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Post by: Borys on July 13, 2012, 05:14:56 PM
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Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Rahxephon91 on July 13, 2012, 05:26:44 PM
I'm happy staying with my fat PS3.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: brob on July 13, 2012, 05:46:21 PM
I see they are returning to the grill design with this. Ken would be proud.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on July 13, 2012, 05:46:40 PM
What was wrong with the Slim? I thought it looked nice. Did it not look enough like a 90's VHS player?
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Post by: Robo on July 13, 2012, 05:51:31 PM
fake
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 13, 2012, 06:01:25 PM
Top-loading? Gross. It better be fake.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 13, 2012, 06:01:58 PM
Top loading? Really?  :rofl
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: cool breeze on July 13, 2012, 06:03:51 PM
A top loading console in the year of our lord 2012 is impossibly cheap.  I hope it's real.  I hope instead of LEDs, you flick a switch and a green sticker tells you it's on.
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Post by: Dickie Dee on July 13, 2012, 06:04:47 PM
Looks like a VHS rewinder.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 13, 2012, 06:05:52 PM
A top loading console in the year of our lord 2012 is impossibly cheap.  I hope it's real.  I hope instead of LEDs, you flick a switch and a green sticker tells you it's on.

It comes with static cling stickers.

You put the red one on when it's off, and switch it with the green sticker when you turn it on.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Momo on July 13, 2012, 06:17:00 PM
What price omoroca?
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: brob on July 13, 2012, 06:20:56 PM
I modded my fat ps2 to a top loader so I could import games (read: Fist of the North Star fightan)

 8)
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 13, 2012, 06:34:19 PM
I modded my fat ps2 to a top loader so I could import games (read: Fist of the North Star fightan)

 8)

So did I, but you don't need to do that with a PS3 to play imports.

A top-loader this gen is just cheap looking.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: frod on July 13, 2012, 06:38:01 PM
nasty.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 13, 2012, 07:07:46 PM
Hideos
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 13, 2012, 07:15:09 PM
My RF cable is so hard right now
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 13, 2012, 08:33:14 PM
This has a coax cable input, right?
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: pilonv1 on July 13, 2012, 08:50:29 PM
Ribbed?
Title: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Shaka Khan on July 13, 2012, 08:54:03 PM
Man, Sony must be really desperate if they hired the designers of the PolyStation.

:lol
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 13, 2012, 09:04:32 PM
Sorny Polystation Trio

(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u233/terpbe2/sorny.jpg)
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Spurgeon on July 13, 2012, 09:12:17 PM
A top-loading model will possibly allow for modding to be able to play region-locked Persona 4 Arena.

Sony is always thinking about us core gamers.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: cool breeze on July 13, 2012, 10:12:53 PM
I just noticed there still isn't a USB port in the back...
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: chronovore on July 14, 2012, 02:37:04 AM
I just noticed there still isn't a USB port in the back...
There are two in front; what's the problem?
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: cool breeze on July 14, 2012, 11:00:08 AM
Maybe it's just me.  Sony puts out these accessories you're meant to keep plugged in (camera, japanese dvr thing) and it means you have a cable sticking out the front of the system.  It's just not very organized.
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Post by: chronovore on July 14, 2012, 12:39:08 PM
True, but doesn't the current PS3 Slim have only two USB ports, and they're in front?

I'm just wondering if something changed with this model or not.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Purple Filth on July 14, 2012, 12:55:01 PM
if it really has those ridges then yea that looks like shit, if not then its passable.

Top loading is gonna look jarring as hell though in these times
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: bork on July 14, 2012, 01:55:44 PM
Could still be cool if the size is noticeably smaller and the price is cheaper.

I'm still using the same PS3 fat from 2006.  :rock
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 14, 2012, 09:49:57 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/f7PUt.gif)

:lol if. True

Haha, no way that's real.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Trent Dole on July 14, 2012, 10:29:17 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/f7PUt.gif)

:lol if. True
Are you fucking serious? :lol
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Diunx on July 15, 2012, 12:02:16 AM
:bow
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 15, 2012, 12:18:20 AM
OMG there's no way that's a thing

That's really a thing isn't it
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: naff on July 15, 2012, 12:24:51 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/yNrCq.jpg)

:lol the wavy plastic in that bottom pic. 100% fake
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: maxy on July 15, 2012, 05:47:13 AM
you should all buy this instead

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://i.imgur.com/bCi0Q.jpg)
[close]

mere $400,what a bargain--console that costs $150 to make,two plastic $15 controllers(at best) and a game that costs like $1 to print

I can't believe that MS is selling $400 360 in 2012 and Sony is desperately trying to make PS3 look like some cheap Chinese knock-off,something is terribly wrong with this generation gaming industry.If somebody predicted that in 2005 I would immediately call waaaambulance.


