GB 2.5" Serial ATA
    * USB 2.0 ports: 2
    * Networking: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (+EDR)
    * Controller: Wireless Controller (Bluetooth) x 1
    * AV outputs: HDMI x 1, AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital out (optical) x 1
    * Resolutions: 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i (for PAL 576p, 576i)
    * BD / DVD / CD drive (read only): BD × 2 (BD-ROM), DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM), CD × 24 (CD-ROM)
    * Power: AC 220 – 240, 50/60Hz
    * Power consumption: Approx. 250W
    * External dimensions (excluding maximum projecting part): Approx. 290 × 65 × 290 mm (width × height × length)
    * Mass: Approx. 3.2kg
    * Included in box: PlayStation 3 system × 1, Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK 3) × 1, AC power cord × 1, AV cable × 1, USB cable × 1

[AutomaticZen]

Was anything mentioned about backwards compat for PS2?

No.  And it's probably not coming back for awhile.  Sony likes selling PS2s.  It's was only in there to get you to buy a PS3 NOW!

[Yegolev]

It's was only in there to get you to buy a PS3 NOW!

It worked!

[fuser]

Reference PS2 Slim power brick.

Power consumption: Approx. 250W

No way its using a PS2 slim size power brick.

[Yegolev]

Yea, I was way off.  I'm thinking it's external and XBOX sized.

[fuser]

Yeah its going to be big, I'm curious about the lack of any obvious fan in the new slim. There's no air intake at the front or the sides/bottom either.

[Velorath]

New Heavy Rain trailer.

[Yoru]

I'm hearing 299 euro for a EU PS3-Slim. Anyone know if these fuckers are region-locked?

[Hindenburg]

AV cables? Seriously?

[schild]

It's a 250W power supply, it could very well be internal.

[Velorath]

Super Stardust team does top-down zombie shooter, Dead Nation for PSN.

[fuser]

It's a 250W power supply, it could very well be internal.

On second looks that might be right as there's a marking for AC on the back and the specs mention an AC cable but no brick etc.

[Hawkbit]

Was anything mentioned about backwards compat for PS2?

No.  And it's probably not coming back for awhile.  Sony likes selling PS2s.  It's was only in there to get you to buy a PS3 NOW!

That's cool then.  I just bought one a few months back.  If the slims had BC I'd feel ripped off, but that's really the only issue.  The extra $100 is w/e.

[SnakeCharmer]

New Heavy Rain trailer.

Whoa.

[schild]

I refuse to click the Heavy Rain trailer. I know it's awesome, of course it's awesome but I must go in blind.

[schild]

Hard drive is in the front, still easily removed.

No power supply. Keke.

[funcro]

Hard drive is in the front, still easily removed.

No power supply. Keke.

Crap. Now choosing between the Slim and the price reduced Uncharted bundle is actually a difficult decision.  I wanted an easy out.   

[schild]

The obvious answer? Both.

[NiX]

No BC? Not that it would be a deal breaker if I were considering buying one.






FUUUUUUUUUUUU! This is terrible! If I get a paying position I'm fucked. Demon's Souls + Cheaper slimline PS3.

[fuser]

Oh hai new trophies/profiles already on playstation.com


Get your Portable ID!

[Margalis]

That zombie game looks almost identical to the Zombie Apocalypse game that Konami (?) just released. (I think it released already...)

$299 price is pretty much the best anyone could have hoped for on PS3.

[schild]

What a pain in the ass to find:

Playstation Network -> Login -> My Profile -> Tiny Portable ID button

[Merusk]

No BC? Not that it would be a deal breaker if I were considering buying one.

Do ANY of the PS3's have BC nowadays?  I know it kept getting scaled back.  Not that it matters as I still have a fully functional PS2.  The slim will get me to buy a PS3, finally, around x-mas.

Yeah its going to be big, I'm curious about the lack of any obvious fan in the new slim. There's no air intake at the front or the sides/bottom either.

The C.net article I read mentioned they cut the power consumption in half using the new cell processors, so the fans can be smaller than on the current PS3's.

[fuser]

Do ANY of the PS3's have BC nowadays?  I know it kept getting scaled back.  Not that it matters as I still have a fully functional PS2.  The slim will get me to buy a PS3, finally, around x-mas.

None have PS2 BC. Last shipping confirmed units were the MGS bundle which was last fall.

Yeah its going to be big, I'm curious about the lack of any obvious fan in the new slim. There's no air intake at the front or the sides/bottom either.

The C.net article I read mentioned they cut the power consumption in half using the new cell processors, so the fans can be smaller than on the current PS3's.

Still theres a ton of venting on my current PS3-badonkadonk. Really amazed at how little obvious cooling it requires. Must be heatpipes taking it all to the back but wtf is the cold air intake. I cannot wait till someone rips it apart to see the layout inside.

Think the lower cost of the units now drives up demands for someone to break the PS3 copyright protection? I'm really shocked at how long the PS3 has stayed un-modded.

[ahoythematey]

I guess PSN is being hammered, I can't access my Tiny ID.

I have to admit that the slim is looking awfully sexy, and I'm damn near tempted to grab it and save my launch system for PS2 chicanery.  Maybe when the price is reduced further...

[Hawkbit]

Wish the portable IDs were about 1/4 of the height so I could put it in my sig.  Not putting that monster in there as is though.  Avoiding the ire of the mods.