****The Playstation 3 Slim Thread****

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Could it be a two-stage strategy? Bring out the Slim first at full retail price so that the "must-have-new-gadget" brigade get it and then as that novelty wanes near the Christmas shopping season in November, whack the price down to £249 or something.

I agree with this, end of the day they need to get rid of the PHAT stock as the SLIM is essentially it's replacement, once the stock is adequately depleted then drop the price of the SLIM.

 

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Is that live streaming do you know?

No.

 

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http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/ProductD...r=018W014436760001P&adCell=W2&catalogId=10104

Maybe KMART are just ****ing with us but they now have the SLIM available for pre-order @ 299 dollars

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Now also available @ Sears (US) @ 299 dollars pre-order also.

Man, if that tranlates to the Slim being £249 in the UK that's very good news indeed, PS3 should have a stonking Christmas.

 

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You guys awake ? 299 Dollars !!!

<I'm a geek >

 

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PS3 and PSP Bundle for 399 Euro plus many more bargains

http://translate.google.de/translat...Schnaeppchen/News/&sl=de&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8

Very interesting.

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Also a popular UK supermarket chain has just dropped the price of the 80gb PS3 to £249. (Don't ask me to hint at which one)

 

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EDIT - New thread,

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14704285#post14704285

 

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New thread boys - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14704285#post14704285

 

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Just got in from work, love it, day one for me, look how thin it is, that's crazy !

 

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Nope you are not, it looks like it came from the 90's.

OK Magaret, I think we get the message now, you don't like it.

 

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Is there any difference in noise/power usage between the 60gb and the 40/80gb?

Launch (90nm Cell / 90nm RSX) was 200W
40GB (65nm Cell/ 90nm RSX) was 160W
80GB (65nm Cell / 65nm RSX) was 130W

I have had the original 60gb but currently own the 40gb sku, I would definitely say that the 40gb is quieter, and I know a lot of people say that the 80gb is considerably quieter than the original 60gb.

 

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"You also can't twist the PS logo on the front to vertical orientation, like you could the PS3 fat."

Nooooooo !!

Bit strange that though tbh.

 

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Yes, I'm trading my PS3 40gb model in for one.

 

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How do console trade ins work? Never done it before.

Walk into popular nationwide video store on the 4th of September, hand over my 40gb PS4, they give me £140 credit on my acc, I give them £109.99 cash, I walk out with PS3 Slim and go home to post on OcUK forums that I have a Slim now.

 

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not that small then.

Compared to a lot of older consoles, no, compared to the old PS3, yes.

 

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I do keep forgetting about the free online play, but that aside a moment I think the PS3 120 gig vs xbox 360 120 gig are comparable, but what about the other xbox models?

How are they comparable when one has Blu-Ray, Free on-line play, Rechargeable Controller as standard, Built-in Wireless receiver, Blue-tooth, and is quieter, better build quality, and estimated at around ten times more reliable in terms of failure rate.

For £20 more

 

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OMG FACEPALMS ALL ROUND !!!11!11On!!

This is a more eloquent way of explaining it.

Nice sig btw.

Agreed.

 

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PS3 £399, "oh I'll buy it when it hits £299"

PS3 £299, "err oh err, I'll get one when it hits £199"

PS3 £199, "mmm, ok ,err, I'll tell you what, I'll grab one when they hit £99

Stop kidding yourself.

 

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Second hand is always an option obviously, I'm talking about buying New

Your right, unless he purchases one second-hand I can't see him owning one until the PS4/720 hits, but then by that time he won't want one and will he'll saying "I'll buy a PS4 when it hit's £149"

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