PS3 Slim

It wasn't a matter of IF it were going to happen, it was much more a matter of WHEN - and that time is now - a single box with two of the top gaming systems in the world running in and out of it, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Reddit user timofiend has found what he considers the perfect combination of two systems and a rather simple encasement for a single gaming unit that stomps out all others. As many commenters on the project have mentioned already: finally there's a use for this ol' PC tower I've got lying around.

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Possibly in response to the leak of "Killzone 3" a few weeks ago, Sony may be considering a hack-proof PS3. According to an anonymous souce cited by Everything HQ, "Sony are already deep into plans of developing a hack-proof PS3 system." The new PS3 would replace all current PS3 SKUs.

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We're not sure about the Xbox 360 version yet, and it doesn't appear that the PC version will come with any extra functionality to it, but the Playstation 3 version of one of the most cult-classic-great games we've ever played will be coming with both Mac and PC versions attached. This PS3 version of the game comes with full Steam integration which will allow you to continue the game wherever you left of no matter which platform you decide to bring your Portal 2 Blu-Ray disk to.

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Oh you hackers. The folks over at PSJailbreak start the week strong by announcing their positive break into PS3 firmware 3.42, 3.50, and they say any future firmware versions the peeps at Sony have to throw at them. They use a USB mod that allows users to break into their Playstation 3 and use unnaproved software and games. For you penguin lovers, it even allows you to load Linux into the big black box.

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Here in the US you can buy cool blue controllers for the PS3, but we are stuck with plain black color for our PS3s. Gamers over in Japan will get a cool Blue PS3 that matches those blue controllers we get there in the US starting on November 3.

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I just mentioned that Gioteck was getting set to offer its cool looking MX-1 remote control in the US for the PS3. I mentioned that you needed some sort of IR receiver to be able to control the PS3 using the remote and Gioteck has a very interesting In2Link module that is set to come to market that will work with the MX-1 and offers lots more.

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It wasn't so long ago that the PS3 went from the original "fat" console to the new slim version. The slim version took up less space, which was a good thing. Reports are coming in now that the PS3 is set to get another hardware update.

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Sony Japan may have released the first PS3 with a 250GB hard-drive - in the shape of the Final Fantasy XIII limited edition back in September 2009 - but until now they've not had a mainstream version; that's all changing as of February 18th.  The company have announced that the Sony PlayStation 3 250GB will arrive in Japan for 34,980 yen ($382).

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If you want to know where Sony are going next with their PlayStation line, you could do worse than examining some of the decisions they made regarding the recent PS3 Slim refresh.  According to a Tech-On! interview with Masayuki Chatani, who works in Sony’s strategy planning department, the company considered both a switch to SSD or cloud-based storage to further shave bulk off the updated console.

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Remember all the furore back in August, when Microsoft announced they'd locked up Netflix movie streaming for the Xbox 360 and basically told us it was an "exclusive" partnership?  Well, that exclusivity seems to have been short-lived; Sony have announced that from November Netflix subscribers will be able to stream content on their PS3.

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I'd love to have been a fly on the wall at Sony Australia when they came up with this one.  "Guys, it's a worldwide recession, we need a promotion to keep people buying the PS3 and BRAVIA HDTVs.  I know some of you want to run a competition and give the darned things away, but I think we'd be far better off firing one against the other and sticking it up on YouTube."  Hence how we end up with a video of a PS3 being launched at 22 meters per second toward a poor, defenceless flat-panel TV.

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We have been enjoying the new cheaper PS3 Slim in the US and other countries for a while now. In fact we are already looking forward to the 250GB PS3 Slim coming stateside next month. In Malaysia, gamers have not been able to get their hands on the PS3 Slim yet. Sony announced today that the PS3 Slim would hit the Malaysian market on October 31.

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