Sony first launched the PlayStation 3 during the latter half of 2006 in the USA and Japan which was then followed by a March release the following year in the EU. At the time the console was criticised for its high price and bulky design which most considered to be reason enough not to invest their time and money in Sony's third home console.However, as previously announced, Sony have developed a redesign of the PlayStation 3. Being dubbed as the "slim" by press and gamers alike the new console comes with a smaller form factor and a new price at $299, which some regard as the magic price point that will give a boost to sales across Sony's territories.
This model has now been launched following September 1 across America, Europe and Japan and arrives with a 120gb and the same general specifications as the previous models.
The new model was joined in its launched with a firmware update that was also revealed to be joining the launch of the PS3 "Slim". Released early in the morning on the September 1, the update brings new functionality that includes a quick launcher for recent games that is joined by thumbnails of recent news and PlayStation Store Items.
A new feature added to the Xross Media Bar (XMB) is that of animated and dynamic backgrounds, which using the existing theme feature of the PlayStation 3 gives the user more options to customize their XMB.
New themes will be released over time for free or will come with a premium price tag, joining themes will be a wealth of new Avatars that will also be available for free or more specialised ones that will be charged for, price has yet to be announced, but the first batch are expected to arrive this Thursday coinciding with a PlayStation Store update.
I thought they would be saving something amazing for 3.0... obviously not
Not really, it actually cleaned up the XMB for me. Got rid of the orange ticker thing in the top right hand corner and didn't replace it with that new one that is suppose to go there, no idea why but I'm not complaining
Sucks about the games crashing, I just updated my PS3 to FW3.0 and turned it off again. Sony better fix the game crashing problem ASAP!
On a side note, I was at the supermarket today, and theres a HUGE stack of apples and no one buying them, they are however buying oranges.
ZING!
LOL. Thanks for that.
No they are all busy on the phone talking with MS rep to get their RRoD 360 replaced.
Inexistent.
Inexistent? Is that like inflammable, which means REALLY flammable? If the backwards compatibility is that good, maybe I should go pick one of these up...
But yeah, it's nonexistent.
lol
Except they patented technology that makes exactly that possible?
Just like they said they werent going to lower the price? Just give it time they will cave in when this console sales epic phails during the holidays.
I just don't agree that the LBP dynamic theme is $3. I would see this one free, free as the first dynamic theme just to give us a perfect example of the scalability of these new dynamic themes. I guess it works by "getting more revenues" and "not caring about us".
Authors are good, what Neowin needs is some editors and reviewers. Not sure anyone is willing to donate their time though. Remember, the authors aren't being paid, so don't expect too much. I, for one, miss the days where the news here was just copy-and-pasted with the source receiving full credit.
I like most of what Sam posts, but for instance:
http://www.neowin.net/news/software/09/09/...era-10-released
The whole first paragraph is just a bunch of useless non-sense that I wish I had not read...
The larger problem is how sensitive the news staff appears to be. They take criticism as personal attacks, instead of using it to their advantage and becoming better writers.
In the end, a quick read through by someone other than the author will no-doubt increase the quality of the news postings here. I have a hard time catching the flaws in my own report writing, and that is why at my work we have a rigorous review process.
I like most of what Sam posts, but for instance:
http://www.neowin.net/news/software/09/09/...era-10-released
The whole first paragraph is just a bunch of useless non-sense that I wish I had not read...
The larger problem is how sensitive the news staff appears to be. They take criticism as personal attacks, instead of using it to their advantage and becoming better writers.
In the end, a quick read through by someone other than the author will no-doubt increase the quality of the news postings here. I have a hard time catching the flaws in my own report writing, and that is why at my work we have a rigorous review process.
I like most of what Sam posts, but for instance:
http://www.neowin.net/news/software/09/09/...era-10-released
The whole first paragraph is just a bunch of useless non-sense that I wish I had not read...
The larger problem is how sensitive the news staff appears to be. They take criticism as personal attacks, instead of using it to their advantage and becoming better writers.
In the end, a quick read through by someone other than the author will no-doubt increase the quality of the news postings here. I have a hard time catching the flaws in my own report writing, and that is why at my work we have a rigorous review process.
I don't know about the others, but I take criticism just fine as long as it's done in a respectable manner.
Some will just say crap and never actually offer advice.
You can use the report button or PM me, we can even have a discussion about if need be, but it will never be ignored.
Anyone made sure firmware 3.0 doesn't accidentally kill BC on an otherwise BC happy machine?
And I like the new XMB changes, it looks much cleaner now (though, I cannot put my finger on what actually make it feel so :p). Also, it now seems to automatically enable the XSUB subtitles when I play my DivX movies, which is nice.
I often consider replacing the old consoles, but with all the problems with the Xbox 360, and the staggering price of the PS3, I've never seen the point of upgrading. There just doesn't seem to be the must-have game, and I still OBJECT MOST STRONGLY that game I have require hours of play time and dedication, before I can "unlock" the advanced stages etc. The console manufacturers suck (Sony's quality has long since gone to **** on all products), and the games writers deserve lean times, until they understand the millions of casual gamers that do not want to spend their life getting to the top level.
Well roughly 12 million WoW players disagree with you on that one
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