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

ic1male said:
There is a known problem with Uncharted and firmware 3.0. Sony will have to issue another firmware update to fix it.
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Ack that sucks, only borrowed it from sister for a couple of weeks as she wants it back to play during her maternity leave :/ Are other games affected or is it just Uncharted? I guess I'll just put my crashes down to FW3.00, although I start to worry when my brand new PS3 that I've owed for about 4 days has locked up about 4 times :P
 
only just noticed last night that there's no on/off switch! which is annoying for me as i have it linked to my pc speakers and when the ps3 is on standby, i can hear this sort of static buzzing from the speakers.. :(
 
No on/off switch at the back - thats a bit surprising, as I cant really see it saving any significant money for Sony and it cant really be a styling thing (as it was round the back anyway)
 
:D

I got my self a PS3 slim today. It came free with CoD 5 (Batman Arkham Asylum was out of stock) and unlimited game rentals for a month.

It looks pretty nice actually, I like the light up buttons.
 
Jamesbcd said:
only just noticed last night that there's no on/off switch! which is annoying for me as i have it linked to my pc speakers and when the ps3 is on standby, i can hear this sort of static buzzing from the speakers.. :(
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http://www.astra247.com/4588/Lighting-Products/Inline-Rocker-Switch/Black/froogle

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Very easy to fit.
 
james.miller said:
swapped mine today, cost me £70 :) well, it would have if i didnt buy another game lol

impressed with it - my 60gb wasnt very noisey but this is definately quiet. I'd just been playing call of juarez for about an hour and a half and its very very quiet.
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Replied to you on avforums.

Great update for the PS3 that makes it a much more viable blu ray player for us film buffs.

- Quieter
- 35% less power consumption
- Bitstream: OMG HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT LIGHT ON AN AMP ;)
- Ermmmmmm..... Bah, those points above will do.

:D
 
Anyone know if there is an issue with Killzone 2 and FW3.0 - when I played the SP last night every time it came to a loading part (like the first level [same as demo level] where you leave the lift after get a leg up from someone) it froze for a second with some sound distortion before continuing - Im sure when Ive played it before it wasnt that bad...

Anyone mind trying it on a slim/phat PS£ to confirm?

Cheers

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Some sales news about the PS3 slim for its first week few days on sale.

PlayStation 3 sales rocket 1000% on slim release

Chart-Track has told GamesIndustry.biz that sales of the PlayStation 3 have rocketed 999 per cent over the past week.

Sony introduced the new, slimmer SKU last Tuesday, and although Chart-Track does not reveal actual sales numbers, Dorian Bloch, director of the firm called the growth "a huge increase".

"The uplift on week 36 on week 35 is plus 999 per cent," revealed Bloch. "We don't give out the hardware numbers, but never-the-less it's a very large increase."

The boost in sales will be a pleasing early start to the Christmas season for Sony, which told GamesIndustry.bizlast month that it expected the redesign to pull in new consumers.

"I think what I've heard anecdotally is that this is the point people were waiting for - a redesigned model and, in Euros, a significant price reduction," said Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. "That's people's cue to jump into the business."

The PlayStation 3 has been remodelled earlier in the its lifecycle than the PlayStation 2. The PS2 slim, released in the 24th week of 2004, helped sales jump 310 per cent.

The news follows a climb in Xbox 360 sales of 43 per cent last week, due to the price cut for the Elite model to GBP 199.

This week, sales for the Elite were still up in the region, said Chart-Track, an increase of 29 per cent over last week's growth.
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PS3 sales up 999%

Sales of Sony's redesigned Slim beat Xbox 360, Wii and DS Lite by 3:1

Having launched at UK retail last Tuesday, Sony’s PS3 console has enjoyed a colossal week-on-week sales jump, with numbers of ChartTrack’s Week 36 showing a 999 per cent sales increase over the week before.

ChartTrack has told MCV that it is not releasing specific sales numbers, but did say:

“The sales increase is very impressive, making the PS3 the top selling hardware in Week 36. The Xbox 360, Wii and DS Lite all sold around the same amount last week – PS3 Slim outsold each of them by a ratio of three-to-one.”

The sales-tracking firm added that it’s unsure how long the uplift will continue for.

“The longevity of this uplift very much depends on the time of year. The PS2 Slim was released in November, much closer to Christmas. We’ll have to wait and see how things work out for Sony this time.”
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And in Japan
The Playstation 3 has its biggest week in terms of hardware sales this past week in Japan. According to the Japanese video game website Famitsu, the system has sold 150,832 units in that region from August 31 to September 6. A vast majority of the units sold (150,252) could be attributed to the launch of the Playstation 3 Slim and its new lowered price tag of 29980 yen on September 3.

That is quite an impressive and much-needed performance for Sony, especially considering that the Playstation 3 sold fewer than 15,000 units in all of August. In total, the Playstation 3 has sold 3,431,964 units so far in Japan.

It would be interesting to see how the rest of the world reacts to the new Playstation 3 model.
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Judging that it only was on sale from the 3rd 150K in 3 days aint to bad.
 
ic1male said:
Oh dear. Poor Microsoft doesn't stand a chance now that the PS3 steamrolling has begun in Japan. Mwahahahaha.
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Japan has always being Sony territory really. Bah a few months here and there the Xbox has always struggled.

Nintendo excluded of course ;)

Great sales, I myself traded in my 60gb ps3 for the Slim. Got it for £50 and
a 2 year warranty from "popular purple store" after trading in the game
that came with it.

Not bad really.
 
What a wonderful thing stats are, they can always be manipulated anyway you like. It would be interesting to see what percentage of those sales where to completely new buyers and not linked in anyway to phat upgrade sales.
 
Why when we see good stats do people always jump to say they're lies or manipulated.

Also, Even if they are trade ins, Thats wont hurt Sony sale stats.

Sony Sold the phats to a store, Store sold the phats.
Sony sold the slims to a store, Stores trade, phats for Slims. Store sells Slims.

Doesnt hurt Sony anyway. They made on both consoles moved.
 
always dubious about % rise until I actually see full week on week actual figures

(one week sales of 150,000 is brilliant but not much to write home about if thats all that happens - on the other hand if thats the lowest figure slim manages per week before xmas - thats pretty huge :D)
 
got my ps3 slim over weekend too. traded in my 60gb that was borderline overheating.. got call of juarez and a 2 year warranty on it!!

seems nice and small and quiet. all working fine, and now i have 2x dual shock3 pads!
 
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