On topic,16GB model should be pretty cheap(especially if top loader thing is true)...$149-$199
I guess some kind of cheap SSD(flash)  will be inside,enough to match the performance of standard PS3 drive.Should be enough for few games,nothing to moan about really.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on July 15, 2012, 01:31:29 PM
Could still be cool if the size is noticeably smaller and the price is cheaper.

It seems to be noticeably smaller:

(http://i.imgur.com/cpTzF.jpg)

Also some fan made pics of the new ribbed design:

(http://www.thesixthaxis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/newps3.jpg)

Can't wait till Sony's official pics, lmao.

I'd buy it at $99 without a second thought. If it's $200+ though, meh.

Still think the Slim looks the best.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 15, 2012, 01:52:21 PM
We should all chip in and buy Magus one.


j/k, he still couldn't play any games on it
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on July 15, 2012, 01:56:16 PM
Wow, so this thing is real?

Knowing Sony, they will still price this thing at $200 or over.  PS3 and 360 desperately need to be at the $149 price point now.

We should all chip in and buy Magus one.


j/k, he still couldn't play any games on it

lol
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Himu on July 15, 2012, 02:00:23 PM
We should all chip in and buy Magus one.


j/k, he still couldn't play any games on it

ahahahahahaha
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Dickie Dee on July 15, 2012, 02:42:15 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/yNrCq.jpg)

:lol the wavy plastic in that bottom pic. 100% fake

Do you mean wavy as in the top edge? It's uneven because that's where the other panel slides in
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Mr. Gundam on July 15, 2012, 02:45:09 PM
There really needs to be a USB port on the back of the PS3. During my twice-yearly usage of the Move camera (lol) it's a pain to run the chord through the front.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on July 15, 2012, 05:15:35 PM
agree on the back usb port

i think all consoles are kind of ugly, so i really don't care what they look like anymore

interested in this if it is cheeeeeeeeeeeap, i have a 60GB BC unit and evidently it's just a matter of time before those shit the sheets
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Diunx on July 15, 2012, 08:50:11 PM
We should all chip in and buy Magus one.


j/k, he still couldn't play any games on it

I'm poorer and like Uncharted.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: cool breeze on July 15, 2012, 11:38:29 PM
Could still be cool if the size is noticeably smaller and the price is cheaper.

It seems to be noticeably smaller:

(http://i.imgur.com/cpTzF.jpg)

That's what got me about the old slim PS3.  It's slimmer, yeah, but it's still huge.  Looks like one of those small pizza boxes.

The slim versions of the PS1 and PS2 are so cool.  I guess it's harder to pull that off this gen.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Brehvolution on July 16, 2012, 11:18:09 AM
interested in this if it is cheeeeeeeeeeeap, i have a 60GB BC unit and evidently it's just a matter of time before those shit the sheets

Same. I just bought a 3D TV so it's going to be used a lot more now.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: magus on July 16, 2012, 08:05:43 PM
sure sure you guys have fun at the expense of poor ol' magus :fbm
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: maxy on July 19, 2012, 12:42:31 AM
179,229,269 are magic numbers

source=gaf
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: frod on July 19, 2012, 04:14:35 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/f7PUt.gif)

:lol if. True

still  :lol :lol
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: maxy on July 19, 2012, 07:30:29 AM
$$$
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: maxy on July 23, 2012, 11:57:24 AM
http://www.vg247.com/2012/07/23/ps3-4000-skips-gamescom-16gb-flash-sku-goes-cheap/

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PS3-4000, the latest, slimmest version of Sony’s current console, will not be announced at the main Sony gamescom press conference on August 14, VG247 has been told.

A gamescom reveal had been planned, but stock levels of the current build are said to be too high for Sony to move onto what is probably the last take on PS3 before PlayStation 4 is announced next year.


In addition, a source today said that the rumoured 16Gb version of PS3-4000 is in fact real, and is based on Flash memory. There was some confusion surrounding the figure, which originated from Anatel, the Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications, with many assuming it was intended to read 160Gb.

