So I finally succumbed to the temptations of the gaming world. Until recently I had figured that I needn’t bother with the hype of PS3, XBox, Wii and Nintendo. That all changed when it was decided that I would cross over and pick up a new toy. After much homework and deliberation I decided on the PS3. It was partly thinking that this is something I could carry with me on overseas adventures for entertainment as it also includes the BluRay player. God help me! They are bloody expensive! Cost me R5200 for a kit with a couple of controllers and a couple games etc. But was I happy? Sure I was! Until I got the news!
Sony have just announced the release of the PS3 Slim! Can you believe it? I was a little bleak cos instantly my brand new toy is last years model! It only got worse when I then looked up the other stats and details.
“At Gamescom, Sony Entertainment confirmed that the PS3 Slim is on its way, that it will be 32% smaller, 36% less heavy and use 34% less electricity. The harddisk will be 120GB and the console does look like the leaked picture that was shown not so long ago. The redesigned console will be available as of the first week of September and will cost €299.
Also the current model will be having a price drop and will become available for the same price as the Slim version. Not so much a surprise as, just like with the PSP Go, the news was leaked not so long ago already.”
Smaller, better, cheaper! SUX when it’s a few weeks after you dropped all your cash!
s_20
September 8, 2009 at 10:49 am
Yah well they’ve been announcing it for weeks now, no offence. But look at the bright side, you can still run Linux on the old model, the support was dropped due to cost cutting measures in the slim. While this may sound a little offworldish it pissed off a lot of researchers who where hoping to build cheap PS3 clusters running Linux, apparently one of the cheapest ways to crunch numbers these days.
Then again, I suppose you don’t wanna do that.
Rethom
September 8, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Ha!Ha! For one who investigates thoroughly before buying……….! Enjoy it anyway (:
Bean
September 8, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Enjoy the new (old) toy
xx
HooX
September 10, 2009 at 10:18 am
s_20 – Weeks? I’ve had my PS3 for weeks now. Maybe just going on a month. No one that I spoke to then mentioned this great little gem of information. Linux – I guess that could be a great reason to be happy with my purchase except I wouldn’t recognize Linux if it hit me in the face. I couldn’t even imagine what someone would want to do with Linux (as an OS) on a gaming console. Help me understand this please so I can be happy that I didn’t spend double on half for nothing. 8)
Rethom – Hmmm. Yeah yeah. I thought I had done enough homework. But there’s a saying especially when it comes to technology, “If you always wait for the latest and greatest, you will never own anything”.
Bean – It is quite funny actually. And I guess I am a bit happy about it cos that means when I start travelling again I wont have to worry about taking this one with me. I can simply buy a better, smaller, lighter and cheaper one later and already have the games and other accessories. 8)
s_20
September 10, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Weeell.. after checking I realised they’d only officially announced it on the 18th of August, but there were rumours going around for quite some time before that.. but whatever. To answer the question, it’s really just interesting for researchers who want to build a cheap distributed supercomputer, you buy a few dozen PS3s, install Linux, hook them up and there’s your new cheap supercomputer. Unfortunately it never really took off so apparently Sony didn’t see a reason to continue support for that.. but yah, bad luck for you.
HooX
September 11, 2009 at 4:18 pm
s_20 –
Oh well. I guess I will just have to get me a new one! 8) I don’t need a super computer anyway.