http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/]]>Aug 18th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
"$299! That's €299, $299 US, and ¥29,980."]]>Aug 18th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
I don't think they are implying equivalence of the Pound and the Dollar. I don't know the pricing in the European market but the wording simply says "we're charging 299 in whatever currency you happen to deal in". So if you're in the UK, that'll be be 299 relative to your market. For us in the States, that's 299 in our money. I'm guessing that the PS3 has been the same number of bills on each continent, despite the lack of parity in currency value. Can anyone substantiate/refute this?]]>Aug 18th 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/when i can finally afford the $300 price tag lol]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
I can't put my beer on that. :(]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
Wow. This is why Microsoft should stick to software.

Although, don't get me wrong... I love my 360, yes, even more then my PS3. It's the software/online experience that makes a system. I just hate that nothing's really improved/changed with it hardware wise since its inception. I've been craving a slim 360 and ya know... I doubt we will ever, ever see one.

Unless of course, Ben Heck worked for Microsoft... Ben, you there?]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
It kinda looks like a cross between an Atari 7800 and a Genesis.

However, PS3 slim for $300, gonna have to pull the trigger. ]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/

Short answer : yes.

Long answer : hell yeah mu@#$ fu*&$!. Halla.]]>Aug 18th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002L16JXS?tag=slimps3-21&camp=2902&creative=19466&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B002L16JXS&adid=0YQFMQ4VWMVM8Y1FXPFG&

Pretty good I think.]]>Aug 18th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
I was waiting for this announcement to see if they would add BC back in, but since they didn't, looks like i'll be perusing the web for a used 60 GB that gets cheaper thanks to the price drop. Or, I was perhaps hoping for a PS2 download store, then I wouldn't need BC anymore.

But, looks like they failed on both fronts.]]>Aug 18th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
I love me some Amazon. ]]>Aug 18th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/THATS ALL I WANT MAN JUST GIVE THAT TO ME]]>Aug 18th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://img216.imageshack.us/i/theslim.jpg/
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VAT=19 or 20% depending on country in €
Prices listing in Euro Zone include VAT (current Amazon.DE price is 299€)
Therefore, the exchange rate they are using is 1.2 EUR/USD

]]>Aug 19th 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/As usual... lot more money for less features than in US.
Get a grip, Sony !
]]>Aug 19th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/
UK VAT is 17.5%. Therefore, price BEFORE tax is around $349, much less than $410. US prices are listed before TAX.

Companies that operate in USD will put the initial exchange a bit in their favor. But in the last year, the GBP/USD exchange has been as close as 1.35 (currently 1.64). If that was the exchange rate, the cost in GBP would be $289 before taxes. SO the company is hedging, in their favor, against exchange rate fluctuations.

]]>Aug 19th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Big deal, it's smaller.
It still isn't backwards compatable.
I, for one, won't be making a purchase.]]>Aug 19th 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 31st 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/Aug 18th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/People who don't care about footprint and want one -now-.]]>Aug 18th 2009 1:46PM