The new model will stack up against Microsoft’s 4Gb Flash-based Xbox 360. As the 16Gb PS3-4000 will have a flip-lid disc input and low-capacity storage, we’ve been told today that the announcement “may” be accompanied by a huge price cut, with the entry version potentially dropping as low as £99. Specifics are yet to be ironed out, though.

In addition to the 16Gb version, 250GB and 500GB options have been rumoured.

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Post by: archnemesis on July 23, 2012, 01:13:47 PM
$99 would be crazy low.
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Post by: cool breeze on July 23, 2012, 01:21:12 PM
No idea how the US dollar stacks up against the Euro, but would that be like $120 in America?

If it's that low, and there's some deal to go with it (game or w/e) around the holidays, I might buy a second PS3.  I still use my PS3 for media stuff.  Just need HBO go to complete it.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Brehvolution on July 23, 2012, 01:24:52 PM
reaDING FTW
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: archnemesis on July 23, 2012, 01:38:27 PM
That's not as magical as $99, but still a whole lot cheaper than $249. It will be interesting to see how well it sells.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: chronovore on July 23, 2012, 02:47:10 PM
16GB of storage will be gone immediately after system updates and one or two game-required HDD installations.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 23, 2012, 07:13:25 PM
That has to be a typo, there's no way the PS3 could have any degree of usability with 16gb.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on July 23, 2012, 07:39:05 PM
That has to be a typo, there's no way the PS3 could have any degree of usability with 16gb.

Maybe they meant RAM and this is really the PS4.

I mean PS3-4000? Come on.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 23, 2012, 08:00:27 PM
That has to be a typo, there's no way the PS3 could have any degree of usability with 16gb.

Maybe they meant RAM and this is really the PS4.

I mean PS3-4000? Come on.

Send this to Jeff Rigby so he put together the clues for us!
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: chronovore on July 23, 2012, 08:55:17 PM
Send this to Jeff Rigby so he put together the clues for us!
Send it to Cathy Rigby so she can do a gymnastics routine for us.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: DCharlieJP on July 23, 2012, 09:00:09 PM
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Maybe they meant RAM and this is really the PS4.

I mean PS3-4000? Come on.

i think you are too used to Nintendo's parlour trick "new console" shenanigans. ;)

$99 PS3 would be insanity. Package it with the Vita for $299 for ultra lols!
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on July 23, 2012, 09:23:58 PM
$99 PS3 would be insanity. Package it with the Vita for $299 for ultra loss!

Fixed.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Eel O'Brian on July 23, 2012, 09:36:30 PM
That has to be a typo, there's no way the PS3 could have any degree of usability with 16gb.

most newer games don't require much of an install, it'll be fine for the casual player

This is like the 360 4GB, just a bullet point so they can say they have a "cheap" system, there is surely gonna be an HDD slot there to install your own extra storage.

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Maybe they meant RAM and this is really the PS4.

I mean PS3-4000? Come on.

i think you are too used to Nintendo's parlour trick "new console" shenanigans. ;)

$99 PS3 would be insanity. Package it with the Vita for $299 for ultra lols!


could totally see them doing a $350 combo package
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Post by: Trent Dole on July 24, 2012, 12:10:52 AM
$99 PS3 would be insanity. Package it with the Vita for $299 for ultra loss!

Fixed.
Both for $299? I'd jump in.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 24, 2012, 12:39:58 AM
I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: chronovore on July 24, 2012, 12:47:14 AM
I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.
SONEY ENJINERING
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Takao on July 24, 2012, 02:11:14 AM
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Maybe they meant RAM and this is really the PS4.

I mean PS3-4000? Come on.

i think you are too used to Nintendo's parlour trick "new console" shenanigans. ;)

$99 PS3 would be insanity. Package it with the Vita for $299 for ultra lols!

If SCEA is going to treat Vita like Move they might as well bundle it like Move.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: pilonv1 on July 24, 2012, 02:21:49 AM
I'm still sitting with a 40gb fatty. I'd give it away to the parents and get a new one if it came with a Vita.
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Post by: maxy on July 24, 2012, 04:43:44 AM
It would be funny if 16GB model followed Vita strategy,HDD required/sold separately   :lol

(http://i.imgur.com/pXn0h.jpg)




btw Battlefield 3 on 360 does not approve flash memory,you need HDD if you want to install HD pack
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Brehvolution on July 24, 2012, 09:36:19 AM
Send this to Jeff Rigby so he put together the clues for us!
Send it to Cathy Rigby so she can do a gymnastics routine for us.

