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VIDEO: PS3 Slim unboxing!

PlayStation: The Official Magazine snagged a PS3 Slim, and we got to touch it!

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US

Does it exist? Yes! Do we have one? Hell yes! A sleek new PS3 Slim was hand-delivered to our office just hours after it was announced today at Sony's gamescom conference. That's right, the slimmer, lighter, awesomer, $300 PS3 Slim is sexing up our previously modest offices right now. See for yourself - below is a video of the seductive device's unboxing, as well as a bunch of photos.


 

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Above: Here it is, in all its matte glory. No more fingerprints! 

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Above: The PS3 Slim is 32% smaller than its supersized predecessor 


Above: Standing tall...well, standing less tall


Above: The PS3 Slim next to mommy


Above: We once laughed at how bloated the PS3 looked next to a 360 - no longer!


Above: The Wii is still the smallest console, which is no surprise, but at least the PS3 no longer looks like it just ate one


Above: The now current current-gen lineup


Above: How the PS3 Slim stacks up against the competition...cue rimshot!


Above: It's roughly the same shape, just scaled down


Above: Thinner and shorter, for sure, but it does look to be slightly wider


Above: The rear ports are pretty much unchanged - same trunk, less junk


Above: Brett compares the PS3 with the PS3 Slim, and Joe is a total Xbot

Aug 18, 2009


 
94 Comments
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adolf625  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Looks awesome

hehe first
Greed  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Tyler is the best
garnsr  - 3 months 11 days ago 
I like my shiny system. As long as it still has the cool touch-sensitive power and eject buttons, it's still cool. It feels so crappy to actually press the buttons on the 360.
Cyberninja  - 3 months 11 days ago 
going to get a ps3 now that there is a price cut and new model
twishart  - 3 months 11 days ago 
You should have moved the Xbox closer to the camera to make it look huge. Humor!
GamesRadarCharlieBarratt  - 3 months 11 days ago 
I can finally get a PS3! Or I'll just keep waiting until The Last Guardian comes out...
Csheroe  - 3 months 11 days ago 
I pick the worst times to get consoles....
Got a 80 gb PS3 a couple months ago.

LittleBigPlanet was my first game. Now they're making a GOTY edition with DLC and a beta key to modnation racers! ugh!

Anyway this should bump up sony's sales.
OldBoyGamer  - 3 months 11 days ago 
cman sony no hd cables in the box :( or headset
GamesRadarChrisAntista  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Has Sony ever included HD cables? I know my MGS4 PS3 bundle game with composite cables. Bleh!
Jordo141  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Chris.... a HDMI cable is $5.

Also, PS3 Slim looks sexy.
John-117  - 3 months 11 days ago 
@Chris

They've never included HD cables of any kind, which is incredibly stupid when you have a blu-ray player built in!

That actually reminds me, all new Elites, and possibly cores don't have any HD cables either, I remember reading that they just started to remove the composite/component cables and just have composite cables.
GamesRadarAndyMac  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Whew! I is a star on the yootoobs!
abetterplayer  - 3 months 11 days ago 
i have to say it loos far better now than itdid in those shitty leaked pics...although the t3 version loos far better
skyguy343  - 3 months 11 days ago 
someone said last guardian!
TheWebSwinger  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Gotta say I really prefer the original model (which I bought). It could just be me sentimentalizing something I spent 450 bucks on, but really I think that glossy > matte, and touch power/eject buttons > actual buttons.

REALLY glad Sony's making it more affordable though. Perhaps we'll see a turn in the console wars.
boxmeizter  - 3 months 11 days ago 
man, u guys are geeks, but maaan u guys r awesome !!
EchoBlade  - 3 months 11 days ago 
helz yah!
kamikaz3e124  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Hooray!!! Now I finally have enough cash to buy a ps3 Slim when it comes out!Victory!!!
Cwf2008  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Wow that Wii looks pretty screwed up...well i mean more than it usually does.

And $300 for the new PS3...well that sounds nice
FETALJUICE  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Wow, it looks 10x better than the clunky big ass original one. And its only $300? Seems like an impulse buy for me
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