Best Buy Offering Free Games To Prevent PS3 Slim Trade-Ins

Silellak - 135 days 5 hours ago

I intentionally picked up a 160 gig Fat PS3 the night the price drop was announced. I liked the look of the older model, and preferred the guaranteed reliability of the older model vs. something that's thus far unproven.

It's likely the Slim will have no problems, but in the end, I decided to go with the older hardware. So far, no regrets.

A bit more on topic...I actually got my PS3 at Best Buy, so maybe I should advantage of this unofficial "deal". A free copy of Infamous would actually make the 160 gig bundle at $400 a much better deal. Of course if they don't get the memo and actually accept my trade-in, that would suck.

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deadreckoning666 - 135 days 4 hours ago

Good Idea..

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 135 days 4 hours ago

The slim although added better sound support removed the alternative OS support that the phat has. I don't think going to 45nm will have significant impact as the 65nm is quiet as a whisper already.

I also prefer the phat instead of a further cheapened PS3 version. It seems with every iteration Sony does to the PS3, it has less features and now also looks cheaper. I guess we can't complain, since we asked for a price cut!!!

Yeah, the returns for a slim version will hurt both Sony and the retailer. That is a great idea, but does it cost Best Buy that much to ship the product back to Sony or is Sony supporting this with those games? Great idea though on whoever thought this up!

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f789790 - 135 days 3 hours ago

FREE GAME!!! If they start to process the trade-in, grab your ps3 and run out the door.

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Chimerhazzard - 135 days 3 hours ago

My PS3 is pretty recent too, and boy am I glad I bought one. I don't want to badmouth the ps3 slim, but I don't like the design very much, compared to the old model. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice looking console but there is something about the fat Ps3 that just makes me want to scream "THIS IS SO AWESOME". But then again, the slim is smaller and it would come in handy when I want to take it somewhere :P

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randomwiz - 135 days 2 hours ago

Actually it doesn't hurt Sony at all. Best Buy is one of the retailers that purchased all of their stock before they sell it.

Circuit City is an example of a retailer that does the opposite. The get a product from Sony, sell it, and then pay Sony for that product. The problem with this is that when they went bankrupt, they were over $100 million in debt to Sony alone

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AAACE5 - 134 days 15 hours ago

I intended to get the slim when it came out, but after putting further thought into it, I decided I liked the regular version as well, so I got an 80 gig. Looks nice!

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FamilyGuy - 134 days 12 hours ago

"I also prefer the phat instead of a further cheapened PS3 version. It seems with every iteration Sony does to the PS3, it has less features and now also looks cheaper. I guess we can't complain, since we asked for a price cut!!!"

GTFO
slim runs cooler,
consumes less power than all other models,
cost less,
processes some audio stream people were asking for,
has a larger HDD
AND has integration with Bravia tvs

I'd take all that over loosing a Linux boot option ANY DAY.
Besides that, I've heard that the Other OS option is STILL available BUT it has to be done externally, like on an external HDD

And it's not "ugly" either, go to a gamestop and check one out in person, the thing is nice.

randomwiz

Wow, that SUCKS.

On Topic:
This is a good deal but what if you bought your 160Gb bundle at $500 just a day/week before the announcement? A $60 game hardly covers that.

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sorceror171 - 134 days 10 hours ago

Sorry, FamilyGuy, OtherOS is *gone* in the Slim, even on an external drive.

Though as you say, the Linux option only appeals to a tiny fraction of the market. Almost certainly less than the number of people who own Bravia TVs, really.

I'm glad I have a phat, because I'm one of those weirdos who put Linux on their machine, and I don't have a Bravia. For most people, I agree that the Slim's a better fit.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 134 days 6 hours ago

Sorry, but the list of things you listed are just natural progression. The only new thing is the new sound capabilities that as I said only a fraction will use. I would take the Linux option any day, but that is arguably as little used as the newly added sound options. Although I think the Linux option adds a lot more possibilities on the PS3.

I will never use the sound option as I don't have the equipment nor do I want to invest into it.

What irks me, is that with EVERY ITERATION OF THE PS3, THERE ARE FEATURES TAKEN OUT. Now they are even taking out features that is just in software. Why? It doesn't cost them anything to leave it on there, after all it is already developed.

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MoonlightProwler - 135 days 4 hours ago

Sony should do some serious advertising in North America. Slim looks awesome.