Send it to Eleanor Rigby so we can find out who the face in the jar by the door is for.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: MrSingh on July 24, 2012, 11:03:34 AM
Still rocking the 60GB original fatty! All I ever use the PS3 for is watch Japanese food documentary TV shows recorded with Torune!
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Post by: Trent Dole on July 24, 2012, 01:11:56 PM
Haha they're not even giving the Madden bundle a measly 4GB card. C'mon son(y).
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 24, 2012, 02:10:33 PM
Still rocking the 60GB original fatty! All I ever use the PS3 for is watch Japanese food documentary TV shows recorded with Torune!

I'm also on a 60GB, waiting for it to break so I will lose that glorious backwards compatibility :(
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Post by: bork on July 24, 2012, 03:22:07 PM
Still on a 20GB :rock

No wireless  :'(
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: bork on July 24, 2012, 03:31:17 PM
Yup- 20GB models didn't have wi-fi.  I didn't care about that in 2006 so I saved some cash and bought the less-expensive PS3 model.  Now I wish I had it- I run all of my consoles wired (even the Wii, or rather I would if I ever turned it on) but there are times when I move the PS3 around or bring it somewhere that it would come in handy.
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Post by: cool breeze on July 24, 2012, 03:39:50 PM
Only time wireless mattered to me was for the PSP remote play stuff.  Otherwise, I've kept my 60 gig plugged in since, uh, whenever Calling All Cars came out or that Gran Turismo HD demo thing and I got terrible speeds with wireless.

One of these days I need to see if I can transfer my PS2 saves back onto memory cards (I have that dongle somewhere) if/when it dies.
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Post by: chronovore on July 24, 2012, 05:58:46 PM
My PS3 wireless speeds have traditionally been utter crap, but I'd attributed that to Sony's network, not my local network speed. Is that a bad assumption?
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 24, 2012, 07:55:30 PM
My PS3 wireless speeds have traditionally been utter crap, but I'd attributed that to Sony's network, not my local network speed. Is that a bad assumption?

I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.

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Post by: frod on July 25, 2012, 04:39:55 AM
I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.

I did it with an Intel X25-M. It doesn't do well for most games, limited by the shitty sata 1 interface.

otoh, it halves the installation and loading times for GT5, now they're just nearly unbearable instead of absolutely ridiculous.

the XMB is a bit snappier. It's totally not worth the money.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: chronovore on July 25, 2012, 07:23:24 PM
My PS3 wireless speeds have traditionally been utter crap, but I'd attributed that to Sony's network, not my local network speed. Is that a bad assumption?

I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.

I don't get the connection between an SSD and wireless vs. wired network speeds. Please provide me with a clue.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on July 25, 2012, 07:35:21 PM
can you install and run ps3 games from a flash drive like you can on 360?
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: pilonv1 on July 25, 2012, 07:38:11 PM
My PS3 wireless speeds have traditionally been utter crap, but I'd attributed that to Sony's network, not my local network speed. Is that a bad assumption?

I was toying with the idea of popping an SSD in my PS3 until I read a Eurogamer article where they tested it and they didn't do shit in regards to performance.

I don't get the connection between an SSD and wireless vs. wired network speeds. Please provide me with a clue.

No connection, just that it's more likely to be Sony than your network
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Post by: chronovore on July 26, 2012, 01:30:10 AM
Ah, thanks.

can you install and run ps3 games from a flash drive like you can on 360?
No.

But in general, the "install" option on 360 is to prevent the 747-like engine whine of the optical drive from making you crazy. The PS3 hasn't really had that problem with BD-ROM read speeds, plus any of the content which would benefit from a greater access speed is usually on the required crazy-huge HDD install.
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Post by: Bildi on July 26, 2012, 03:07:12 AM
I had no idea you can install to flash on 360.   Got my hopes up but I just read it's slower than disc. :(

Would have been nice for Skyrim - my old noisy harddrive starts grinding away when I have something equipped like a torch.
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Post by: maxy on July 26, 2012, 03:41:48 AM
I had no idea you can install to flash on 360.   Got my hopes up but I just read it's slower than disc. :(

Would have been nice for Skyrim - my old noisy harddrive starts grinding away when I have something equipped like a torch.

