News Room Contributor  Posts: 2410 Joined: 11 Sep 2008     | |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 953 Joined: 12 Apr 2008     |
Transform and roll out! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2495 Joined: 6 Apr 2009     | I never understood the point of the "Slim" consoles. Seems like a stunted half brother to me. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 613 Joined: 11 Feb 2009     | tru' tru', me thinks it be easier to "carry" and what not hum ding ding humm. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2297 Joined: 16 Feb 2009  | PS3 Slim? Isn't that just a PS2 fat? "harr harr harr" I just had to, in the same way I always make those "PS2 fat? Isn't that just a PS3?" jokes. Man, I really come of as a 360 fanboy. XD Ah well, as said before, I don't get the whole point of the Slim consoles, is there any real difference between them and the regular ones? |
Master Archivist  Posts: 9225 Joined: 5 Mar 2009    | Im still waiting for the PS3 'Cheap' edition. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2147 Joined: 4 Jun 2008     | If they are making a 'slim' model then why did they bother making the big one in the first place? If it is possible to get the same performance from a machine that is drastically smaller then it makes you ask what the extra space in the original was taken up by, pudding? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1398 Joined: 10 Feb 2009     | Moore's Law can affects game consoles just as much as pc. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 953 Joined: 12 Apr 2008 |
Because the technology didn't exist then and it does now? That'd be my guess. Sort of how the PS2 eventually became the PS2 slim. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 163 Joined: 30 Mar 2009   |
This. If you don't know Moores Law it is that every 18 months computer components become half the size or twice the power. In this case I think it is more to do with heat though. I think they have found a way to make components with the same power produce less heat so they need less bulky heat-sinks or fans. Can't tell for sure though. Especialy as it is still in the rumour stage! EDIT: Forgot to add that admittedly in the age of multi-core processors Moores Law isn't following it's usual course as people are just putting more cores into it rather than improving the power as much as it is easier to keep heat levels down this way. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1590 Joined: 26 Apr 2009    | The Ps3 goes slim, is getting cheaper AND is getting BC through some new tech. So everyone of you better buy a PS3 now, or else you're a hypocrite. I don't care what you have to say. More than half of you said you would buy one if it got cheaper and had BC back. Well, both are happening, so get buying you hypocrites. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1809 Joined: 8 Apr 2008     | Not only do I believe the PS3 Slim is coming out, but looking at the modern Sony business model, it can be yours for just 36 easy payments of $29.95 |
On the Record  Posts: 6205 Joined: 10 Mar 2008   |
Old Meme is OOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!! But damnit, if it didn't make a mighty fine steak.... Anyway, I like to be in the "wait till official announcment" crowd, much safer that way and nobody laughs at you if it turns out not to be real and you believed the rumours! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1700 Joined: 11 Jan 2009   |
Same here, man. Same here. On Topic: Screw the slim edition, I want a cheap one! Wait a sec... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 780 Joined: 6 Feb 2009    | "The new PS3 Slim: Half the girth, twice the price!" When what they have now isn't selling, why bother repacking essentially the same thing in something slightly less monolithic? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1223 Joined: 25 Jan 2009   |
Yea, one hears that quite a lot. Most of them probably still won't buy one because you know, it's cool to hate it and all. |
BANNED  Posts: 1250 Joined: 24 Mar 2009  | hmm, I think I'll pass. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 807 Joined: 13 Mar 2009  | Maybe now they can sell some. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4629 Joined: 15 Jun 2008  |
When Kingdom Hearts 3 is released - then I'll buy it... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1647 Joined: 10 Sep 2008 |
You're silly. That's silly. Stop being silly. We will have none of that around here. Putting pudding in the PS3 would make it inoperable. That space is obviously used for housing the gnomes that work so hard to make the caharacters move on the screen for you. You should feel ashamed for calling the gnomes pudding. ASHAMED! |
BANNED  Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008  |
Less material means cheaper product.