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peeps - 135 days 4 hours ago

well yes but there were that many rumors it was hard to tell if it was true/when we'd see it. my ps3 broke about a month ago and i replaced it the next day. there were plenty of slim rumors but i didn't know exactly when it would release and if the rumors were true.

theres that many sites trying to get hits it's hard to take everything you hear on the internet as fact

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zeeshan - 135 days 1 hour ago

They need to push the advertisement pedal. Really, the slim is new, it can do a bunch of things and it's a VERY POWERFUL MACHINE and is now pretty affordable. Sony realllyy needs to be aggressive with their marketing. I have noticed though that most recently, they have been doing all the right things. It's like they learned from their mistakes and have had a to-do list like

Reduce the price - Check
Add more games to greatest hits - Check
Enhance firmware - Check
Add more spaces to Home - Check
Manufacture a slim - Check

I hope the list keeps going on and on :)

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jerethdagryphon - 135 days 2 hours ago

id agree with you except mine got scratched :( and sony wont let me pay for a new cover plate

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solidt12 - 135 days 4 hours ago

"The slim looks like it belongs in the kids room."

Yep and that is why it is going to sale like hotcakes. Looks more like something I feel more comfortable letting little Jimmy have in his room without fear of it breaking.

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joydestroy - 135 days 4 hours ago

you should've gotten the 5400RPM. look up articles regarding a 7200 and the PS3 and you'll see why i say that.

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darthv72 - 135 days 3 hours ago

I get what ur sayin. Maybe it is me but I know what is under the hood and wouldnt really trust the quality of such a machine in the hands of my gamecube/ps2 scale of kids. Those systems are expendable if necessary. PS3...not so much.

The look and price are matched for each other. Now sony needs to get a hold of their marketing dept if they want to sell to the wii crowd. The thing is, the wii is THE thing to have regardless of performance. Those who didnt get one last xmas will most likely get one this xmas over the more value proven ps3 or even the 360.

Just a hunch I am all to worried will come true again.

@joy...I read a few articles and what interested me most about this hdd was the amount of cache it had. Most of the other models I looked at (be it 5400 or 7200) had 8mb of cache. I am figuring the more cache the quicker it would load common stuff like going back and forth between games to the xmb. 5400 would certainly be quieter and create less heat.

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f789790 - 135 days 3 hours ago

Physical buttons? The touch surface buttons made me freak out over how awsome the ps3 was. And why on earth is it not shiny anymore? I can understand doing that for the PspGo because your touching it, but you aren't going to get fingerprints over a stationary console.

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Chimerhazzard - 135 days 3 hours ago

Oh the fingerprints... and the scratches... True that. The PS3 phat looks awesome, but I stress each time I have to grab mine... it gets scratched SO EASILY, and then there's fingerprints all over the place. But hey, it's shiny :D

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joydestroy - 135 days 3 hours ago

@darthv72

you didn't research enough. there is little to no performance improvements when going from the 5400 to the 7200 because the PS3 can't utilize it. it was designed with the 5400 in mind. but hey, your console. i wouldn't take the chance of it overheating, but then again i have an original 60gb model that's virtually irreplaceable now.

oh, and here's a quick source, i just googled "5400 or 7200 ps3"
http://boardsus.playstation...

EDIT: there are some false accusations within that forum thread, but what i've said is accurate. apparently there is an IGN article addressing this as well. one user said:

"If you read the IGN article, they said 7200 RPM Hard Drives are actually slower than 5400 RPM Hard Drives in the PS3."

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darthv72 - 135 days 2 hours ago

My ps3 is the 80gb motorstorm edition. I have not opened it up to see the exact model but lets say it is a 5400 rpm 8mb cache drive. Wouldnt it be more beneficial to not only increase the speed but also the cache capacity?

Going from 5400 to 7200 would generate more heat/noise (although this is a newer model of momentous drive so it is supposed to run cooler and quiet) yet it also has 16mb of cache. Other drives I have looked at from hitachi and fujitsu seem to have 8mb standard for the same price as this one which is faster and more cache.

Some of the articles I have read are also posted from the late 06 and 07 time frame. I am sure drives have been improved to require less power while improving performance since then. Just a thought.

Thanks for the info.

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jack_burt0n - 134 days 22 hours ago

there is a real world performance increase of ppl i know who have tested 7200 and even some ssd have reported some things can get alot quicker as far as heat goes i would only worry if ur ps3 is already on the noisy side otherwise it will be fine.

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Lumbo - 135 days 1 hour ago

Firmware versions are the same over all models, so the slim will come with 2.8

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jerethdagryphon - 135 days 2 hours ago

a signiture on the recipt or something a stamp most likly

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fadic4 - 135 days 4 hours ago

i didnt even know you can trade it in

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kagon01 - 135 days 4 hours ago

Achu!!!! sniff...

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