I Got a PS3 Slim!

[Firehorse]

Ordered it on the 31st of September and it arrived yesterday. Been playing a couple demo games and little big planet.

Some think the Matte finish isn't so great but I think it looks pretty cool anyway and also collects less dust than the old one! Also I think shiny plastic gives a cheap feel anyhow.

Its a very neat little device which when I get a screen stand will fit snugly under my screen.

Very Please with it :eusa_danc

Also it doesn't play PS2 disks but it DOES backtrack to PS1 games. (No I didn't just hear this, I actually tried it out with some of my old PS1 games)

[Southe,]

you mean august?

- I dont mind having less HD space
- Prefer the look of the previous models
- don't like the look of the buttons prefer the touch ones.
- Plays ps games aswell

Tho how would transfering all your data go if you got a slim. since you move trophies to another console and get trophies.. or can you if its the same PSN?

[dbgtz]

Trophies are on the account I think not the playstation? Anywho I'm getting one if this person buys my xbox and stuff and I'll just shove it all on usb and copy it all in.

[Firehorse]

you mean august?

- I dont mind having less HD space
- Prefer the look of the previous models
- don't like the look of the buttons prefer the touch ones.
- Plays ps games aswell

Tho how would transfering all your data go if you got a slim. since you move trophies to another console and get trophies.. or can you if its the same PSN?

Oops my mistake, august.

I agree in pics and videos the buttons look a bit naff. Bur irl they look quite nice. They're made of metal (or plated in metal) and they illuminate when turned on.

[dbgtz]

Anyone know of overheating problems?

[Firehorse]

Anyone know of overheating problems?

Mine isn't getting very hot, it does get warm and the air it pumps out isn't extreme. Haven't felt it when playing a game yet, i'll get back to you on that. Never had any smells of burning. Very quiet.

[Black_Apalachi]

I haven't looked at pics but I like the sound of proper buttons; the touch buttons are a bit of a gimmick imo. I also like the sound of matte rather than shiny cos shiny just gets dirty and dull anyway.

The back compatibility to PS1 but not PS2 is the dumbest thing I've ever heard lol.

[BoomItsClowgon]

YE LOL. You can hardly find PS1 games and to find them you would have to dig deep into markets or Cash Converters! :P

They should of done both... some people have no sense seriously.

[Wayne]

I'm sure most PS3 users would prefer to play PS2 games instead of PS1 games. Oh well.

[Firehorse]

The back compatibility to PS1 but not PS2 is the dumbest thing I've ever heard lol.

I think its probably something to do with cost of the hardware being able to read ps2 disks being more than ps1. And also because they want people to still buy the last of the playstation 2s up to play their ps2 games on.

PS1 doesn't get manufactured anymore though so it wouldn't stop sales of playstation 1s if they made it compatible. As always they squeeze the most money possible from out pockets even just by remaking all their consoles.

[Black_Apalachi]

I think its probably something to do with cost of the hardware being able to read ps2 disks being more than ps1. And also because they want people to still buy the last of the playstation 2s up to play their ps2 games on.

PS1 doesn't get manufactured anymore though so it wouldn't stop sales of playstation 1s if they made it compatible. As always they squeeze the most money possible from out pockets even just by remaking all their consoles.

The point about cost is correct because their break-even point on PS3s is extremely high (they were actually making a loss on each console until they sold a certain amount, I don't know whether they've reached that point yet). Your other point about PS2s still selling is a good one :).

[dbgtz]

Personally I do think in the original one they over-done it and alot few even used LOL.
Slims will sell well though.

[Remote]

I ordered mine, picking it up from Speak Retail on Monday :P Got COD 5 for it too :D

[syko2006]

YE LOL. You can hardly find PS1 games and to find them you would have to dig deep into markets or Cash Converters! :P

They should of done both... some people have no sense seriously.


Yeah, hahaha...or go to the pre-owned section in Gamestation/Game/PC World/ generally any place that sells games.

[Firehorse]

You can also buy PS1 games from the Playstation Store and download it to the console itself.

[Frodo13.]

Yeah I want one, but I've got the 60Gb original model which still works perfectly, so there isn't much point to getting one at the moment.