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PS3′s new $299 price, will it make you buy?

PS3′s new $299 price, will it make you buy?

By: Peter Chubb | August 19, 2009 | 7 Comments

Sony has now officially announced the launch of the new PSP Slim, watch the first unboxing video. The new PS3 now comes with a $299 price tag and for that, you get a slimmer games console, but more hard drive space. The question is would the lower price make you buy it?

The new Sony PlayStation 3 Slim now comes with a matte black finish, so no more horrible finger marks being left on the console. Something else that you will now notice is that the touch buttons have gone; in its place are now physical click buttons.

The hard drive can now be taken out easily from the front of the machine; this can be done from the hidden panel at the bottom. The new PSP Slim a much lighter and much slimmer, so if you wish to purchase a new PS3, hold off until the new model is available from September 1.

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  • Jessica

    Is the new PS3 Slim going to be backwards compatible? That’s the real deal breaker if not..

  • jamall

    no unfortunatly the ps3 does not have backwards compatibility. 0%. It does not have other OS support either, but it does have a whoppin 120gb hard drive, it is smaller and lighter and takes up less space. And since it use less energy to run you wont worry about an increasing light bill

  • Jessica

    The fact that it is smaller, lighter, and takes up less space is irrelevant because that means since it still does not have backwards compatibility, I will still have my playstation 2 sitting right next to it taken up more space.

  • Jessica

    *taking up more space.

    I want one system that plays both games, not two seperate systems

  • moocow

    meh, Sony sucks these days… I still own a ps3, but the only feature that made people want it orginally was BC, I mean come on 3 years and only 10 good games at the most, blue ray players can now be bought for $100 so in the end it’s just a paperweight that can play what xbox doesn’t get or want for it’s selection (again, 10 games) … Sony used to be a great company, now they just want to make a buck so that investors don’t lose much when they close their doors for good.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate the game companies that seem to bend over and take it from Microsoft via DLC/Microsoft’s business practices so I am not a Microsoft fanboy bashing Sony, I think both companies suck but at least I don’t have my old xbox cramped next to my 360

  • moocow doubter

    “blue ray players can now be bought for $100″? Where can you find a blu ray player for $100?!!

    Seriously, I want to know.

  • kurt

    Walmart has blue ray’s, the magnavox low end blue ray goes for $98.