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Gaming

The PS3 Slim Might Be A Bit Slow

A slew of videos out this weekend have revealed the unthinkable: PlayStation 3 slim owners could be wasting valuable seconds of their lives as their new console boots up slower than the original PS3!

August 28, 2009
Entertainment

Confirmed: PS3 iView Will Be Unmetered On Internode

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I just received confirmation that the ABC iView service for your PS3 coming later this year will be unmetered on Internode. I’ve put the question to iiNet as well, but they’re yet to come back to me. Although realistically, if Internode can do unmetered PS3 iView, iiNet probably will too…

Gaming

PS3 Slim Vs. Xbox 360 Elite Hardware: Pretty Cut And Dry?

Kotaku made a handy chart comparing the two $US300 game consoles from Microsoft and Sony, and it sure looks like the PS3 comes out on top. Unfortunately, none of this stuff actually sells consoles.

Gaming

PS3 Slim Eats Half The Electicity Of The PS3 Fat

Sony claims that their new PS3 Slim uses 34 per cent less power than previous generations. But when Crave compared the original 60GB PS3 to the Slim, they found power savings to be greater than 50 per cent.

August 26, 2009
Gaming

PS3 Slim Teardown Shows Optical Drive Taking A Ton Of Space

iFixit and RapidRepair both have teardowns of the PlayStation 3 Slim. What did iFixit find? That the Blu-ray optical drive still takes up an assload of space.

Gaming

PlayStation 3 Slim Review: The Same For Less

The single largest roadblock that prevents most people from picking up a PlayStation 3 is the price. Sony’s just taken that roadblock and shrunk it. You’re now $200 more likely to buy a PlayStation 3.

Gaming

Oh Look, Some Florida Best Buys Already Have The PS3 Slim

The PS3 Slim is coming out in September. This is true! Unless, apparently, you live in Florida, where residents in two separate towns are reporting that the console is already on the shelves floors in their local Best Buys.

August 25, 2009
Gaming

Sony Still Losing Money On Every PS3 Slim, But Not The “Platform”

Sure, Sony shrank the PS3 Slim’s processor to the 45nm production process, making the console cheaper to produce. But it’s still not that cheap.

August 22, 2009

Our Favorite Kotaku Posts Of The Week

It’s all about the PS3 Slim this week and we have the Aussie take for you right here. Also, first impressions of Diablo III and Transformers DLC brings back more of the Transformers we love.

Gaming

PS2 Compatbility Never Returning To The PlayStation 3

Sony pretty much implied that backward compatibility was dead when they released the PS3 Slim (without PS2 support), but just in case, Sony’s John Koller put a few nails in that coffin during two recent interviews.

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