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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #420 on: August 18, 2009, 02:55 PM »
Price cut confirmed effective immediately.   $299.  And the Slim will arrive the first week of September.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #421 on: August 18, 2009, 03:31 PM »
Price cut confirmed effective immediately.   $299.  And the Slim will arrive the first week of September.

I assume there's going to be a backlog of the fat versions before the slims make it out.  Was it ever finalized what's missing/added to the slim design?
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #422 on: August 18, 2009, 03:46 PM »
It supposedly has all the same functionality of the current 80-Gig model, except you can't install Linux on it.





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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #423 on: August 18, 2009, 03:48 PM »
I was going to buy a second blu-ray player for the bedroom sometime in the next few months.  At this new price point, I'll probably just get the slim PS3.

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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #424 on: August 18, 2009, 03:51 PM »
Oh yeah... forgot to answer your first question... stores have been thinning their current stock of PS3 for a while now, to the point it's difficult to find at some locations.  Now prices will be cut on the 80-Gig to $299, and the 160-Gig bundle to $399.  The Slim should be on shelves the first week of Sept.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #425 on: August 18, 2009, 04:01 PM »
What titles are there for the PS3 that are awesome, and not available on the Xbox360?

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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #426 on: August 18, 2009, 04:08 PM »
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Ratchet & Clank
Valkyria Chronicles (fantastic strategy RPG)
Little Big Planet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Killzone 2
Infamous (haven't played - supposedly good)

That's off the top of my head.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #427 on: August 18, 2009, 04:13 PM »
Thanks, I'll start looking into those.

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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #428 on: August 18, 2009, 04:16 PM »
LBP is something to be seen.  I'd think with your background you'd have a blast creating levels.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #429 on: August 18, 2009, 04:22 PM »
LBP is something to be seen.  I'd think with your background you'd have a blast creating levels.

I don't play Little Big Planet much but I would vouch for it to be visually satisfying.  It really is a captivating title. 

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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #430 on: August 18, 2009, 05:41 PM »
Fat Princess is just stupid fun.

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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #431 on: August 22, 2009, 04:58 PM »
80GB PS3's are drying up all over the place out here - fast.  Going to try and scramble to get a fat version at Gamestop tomorrow.  Hopefully 50 PS2 games and the system will put a dent into that $299 price.  I know that the slim is 120GB, but it's just...ugly.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #432 on: August 27, 2009, 11:04 AM »
The new PS3 Slim is showing up at retailers everywhere, and apparently selling at a brisk pace.  I've read reports of stores selling out of entire pallets of PS3s the same day they get them in.  They've also begun shipping from Amazon and other online retailers.

One of the Sony "insiders" who posts on another forum I frequent said he expects the PS3 Slim to be difficult to track down after the initial shipments are depleted until mid/late October.  That's when the next "big boat from China" is due to arrive.  So if you want one now you'd be smart to grab one sooner rather than later.
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #433 on: August 28, 2009, 07:55 PM »
Finally a proud owner of a PS3.  Gamestop had 1 fat and 1 slim PS3 in stock and I could have gotten a free controller if I went with the slim - that had a huge dent on the box, but I stuck with the fattie just becuase.  Haven't felt so giddy about a game system since...well the PS2.  Now I just need to find me a flatscreen to go with it.

Stayed on the cheap side for games and just picked up Rainbow Six: Vegas (I used to live there so I thought it'd be fun to blow things/people up there) and Dark Sector (cheap game, but came highly recommend by the geeky salesmen)
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Re: Sony PlayStation 3
« Reply #434 on: August 28, 2009, 11:36 PM »
Congrats!  I pick up most of my games on eBay.  You can get 2 or 3 month old games for sometimes 1/2 the price of retail.  I picked up Force Unleashed for $17 shipped two months back.  I got Resident Evil 5 for $36.  I expect I'll pick up Batman next.  I'll be getting a couple of games this fall when the launch, though... Uncharted 2 and Ratchet & Clank.  They're worth full retail.
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