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Denver, 5:02 AM
Mon Nov 9
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10/16/09
Recently bought the 80gig XBOX HUEG ps3, then they announced this...
...this sexy little machine.
I do want one...
Alas i'll stick with my ps3phat, it has a 500gig hard drive in it now and i dont want to redownload everything and have some saves not copy over all over again.
plus, the pspslim is not glossy no? it will not match my pspgo or my tv! #playstation3
10/16/09
I am glad you can choose any headset but quite a few of my mates don't understand the need for a headset simply because they have never gamed with one for long.
If cross chat gaming really is 'coming soon', it would help make that seem more relevant. #playstation3
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Any laptop sata drive will do. #playstation3
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I've double-posted at least three times since the switch. I love being able to see replies, but it seems there is a little ironing-out needed. #playstation3
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In all seriousness, yeah, this was like my second double post. And pictures don't load properly either. But I guess that's to be expected- it must have took a lot of work to get this up and running. I'm sure they'll get it ironed out in time to have the next new update begin the cycle anew. #playstation3
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Also, I apparently lost my star. Que?
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As for your star, I wouldn't worry. Last time they updated Kotaku with a new format, I lost mine for a while but it came back. It might have more to do with the system undergoing new changes then you having your star purpously taken away- so hang tight! You aren't the first one I've seen that lost their star today (a very uncommon event).
As an aside, I was also locked out of Kotaku for the last week or so, I couldn't connect to my profile- I'm guessing because of the new changes taking place behind the scenes. #playstation3
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As for the upgrade, I'm not a fan so far. Can't find the buttons for my profile, and can't figure out how to change out of condensed mode. Though I do like the reply notification system. #playstation3
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*tips hat*
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You could keep it as a backup in case the 250 fries.
There are numerous uses for spare hard drives. #sony
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Well, for starters, I am more than willing to take donations... :P
Honestly, why can't MS follow this? Is this too much to ask for? #playstation3
10/15/09
Considering sony themselves said there was a 70% drop in the price of making a PS3...
Well, my math found that EVEN IF THE PS3 was selling at a LOSS of 150 dollars before, it would NOW be making a profit of, I believe, 75 dollars. I don't remembher the numebrs, but I know the math showed that whether they were losing 150 dollars or less on the old PS3s, they were making a big profit on each one now.
And yet they still can't afford a chip for BC? :\
FOr anyone wondering, the math was
Sale price - Hypothetical OLD production price(.30) = Profit
I did a few of those for various hypothetical losses. For example, if before they were LOSING 150 DOLLARS on each console, the hypothetical production price was 750 dollars.
300 dollars now minus 750 dollars price dropped by 70 percent = 225 dollars, meaning they would be profiting 75 dollars on each console NOW, even if they had a 150 loss BEFORE.
10/15/09
2) Even if they make a certain profit now on the PS3, overall the endeavor has cost them money. If you take the average losses (then) and the average profit (now), the former is still much greater than the latter. Even if their objective was to break even, they are still far from the goal.
3) Adding BC could undermine Sony's efforts on the PS3 software-side, with people buying PS2 games to play on the PS3 or using their old PS2 games. It's unnecessary competition. PS3 games cost more to make, PS3 IPs are still largely new.
4) I really hope you aren't trying to make it seem like Sony is ripping consumers off or something because they removed BC. As far as feature set goes PS3 is far from the worst device one could buy right now. If you're willing to pay an extra fee for BC, buy a PS2. In the end it would probably be cheaper to you than what a BC PS3 would cost right now. #sony
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However, take that functionality out of the PS3. Now, average joe has a PS3 and wants to game, and he's got one choice: PS3 games. He won't even consider PS2 games, and if he can't afford a PS3 game, he'll save until he can.
Also, even if he still has his PS2, he's probably put himself in the mindset that it's "old and lame" and will want to get games he can play on his shiny new PS3 (especially to justify how much he just paid for the system).
It's more of a mental thing, but overall, I think it's pretty obvious that PS3 software sales benefit from the lack of PS2 BC. And I'm sure that benefit is greater than whatever loss they might be experiencing due to people not purchasing a PS3 because it doesn't have BC. #sony
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No more 400 dollar PS3s! #sony
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In all seriousness, what is the benefit of having lots of HDD space? Is it just installing games and buying stuff from the PSN? Or can you upload movies from your computer and watch them directly instead of streaming?
I won't be doing anything crazy with mine other than playing games and, depending on how the interface works, it may replace my 360 for streaming video from my computer/external HDD.
Thanks for the answers, it will help my purchase. #sony
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You can also stream media from any pc straight to the ps3 without re-saving it.
I also have linux installed taking up some space. On the linux system I have almost all NES and SNES games saved as emulators. Sort of difficult to get working but super nice to have. #sony
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£20 for Uncharted 2 and an extra 130GB is quite flippin' amazing, if you ask me. #sony
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maybe i just don't get it. im unemployed right now and i certainly don't have time to fill that kind of hdd space up. also, the fact that you can stream all of your media from pcconsole kind of negates the need for all that space. hell, i never even filled the 20gb on the original 360. the only thing that really takes up space is demos and mandatory installs, and even then, they still don't require that kind of space. #sony
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By the way, anybody know if the Slim is a lot more reliable than the old PS3? The fan in my current PS3 is not acting right, probably due to cat hair. (My cat likes to sleep on electronic equipment.) Is a Slim going to have a better shot than my old PS3? #sony
10/15/09
The slim is a good system, I replaced my older one as well which was louder and used more power with one. I just wished Sony would sell just one unit and explain to customers that they can upgrade the HDD themselves. #sony
10/15/09
All this was bought for £700... i think i was frigging crazy. #sony