I install everything on usb flash,runs better than on my hdd.

Slower read doesn't mean much(few seconds here or there), but tons of games are limited by crappy random access times and flash runs circles around optical and hdd in that department.Meaning that your in-game performance will be smoother.

Skyrim is always on my usb stick.

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Post by: chronovore on July 27, 2012, 09:51:27 AM
The only major disappointment with the "flash-RAM device Install" implementation is that it only works on the 360 on which the rip was executed. If I could just drag the USB around with me to other 360s, I'd be pretty happy.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: maxy on September 17, 2012, 09:33:21 AM
http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,107162,12496420,_Nowe_PS3__w_ofercie_polskiego_sklepu.html?bo=1
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-17-new-ps3-super-slim-advertised-ahead-of-tokyo-game-show-reveal
(http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/2a/ae/be/z12496426Q,Nowe-PlayStation-3.jpg)

(http://cdn.ps3site.pl/files/2012/09/PS3-Super-Slim-2-605x298.jpg)

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The heavily rumoured super slim PlayStation 3 has been advertised ahead of its expected Tokyo Game Show reveal this week.

Polish website Polygamia.pl (via TheSixthAxis) reported on a picture found in a promotional newsletter for Polish electronics store chain Media Expert teasing a new PS3 model alongside a 28th September date. Sony's TGS press conference begins at 5am UK time on Wednesday 26th September. The new console may release on the Friday, 28th September, then.

Notes provided to retailers suggest two models: 12GB and 500GB. The 12GB model will cost €199 (around £160). The 500GB model will cost €299 (around £240).

Images of the machine depict a black device labelled as a PS3, but with a ridged texture and what looks like a sliding top panel. Word on the grapevine is it looks like a toaster. Yum.

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Post by: Vertigo on September 17, 2012, 09:40:10 AM
Looks cheap and shitty.  :yuck

Which it probably is.

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Post by: Joe Molotov on September 17, 2012, 09:49:57 AM
I hope it really has 12GB and the sliding top panel, just for the lulz.
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 17, 2012, 09:53:06 AM
haha, i forgot all about this thread

i never realized so many people gave a shit what their consoles look like, i guess i am just not that into the aesthetics of electronics

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Post by: Tasty on September 17, 2012, 11:21:19 AM
I hope it really has 12GB and the sliding top panel, just for the lulz.

Seems likely.

Lol it must be some kind of in joke at Sony to launch with a ton of features and good hardware, and then slowly strip it back over time.
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Post by: archnemesis on September 17, 2012, 11:31:17 AM
i never realized so many people gave a shit what their consoles look like, i guess i am just not that into the aesthetics of electronics
I'd like all my consoles to be matte black with no distinguishing features. The less noticeable they are, the better.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on September 17, 2012, 11:33:47 AM
Kuro Wii/U is so cool looking, but dust. :'(

Still, best console color. <3
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Momo on September 17, 2012, 11:34:16 AM
This is going to be hilarious lol
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 17, 2012, 01:43:27 PM
I hope it really has 12GB and the sliding top panel, just for the lulz.

Seems likely.

Lol it must be some kind of in joke at Sony to launch with a ton of features and good hardware, and then slowly strip it back over time.

whereas nintendo just skips all the bullshit and strips out everything before launch
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 17, 2012, 02:21:27 PM
12GB would make it impossible to play more than one game at once. The install space required for some games is +4GB and quite a bit of the PS3's HDD is taken up by OS stuff.

I also don't think you could download games because you need 2x the size of the game free -- the game downloads (7gb) then decompresses (another 7gb) and then deletes the installer.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: Tasty on September 17, 2012, 02:42:48 PM
12GB would make it impossible to play more than one game at once. The install space required for some games is +4GB and quite a bit of the PS3's HDD is taken up by OS stuff.

I also don't think you could download games because you need 2x the size of the game free -- the game downloads (7gb) then decompresses (another 7gb) and then deletes the installer.

That sounds relentlessly inefficient.
Title: Re: New PS3 model is UGLY AS FUCK
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 17, 2012, 02:47:08 PM
I have a 20GB also, with a 160GB drive swapped into it for no fucking reason. Connected by wire. I used to have a wireless access point thing plugged into it but the PS3 would boot everyone off the network when I turned it on