Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sony’s PlayStation 3 is a gaming giant -- figuratively and literally. Figuratively, its graphics are amazing and it has been praised as the best Blu-ray player you can buy. Literally, the 80GB system weighs more than 11 pounds and sucks five times as much energy as a fridge when running, according to a 2008 study. The just-announced PS3 Slim kicks those beastly qualities to the curb.

Today at the Gamescom Expo in Germany, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai officially unveiled the Slim. Priced at $300, the 120GB system drops 36 percent of the prior model’s weight (about 4 pounds) and 33 percent of its behemoth footprint. Hirai also claims that the Slim will use 34 percent less power than its older sibling – which could hopefully help the system feel a bit less like a space heater or griddle.

Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Comparison
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Comparison:  Sony Computer Entertainment America

The new PS3 will be available September 1.

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First they cut the ability to play ps2 games, now there cutting LINUX. No one knows why they chose to cripple Linux by cutting a possessor and not letting it use the accelerated video card now they are cutting it entirely. The ps3 is going backwards and sucking more and more each revision. Just watch the next version wont even have blu-ray, they will force you to download all the content, and the one after that will be a box with the ps3 logo that can only produce a starfield simulation.

awww boo hoo animemaster. first off, i'll gladly take a 100 dollar price cut and lose the ability to play ps2 games. I don't even want to play ps2 games anymore, and even if I did, I still have two old ps2s laying around that are basically garbage. And why do you need Linux on a console? Consoles aren't supposed to emulate computers exactly so chill out. Let's pack as much shit into this as possible k? How about we make it have a washer/dryer in it as well as wheels so it can drive us to the store?

P.S. anyone who names themself animemaster is automatically a faggo.

-Captain Science-

I concur

Actually, it makes a lot of sense to run YDL on a ps3 because the multithreading gives you a small super computer for only $600 ... It is disappointing to see a complete drop in back compatibility, but far greater to drop the ability to compile CPU intensive simulation software under a fast parallel processing machine for such a low cost... Linux was one of my favourite parts of the ps3... sigh...

Everyone knows playstation is no longer the king of consoles anyways, if you want great games, get an XBOX, if you want cool controls, get a Wii, pretty soon XBOX will own that title too with Project Natal...XBOX has far superior controllers too.

I like big PS3's I cannot lie.
You other brothers can't deny
That when the system walks in with its fat black skin
And a body the size of your face
You get sprung...

http://hintcafe.com/find-singles/video+games

Nice, I can get a nice bluray player for 299$ which isn't fat. What? It plays games too ?

http://www.tendances-de-mode.com/

Xbox 360 ftw

wait....were does it say bout linux and ps2 gameplay??

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