Recently Sony has announced that they will release a slimmer Playstation 3, similar to the slimmer Playstation 2. The new Playstation 3 will cost $269 dollars, and will include:
- a volume and weight reduction of 20% and 25% respectively from the current PS3 model
- 250 GB of memory
- a Game of the Year Edition Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
- $30 Dust 514 in game voucher
The 250 GB version will be available in the US on September 25th. There will also be a 500 GB version available for $300 on October 30th. This version will include Assassin’s Creed III. There will also be a white version available only in Japan.
So it’s the PS3 DOUBLE Slim?
I see Sony hired Jay Wilson.
Why even release another variant of the PS3 without backwards compatibility?
Weren’t some of the JP versions or something going to have a SSD?
I’m finding a lot of conflicting reports on that. The sites that are reporting on it are mostly European, so as far as I can tell, the 12 GB SSD will be released on October 12th (http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/new-ps3-arrives-slim-lined-and-packing-ssd-memory-1098437) and will cost $300 dollars, though I’m finding others that claim it will be $270 and will be released September 28th.
While searching again just now I found this interesting forum post.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/playstation-ps3-ssd-upgrade-loading,11811.html
Yeah, it’s europe exclusive version and I’m pretty sure it has just your regular shitty flash memory, not an actual SSD.
But putting an SSD in a PS3 sounds like a good idea to me, I think I will actually try this when that Dragon’s Dogma expansion comes out.
but…. why?