Earlier forms of the equipment. Remember, back in the 50's TV's with screens half the size of your monitor were as big as a couch. As time goes by, things get smaller and more efficient through research. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
SUSPENDED  Posts: 6071 Joined: 25 Jan 2008  |
Expected summer vacation demands? What demands? There's no demand on the damn PS3 as is, slimming it down won't make it any better, just smaller. And let me guess, the Slim one will still be around the $400 mark? User was suspended for: MMOG Teaches Kids About Traffic Safety. (3 days) |
Beat Writer  Posts: 183 Joined: 29 Apr 2009    |
Demands in countries that aren't America. Yes I know, it's scary to think, but there is a whole wide world beyond America. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 177 Joined: 14 Feb 2009   | Well this is certainly important news. It may still cost a ridiculous amount, it may still have useless bluray, it may still have no worthwhile games, but at least they fixed the biggest problem: now, it's thinner. |
BANNED Posts: 12958 Joined: 30 Jan 2008 |
Which by your standards, would make it one better than any gaming platform (including the modern PC) ever. User was banned for: Poll: What is your opinion on the Metal Gear Solid storylines?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2318 Joined: 19 May 2008   | If this turns out to be true, and if there is a price drop, then I will be one step closer to buying a PS3. Backwards computability would be so awesome as well considering I can go to EB and buy a ton of games dirt cheap, both PS2 and PS3. Now if only I had a hi def TV....damn my SD piece of crap and my monitor that does not support 1080p :( |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1034 Joined: 12 Apr 2009   | Well least it isnt a damn Patcher rumor. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3349 Joined: 2 Sep 2007 |
Less efficient technology. What you think computers used to take up a whole floor cause they where really powerful? They took up a whole room becasue they only way to make them any bit useful was to have so much hardware behind them you had to be a goverment or funded by one to be able to afford it. |
Muckraker  Posts: 332 Joined: 8 Oct 2008 | Completely ineffectual to me. Though I do have a PS2 Slim. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 183 Joined: 18 Jan 2008  | Add backwards compatibility first, then we'll talk about shrinking the PS3. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1417 Joined: 18 Jun 2008 |
I don't get the joke. Anyway, friend has a PS2 slim and the thing is beyond touchy. As such, I have one of the classic PS3s and am quite pleased with it. I see no need for a lesser PS3. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4144 Joined: 6 Sep 2008 |
Screw you and your "superior" PS3, cheapen that damn thing so I can play Infamous! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2892 Joined: 3 Jan 2008  |
Well your in luck, you might get your price cut once they finish clearing out the regular model |
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PS3 Slim Production Already Underway?
Rumors of a slim version of the PlayStation 3 are swirling again, with reports of two Taiwanese manufacturers getting ready to produce units to ship as soon as early July.
All but few of the many leaks prior to Sony's press conference at E3 were confirmed (and good-heartedly joked about by Sony's Jack Tretton). One of those leaks being the rumblings (and alleged photographs) of a slimmed-down version of the PS3. I assumed after Sony didn't mention it that the arguably dubious photographs were fake, either that or Sony was saving the announcement for later this year, but according to the latest reports, the PS3 Slim may exist, and it may be coming extremely soon.
According to UDN.com (by way of Joystiq and Engadget's translators), Sony has handed out contracts to two manufacturers in Taiwan to produce the PS3 Slim. Half of the orders are for Foxconn and the other half are going to Pegatron. The shipments, apparently, are due to go out in early July to meet "expected summer vacation demands." Summer vacation in Japan is prime console buyin' season.
Still seem fishy to you? Well, consider that Foxconn and Pegatron were the original manufacturers of the PS3, and previous, and entirely separate, rumors that reported the console would ship in August or September. Seems like it all fits together...perhaps a tad too conveniently. Not that I don't want this to be real - I would welcome a slim PS3 into my arms just as warmly as I welcomed a slim version of its brother in appliances, the George Foreman Grill.
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