The original PlayStation 3 was way too expensive when it first came out. That’s probably one of the main reasons why it lagged behind the Nintendo Wii and the XBox 360 in sales. So Sony has come up with a newer but cheaper one — the PlayStation 3 Slim.
My guess is that it won’t be officially released in the Philippines (just like its predecessor) but that should not stop anybody from getting one in the grey market when it comes out this September.
The new PlayStation 3 Slim is 36% lighter and 33% smaller and best of all it will retail for just $299. Comes with a 120GB HDD and WiFi. Will be out worldwide on September 1.
In the Philippines, the success of a gaming console highly depends on how much *cough* *hacked* titles are available in the market. Most of the consoles are already unlocked when you buy them in stores (GreenHills).
what I mean is, how much is a brand new 80 gig (fat version) right now? where?
It will be around 18k pesos if ever it will appear in the mainstream market.
I’ll just wait till it accept the pirated games.
I think masmaganda parin ang wii kasi interactive.
i hope it will avialable this coming fall here in korea.. im not in_gaming person but my concern is it can play bluray disc movie & game console is for my son..
There are places where you can rent PS3 discs here in the Philippines already. Checkout Gamehopper.com.ph they deliver the games to your house!
anyone know the current prices of the old models here? 80/160 gig, new stock.. also, where to buy?
the PS3 slim will carry the new firmware 3.0 which eliminates installation of other OS plus an array of great features..i like the moving themes :)
this will me a great “early” Christmas present *grins*
Good news for me – I don’t own a console, but I want one to play Rock Band and similar games.
at $299 almost Php15k pag converted.. problem lang is the titles available.. Php2k average price niya. And may games na kailangan sa LCD TV pa laruin ayaw sa conventional CRT TV. While the Wii meron games na 100 petot sa tabi tabi.. parang ang sarap pa maglaro kase medyo physical.. hindi puro thumbs/hands lang kikibo.
don’t like the new design…. buti nlng i have the glossy ps3 hahaha!
Wow what a “surprise”! ehehe No but really, I’m surprised how much cheaper the PS3 Slim is. I expected a smaller price compared to its bigger brother but not this cheap!
Way to go Sony!
@myke
yes you can run linux sa old PS3 and run some apps for linux there but linux sa PS3 can’t utilize the graphics chip of the PS3 so you can’t play PS2 games even if you install linux. The PS3 has never been successfully hacked. Homebrews cannot run using the OS of the PS3 which is XMB. PS3 cannot play pirated games up until now. And also installing linux sa PS3 is not really an easy thing to do, it could also be annoying cause there’s no easy way to jump from xmb to linux vice versa. It’s nice to have an option to install linux on the PS3 but I wouldn’ really call it a bad news. If you really want to use Linux use your PC, it’s a lot better there.
@Darren
I haven’t tried it yet but based on what I’ve read older ps3 allows linux os installation upon doing this you can hack it to support backward compatibility which allows you to run orig ps2 games then there is a hack which allows you to use homebrews… this is the concept
Bad news is the new unit doesn’t allow os installation
omg! omg!
i want one! pero sana lang ok sya diba
I just love PS3 games. I would definitely buy this console once it’s out in the philippines. Thanks
please SONY philippines… diyos ko po ilabas niyo naman dito sa pinas yan. we need much cheaper console.. pls pls pls pls!!!!!
PS3 can run homebrew? HOW?!
i want one! more games please!
ps3 was never unlocked to play hacked games, but some older ps3 can run homebrew
now it’s more justifiable to get one. :p