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PS3 Slim Retail Pack Hides a Top Secret Portal

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The latest batch of PlayStation 3 Slims hide a small but effective secret.

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butterfinger5166d ago

That definitely looks to be for throwing a game in, but I thought the users comments about the Slim overheating 90% of the time were absolutely laughable. My Slim gets a little warm, but it's never overheated on me, and I have spent a LOT of time playing God of War III and Final Fantasy XIII lately.

Dorwrath5166d ago

Just because yours doesn't over heat, doesn't mean his doesn't.

Mine has a temperamental on/off touch button. Yours doesn't.

There are always faulty products, and fanboys will jump on me for saying it, but there are faulty PS3s.

Christopher5166d ago

Slim models don't overheat, it's the older 60/20/40 GB models with the older materials in them. Slim models produce a lot less heat in all but the internal wireless device due to new circuits using less power and improved HDDs.

Oner5166d ago (Edited 5166d ago )

Actually Dorwrath there is absolutely nothing wrong with what you said (if understood in the right context of SOME earlier PS3's etc NOT Slims). Fanboys will undoubtedly have a probelm ~ Yes, but to people with any amount of civility and maturity there is no issue (or at least shouldn't be, again under the right context of not Slims). Things break...that's life and the nature of the beast. It's just when failures are EXCESSIVE (and proven) is when company "Y" should be held accountable and should be called out on it.

butterfinger5166d ago

You are talking to the wrong person. Perhaps you should've read the actual comment on the site? The person was saying that is happens to 90% of Slims, and that it has affected his girlfriend's brother's and two of his other friends that have slims. I was simply pointing out the opposite. There wasn't a need for your preaching.

maasman5166d ago

No, he said it happened to his friends 90% of the time. He says nothing about all slims.

Timesplitter145166d ago

Step 1 : Go get a PS3
Step 2 : Put 3 games in the PS3 box through that little portal
Step 3 : Pay for your PS3, but not for the 3 games
Step 4 : PROFIT

kdawg55166d ago

@cgoodno

Old materials? You may want to look into that first because I can put money on it that the same "materials" were used in both the slim and the fat, just that they were used in a different, more efficient manner. All components are still made from the same "materials".

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Priceless I love that idea!

To everyone!

The PS3 Slim has a higher internal temperature than the Fat, FYI.

http://www.unscripted360.co...

SixZeroFour5166d ago

that would work, except that those 3 games wouldnt have been scanned, thus setting off alarms when you try to walk out the store

tripewire5166d ago

Mine has overheated and shut down once, and was getting lots of artifacting and glitching when I kept restarting the Zeus fight.

120 gb first gen slim. Check my comment history. Overheated while watching downloaded movies

shadow27975166d ago

And here I was expecting Portal, the game...

Is Portal really the right word here, or was it just used to avoid innuendos?

irepbtown5166d ago

My 80GB ps3 never overheats, and there have been loads of times where i play 12 hrs straight ( holidays ).

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True, just squeeze loads of games in, then pay for like 1-2. But i doubt it will be successfully done.

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n4gn4gn4gn4g5166d ago (Edited 5166d ago )

that IS a surprise. I fully expected SONY to never again have a game bundled with their machine.

Shendow5166d ago

Only happens in the PS3 20GB, 60GB and 80GB models, do to the hard drive doing 7,200rpm which does work well with PS3 and makes it overheat.

Slim models could overheat I guess if you put it in a place where it gets alot of dust and all. But that is the only way I can think of an I live in Kansas were dust is bad here for gaming systems and my friend hasn't had really any problems (Besides not knowing how to work it) with his PS3 slim.

kdawg55166d ago

PS3 20GB and 60GB models have 5400 rpm hard drives... thats why it takes forever to install game data to it.

corneliuscrust5165d ago

just wondering since it's the one i have (always have been thinking about an upgraded HDD)

poontab5165d ago (Edited 5165d ago )

I definitely have a PS3 group of friends, (I have a 80 w/bc, my roommate has 60 launch, Eli 120 slim, Klutz 120 slim, Brandon 40 fat, Raab 80 fat, Jeff 40 fat) and everyone of them work perfectly. Not one of our systems have gone in for repairs, and we don't take exceptionaly good care of them either. All but the 2 slims have had their HDD replaced with seagate 7200 500gb $120 newegg. Not one fail aside from the random internet browser crash.

poontab5165d ago

All PS3's, even slims, come with a 5400rpm drive. The speed boost is negligible in some game's, like CODMW1&2, but with GTA4, KZ2, & UC2 I noticed quite a speed boost. We just bought the 7200 500gb because it has the 16mb cache and I figure if there was to be any performance increase it would be from doubling the cache.

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blackmamba7075166d ago

box with a place for bundled exclusive game
something nonexistant on Flopbox 3FixMe

jay25166d ago

No overheading issues (or, as far as I know any of the issues with game freezes ect people report) on my UK launch 60GB.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel3d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1822d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie1d 19h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin1d 15h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere1d 10h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow20h ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere1d 10h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow20h ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX2d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney15h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno2d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno2d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii1d 15h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno1d 14h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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