Sony really has come through with a smaller, lighter, quieter, and more energy-efficient piece of hardware, and at $300, even if your sole interest is a Blu-ray player, it's a hard value to beat.
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While the PS3's integrated Blu-ray player offers less value now that standalone players are now going for as little as $60, the PS3 remains a solid gaming platform. The arrival of the PlayStation Vita portable console makes it even more attractive, since you can now take compatible games on the road.
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A long-overdue price drop, a hard-drive bump, and a compelling physical redesign make the Sony PlayStation 3 more desirable than ever.
Read the full review →Factor in games, social networking features like PlayStation Home, music and custom video playback, Web surfing, and picture browsing, and this may be the best-value Sony game system yet.
Read the full review →With a smaller design, more energy-efficient operation, lower price tag, and built-in Blu-ray and multimedia capabilities, the PS3 Slim delivers a compelling package for an affordable price.
Read the full review →By lowering the price and making a more economical console, Sony's finally more or less evened the hardware landscape with Microsoft, and continued to ensure that the PS3 is still the best-value-for-your-money Blu-ray player. Now all that's left is getting some more games on there.
Read the full review →Over all, the PS3 Slim is a phenomenal piece of kit. It's amazing that something so small can do so much. And so if you've just bought a new telly, that extra £50 you'd have to spend over the cost of an Xbox 360 Elite will be worth it just for the Blu-ray player.
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mattconn24
This is the best console that I have owned and I am loving playing online with my friends.
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justinhub2003
Ps3 has become a device I've grown to not be able to live without. From gaming to netflix to blue ruy to playing movie and music from external HD to wirelessly stream stuff from android tablet to it, its amazing! I'm a sold fanbou
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leemills
A really great system - the online portion of gaming could improve - but I'm going to stick by my PS3 especially after the network hacking incident - it's a great system with a god catalog of games.
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falleninsea
The PS 3 is a great device for game and for media consumption.. the blue ray player support all the current features and functionality, the browser is good and it has a large collection of web content. The PS 3 is a good addition to any ones media center.
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TABUZX2
Great Console, couldn't be much happier, only gripe: I switched the HDD from the stock 120GB to a 60GB. So that's my fault.
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kitgrose
The out-of-the-box experience with the PS3 is just horrible. Once I bought it (only weeks after the slim model had been released) I had to download two and a half hours of updates for the PS3 software and the first few games, which totally ruined the fun of plugging in a new console. I ended up...
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Nymo
The PS3 is a very well made machine. Sony has been in the gaming industry for over 15 years now, and they seem to know what they're doing, both on hardware and software. But who is the system for? It may not seem like it, but PlayStation 3 generally has something to offer to almost anyone. From...
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