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

PS3 Sales Grew 104% During First Week of Slim Availability

PS3 Slim sells in huge numbers thanks to lower price

Sony had been under heavy pressure to offer a price cut on the PS3 console and some developers even went so far as to threaten to abandon the platform if cuts weren't made.

Sony maintained for the longest time that no price cuts were coming and that cutting the price of a console already losing money wasn't a sound business plan. Finally, in August, Sony unveiled the new PS3 Slim with fewer parts, a thinner design, and a much lower price tag and everyone was happy.

Now that the PS3 Slim is available at $299, Sony is in the console wars in a bigger way than it has ever been. After the PS3 Slim was announced, Microsoft matched the price and moved its high-end Xbox 360 Elite to the same $299 price point.

With the PS3 Slim packing in Blu-ray the console is suddenly a retail sales juggernaut reports VGChartz. The weekly console sales numbers are in and Sony should be happy with the stats. Since the PS3 Slim started trickling into the market on August 25, sales of the console have jumped by a massive 104% across the board moving from 37,167 consoles the week before the new model to 75,931 once the Slim was in stores.

Over the same period, the Xbox 360 saw sales increase by a more modest 32% rising from 56,448 the week before price cut to 74,689 the week after. Sales for the Wii dropped 4% to a total of 74,245 for the week. What the numbers for the three consoles are showing is basically a three-way tie for sales.

Nintendo may have to cough up a price cut of its own, as things are likely to look worse for the Wii next week. VGChartz reports that the new PS3 Slim wasn't available nationwide during the week reported and the price cut for the Xbox 360 Elite was made later in the week. The next round of numbers will show the true sales picture for both of the consoles.
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Is it worth me paying £130 + trading in my 40Gb Phat for a slim or shall I put that £130 towards a dedicated blu-ray player?

The only reason I want a slim is for its bit-streaming capability.

I mean if i can get a dedicated bluray player for around £200 then it would be better or are there any downfalls to having a dedicated bluray player as in unable to update firmware?
 
photoshop said:
Is it worth me paying £130 + trading in my 40Gb Phat for a slim or shall I put that £130 towards a dedicated blu-ray player?

The only reason I want a slim is for its bit-streaming capability.

I mean if i can get a dedicated bluray player for around £200 then it would be better or are there any downfalls to having a dedicated bluray player as in unable to update firmware?
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IMO, no, it's not worth the upgrade at that cost.
 
Got my Slim coming tomorrow :D I'd like to know if its possible to stream good quality 1080p video down a 100mbit network connection using ps3mediaserver; if that ain't possible how would 720p do?
 
hmm, just deleted all my game data and psn games and it says i've got 262gb/298gb free.. 36gb seems an awful lot, what am i forgetting to delete? :confused:
 
Not got my slim yet, still trying to sell my 40gig to my mate for £175 :P

Though I love the 3.00 update! BBC iPlayer works flawlessly and is very user friendly on the PS3!
 
Flibbles said:
Got my Slim coming tomorrow :D I'd like to know if its possible to stream good quality 1080p video down a 100mbit network connection using ps3mediaserver; if that ain't possible how would 720p do?
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Perfectly fine, I've never had any problems as of yet.
 
Yoko said:
just a shame there was no big advertising campaign or sales could have been even higher
are sony the new atari :confused:
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Not watch TV much lately? I must see about 5 PS3 slim adds a day i used to see a bout 5 a month lol. The sales figures are pre-slim with only a few retailers in the US selling consoles early and also it wasnt released in Japan till friday.
 
Bought a slim earlier this week on impulse, figured I would end up playing GT5 anyway.

Impressed with the console, styling although bland doesn't bother me and I actually prefer it over my old 40GB which I sold earlier this year. It's also significantly quieter after playing a game for any length of time.
 
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