250GB PS3 Slim coming in November for $350
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Sony Computer Entertainment America)
Sony Computer Entertainment America on Thursday announced that a new 250GB variation of the PlayStation 3 Slim will be available beginning November 3 for $349.99. The PS3 hardware will otherwise remain the same as the 120GB flavor of the Slim, which costs $50 less. The console maker will also continue to sell the physically larger, previous model of the PS3 which comes with either an 80GB or 160GB hard drive.
The extra 130GB of storage in the 250GB model gives PS3 owners more room for downloaded movies, game installs/saves, music, and photos. According to Sony, "more than 600 million pieces of content have been downloaded from [the] PlayStation Network as of September 2009." (Note: "content" could be anything from 5MB themes to HD movies which can take up gigabytes of storage.) For most though, the extra storage will keep users from having to offload these files onto external drives when they run out of space, or manually replace the included hard drive with something bigger.
The increase should not be a surprise to most gamers though. It's coming just in time for the holiday season where console makers stand to sell more hardware than at any other time of year. Also, at the Tokyo Game Show last month, the company announced a special 250GB version of the console to coincide with the release of Final Fantasy XIII. Shortly thereafter it said Australia would be getting a 250GB variation of its own. There had also been purportedly leaked shots of holiday bundles acquired by blog Engadget, depicting 250GB versions of the consoles with games like Uncharted 2, which was just released this week.
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There are certainly many who have transitioned to PS3 and not thought twice about returning to their PS2. No issue here. Yet, there is also an equally valid movement of consumers who enjoy returning to classic PS2 titles while waiting around for anticipated PS3 games, just like those who have now utilized the PSN to purchase and download PSOne classics. Why not sell PS2 in addition to PSOne on the PSN? There?s new business here.
Here's my thought. Why can't we all win? Keep the backwards compatibility away from the PS3. This satisfies current PS3 consumers who care little of PS2 and allows Sony to stay on their next-gen message while keeping division resources on new tech. Then, to appease the PS2 fans, why not refocus R&D on a next generation of PSP. Look at the success of the PSN on the PSP. Many of us own PSOne titles on disc, and yet we are buying PSOne digital titles for our PSP, so we can play on the go. Why not develop PSP 4.0 hardware, with a second analog stick, and an ability to download and run both PSOne and PS2 games via the PSN. That?s potentially new revenue yielded from both hardware and software. And, consumers can then link their PSP 4.0 to their PS3 and can still play PS2 titles on the TV, while finally retiring the PS2 hardware from our racks. Thoughts?
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If your going to upgrade the drive, you have to get an external HDD with its own power source and perform a System Back up. you do that by going Settings/System Settings/Back up Utility then Select Back Up and choose were you want to save it. The only option you have should be the external HDD. Once your done putting the new HDD in format it, then go back to the Settings/System Settings/Back up Utility and do Restore. Select that from the external HDD and let it restore. the Back Up and Restore can take up to a few hours depending on how much stuff you have. It you want to just copy your save data without doing all the restore stuff, you can do it manually by finding you save file hitting triangle then copy. But you would have to redo all your installs and downloads again. With the Back Up and Retore you wont have to. Theres some good tutorials on youtube. I think IGN has one too.
Buy a 120gb model and fork out an extra 30 bucks to get a 500gb HDD on amazon. here, ill even give you the spec..
2.5 SATA 500gb 5400rpms.
all it takes is the removel of a few screws.
if you buy a 250gb model you spend 350 and only have 250gb.
if you buy a 120gb model and buy a 500gb HDD for 75 80 bucks you get 250gb more gbs for roughy 30 bucks give or take then what you would have spent on the 250gb. its a much better value to buy the 120gb and update to a 500gb.
forget Backwards comparability, Invest in better PS3 games, damn it! ...dump the PSP GO, concentrate less on the PS2 stuff, quit making MP3 players that SUCK ..Oh Oh I think I Opened up a Can of Worms
forget Backwards comparability, Invest in better PS3 games, damn it! ...dump the PSP GO, concentrate less on the PS2 stuff, quit making MP3 players that SUCK ..Oh Oh I think I Opened up a Can of Worms
Also, it bears mentioning that your use of a 802.11n is constrained by the fact that the PS3 is only capable of connecting at 802.11b/g speed and range. So unless you have a wired connection to an 802.11n bridge, the extra speed and range is a moot issue. Finally, consider that your wireless connection, which operates at 2.4 GHz, is subject to interference from cordless phones, microwave ovens, and bluetooth mice/keyboards, among other things- a problem not had with media stored on the HDD.
btw, I was really disappointed in the 360 bundles this year.
But i will agree(i think) that there hasnt been enough in the states. We need that Final Fantasy XIII one here.
- by Otthen October 17, 2009 4:59 AM PDT
- Game.co.uk is already offering the 250GB model in the UK for 265 pounds, they say it is in stock & ready for collection from their stores.
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(33 Comments)Seems unusual for the UK to get this before the US?