Quote Originally Posted by Paulbot View Post
Hmm, the new price is not much more than a Xbox but I think I'm still going to go to the Xbox as my choice of next gen console, unless the PS3's backwards compatibility has been restored and improved (rather than progressively removed with each release).
No hope in the world of them restoring PS2 compatibility I reckon... all done to reduce price, hence the new version slimline PS3.

I suspect that they've probably moved the power unit to an external one and therefore also saved component costs on the need to have a cooling fan as well.

Smaller form factor and different disc loading mechanism are also new additions to cut production costs.

Up until now, you could have a 360 and a Wii for the same price as a PS3, so of course Sony had to do something about it.

I have both the 360 and the PS3, and I must say that the Xbox gets used for games more whereas the PS3 is an expensive living room ornament/back up Blu-ray player.

Get the PS3 if you want to get into hi-def Blu-ray movies but otherwise, the 360 is fine if you only want to play games.