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PS3 Slim 250GB Edition Made Official

By Gordon Kelly
28 September 2009

Rumours of a 250GB PlayStation 3 appeared earlier in the month and now Amazon has pulled its usual trick and confirmed it...
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UK and Australian versions of the gargantuan shopping site have listed the 'Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console (250GB Model)' as arriving on 1 October and we Brits can snaffle it up for a £284.99 (RRP £299) including VAT and delivery. Bolstering this news, EDGE says three bundles will allegedly be on their way:

1 October: with a choice of two platinum games or a copy of Infamous
16 October: a copy of Uncharted 2
19 October: a movie edition with a Blu-ray remote plus flicks Wolverine & The Dark Knight

As of yet there is no sign of the white PS3 Slim variant bundled with Final Fantasy XIII spotted in Japan, but it can't be long now before choice widens. Fuchsia anyone?

So begins the latest round to the age old question: 250GB Xbox 360 or 250GB PS3?

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Coffee_With_Bailey's

12:39 AM on 28 September, 2009

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There's still no exclusive games on the Sony that grab me this generation - and for me Forza 3 (demo now available on live) is proving more exciting than Gran Tourismo 5 - so despite already having a launch 360, I'd probably go for the Xbox over the PS3, so I can race the wife!

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Jay4d0

1:35 AM on 28 September, 2009

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PS3 any day games are great and the multimedia front is the icing but I own both so game exclusives don't concern me

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Action

7:02 AM on 28 September, 2009

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Australian Amazon? I didn't know Amazon was setting up in Oz - does it operate under a different name?

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ThaDon

8:12 AM on 28 September, 2009

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This'll probably make me sound reaaally old, but does a vanilla PS3 still play PS2 games, or do i have to keep a slim nearby for nostalgia?

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needlegun

9:29 AM on 28 September, 2009

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As a casual (aka pretty useless) gamer with lots of media on a Mac that I want to stream to my AV setup in the lounge, the XBox 360 currently fills this niche. I guess the temptation for me is Blu-Ray + masses of space for storing content locally when it comes to this PS3 Slim, and now that the price of the BDPS360 on Amazon has jumped from £149 to £172, it's more tempting. Still a lot of money though.

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Mik3yB

10:10 AM on 28 September, 2009

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I want, no, need a PS3 now! I've been holding off for a year or so now (very happy with the 360 and Wii).

For me, the PS3 has a decent amount of storage space even before this larger version, Blu-Ray, Uncharted 1 & 2 and The Last Gardian (Team ICO's new game) among others.

The only thing that I'm curious about though is will my 720p 32" Bravia still be up to it or do I need to buy a bigger 1080p telly (esp. for Blu Ray)? I'll also start having to by more games and start a collection of Blu-Rays.. damn :D

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hankb6d

11:58 AM on 28 September, 2009

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@ThaDon

I dunno what a vanilla PS3 is but no, you would need the choc chip version. Word on the street is Sony are working on a PS2 emulator right now. I want one for Uncharted 2 but to buy one for a game with dodgy enemy AI although outstanding would be a little dumb.

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Cub

12:16 PM on 28 September, 2009

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@TheDon - Only the original 60Gb PS3 Chubbies play nicely with PS2 disks, so you'll need to keep the PS2 around if you want to play those games... I did for a while but there's such a great catalogue of games for the PS3 now that I eventually got rid of it.

@hank - the current word on the street is that Sony are planning on releasing as many PS2 titles as possible as downloadable titles on the PSN, there-by making money from nostalgia. Also, what game are you making reference to with your dodgy AI comment? It can't be Uncharted 2 which you mention in the same sentence as every review and preview I've read has highly praised the AI, along with everything else in the game!

As it is, my PS3 chubby's sitting happily at 250Gb thanks to an easily upgradable HDD...

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drdark

1:17 PM on 28 September, 2009

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@Cub: Damn, first time I can't contradict anything in your comments :P.

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MarioM

1:30 PM on 28 September, 2009

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I bought the slim at Tesco for £229, then a 500Gb replacement HD from Ebuyer for £69. Not a bad deal! The drive is really easy to swap out, and it's best to do it before you start using the PS3 so you don't have to backup all your saves etc.

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