The S-slim is quieter, and the only thing that feels a bit cheap is the sliding tray at the top. But it actually has it's benefits too, because if it ever breaks, a disc will not be stuck inside. Plus, it's mostly cosmetic and does not matter in the design of the unit. The new Sony PS3 Slim is not only more compact than the currently available PS3 console, but actually offers some more advantages. Sony has not actively promoted any advantages of the new PS3 Slim besides the small size, larger HDD (120GB) and the new low price of $299.99. Over the last days reports appeared that highlight hardware differences in the new Sony PS3 Slim that makes it even more The PS4 Slim, as its name suggests, weighs less and is 40% smaller than the original PS4 model. The design itself is similar, so it's not a complete departure and still fits very much within the Needed to get some next gen hardware somehow at the time for GTA IV in 2007 which was the original release date. Scrambled and got a 360. I got a PS3 years later for LA Noire as a slim version and the magic of a PS3 felt lost since I got the console 5 years later with a version that wasn’t what was initially had in mind. Idk. Fat PS3 is the PS3. The new Xbox 360 slim pulled 0.6W compared to over 2W for the older 360s while doing nothing more than being plugged in. Idle power is roughly 75% of what it was with the Jasper Xbox 360 and load Bruce June 10, 2008 120. GTA IV, quite famously, was delayed from being a 2007 release to being a 2008 release because of problems  Rockstar were having with the Playstation 3 version of the game. And now Codemasters admit that whilst the Microsoft Xbox 360 version of Grid runs at a solid 30 fps the Playstation 3 version doesn’t. The PlayStation 5 Slim and Older PlayStation 5 Model Side by Side. For those not in the know, the prices of the PlayStation 5 Slim have been unveiled as well.First off, Sony has implemented a new design feature in the digital variant of the console, where the unit has the flexibility to hook itself up to a detachable disk drive that the manufacturer sells separately for $79.99. Overall, the PS3 and the PS3 Slim are both Sony PlayStation game consoles. The slim is simply the newer generation and is more what Sony is going to be releasing in the future. There are less USB ports, no media drive, and there is a Bravia Link. It doesn’t have Linux support and you won’t be able to play the PS2 games in the PS3 Slim. The new console is 33 percent smaller and 34 percent lighter than the original PS3. It is also a lot quieter compared to its predecessor. A redesigned cooling system makes sure that the console doesn’t heat up. The fact that PlayStation 2 games are not compatible to PS3 slim may dent its popularity, but other than that everything is a smooth Long before the PS5, there was the original PS3. First debuting at E3 2005, the console raised eyebrows for all sorts of reasons. Compared to the boxier designs of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 jxLYz.