IGN: The new PlayStation 3 introduced this week at Gamescom may be ditching the "Slim" moniker and replacing its predecessor, but when people pick up the new PlayStation 3 this September, they will be getting a comprehensively redesigned console. In addition to the obvious aesthetic overhaul, Sony has completely reworked the blood and guts of the system by revising the entire component infrastructure. Should you find the new, competitively priced system too much to resist, we've drawn up a quick guide to the key hardware variations between the PS3 "Slim" (aka CECH-2000) and the previous, fatter PS3s for you to feast your mind grapes on.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Obviously with the 360 Elite now at $299, consumers won't need this useless information from IGN.
Nevermind that a gutless "arcade" version of the 360 has been out for over a year, it is the newly priced Elite that will spark consumers interest this holiday season.
Why buy something with features when you can stay with Microsoft for all your outdated software and hardware needs?
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When will this baby get dissected, so when can see the inside of the redesigned PlayStation 3. :)
On Topic: In the chart they say the Slim has 260W? I thought it was around 250W?
Looks just about right. Nice rundown for the confused people.
No ethernet cable on the slim....interesting. Does Sony expect everybody to have wireless connection at home?...O_o
couple of questions then to those who might know:
I bought a 40gb PS3 back in December 2007. I plan on sticking a 1TB HDD in it. Will this work? I know you can replace the HDD, but it says something on that page about supporting up to 160Gb. This confused me a little, but I'm assuming that's just a model available for purchase?
All said, it seems the only change with the slim is the cost and size. No point changing if you already have the 'fat' one.