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smaller, cheaper, more energy efficient...whats not to love about the new ps3? for those of you that dont already have a ps3, will you now be buying one? follow the jump for more pics, vids, and specs!

PS3 Slim.

I like the price drop that IGN reported... Finally hit the $300 mark.

Also, PS3 will soon have....
GoW3
Killzone 2 (already out)
MAG (mass multiplayer ftw)
Uncharted 2
Little Big Planet (already out)
Gran Turismo 5
Resistance 1 & 2 (Already out)

Honestly, if I had to pick one of the systems, I'd go PS3. Free multiplayer ftw.

imo MAG looks lame and the PS3 doesnt have PS2 support which makes me sad but the price drop alone makes me now consider buying one for the Blue Ray Player and being able to finaly play Valkyria Chronicles!

free multiplayer is definitely a great feature...but I wouldn't throw out all that money and not be able to play halo or gears of war...that is the only thing that makes an X-Box better for me. And I love the X-Box controller...never been a fan of the playstation controllers.

Well I guess its a good thing I'm not exactly a Halo/Gears fan. Sure they're fun, but I don't consider them the best games ever (Fallout 3, Oblivion, and STALKER takes that prize, but thats a whole different discussion).

I just have to ask. What happens when you get bored with those two games?

The Apocalypse, or the next Halo / Gears / X-box will be out.

And then Halo is done after Reach according to Bungie.

i sincerely doubt bungie will ever be done with their money-maker.

Future Halo games will be overseen by the recently revealed 343 Industries, which is headed up by former Bungie employee Frank O'Connor.

like i said, halo will never die.

Here's what people don't understand about Halo never getting old:

Those of us true Halo 3 fans that play it constantly and never get bored, play it solely for the online multiplayer. The online multiplayer can't really get old, the campaign can very quickly, but the pure greatness of Halo's online multiplayer will continue be popular and people will never get tired of it.

But once you get to the point where every game you go 20 and 3, and still lose, it does make you want to stop playing. But then you'll end up coming back later anyways.

Well I guess its a good thing I'm not exactly a Halo/Gears fan. Sure they're fun, but I don't consider them the best games ever (Fallout 3, Oblivion, and STALKER takes that prize, but thats a whole different discussion).

I just have to ask. What happens when you get bored with those two games?

Halo and Gears are two completely different games from Oblivion and Fallout 3 (which can also play on a 360 so...). When I get bored of those either I find other things to do or I play NHL 09 or Resident Evil 5.

Quote from: Lawfuldog on August 20, 2009, 09:47:08 PM

Here's what people don't understand about Halo never getting old:

Those of us true Halo 3 fans that play it constantly and never get bored, play it solely for the online multiplayer. The online multiplayer can't really get old, the campaign can very quickly, but the pure greatness of Halo's online multiplayer will continue be popular and people will never get tired of it.

But once you get to the point where every game you go 20 and 3, and still lose, it does make you want to stop playing. But then you'll end up coming back later anyways.

QFT. halo never gets old. never. bungie is an excellent studio that keeps very in touch with their player base and likes to keep things fresh.

i still do play h3 occasionally, and would still be playing it as much as i did before...had it not been for halo wars.

I played halo wars once and thought it was cool but I could never see myself buying it...i just don't like not having a mouse. I am so used to Age of Empires for PC that i can't get used to using a 360 controller for an RTS game. Even if Bungie stops making Halo games which I will never be sold on them doing, if they could make a game as popular and successful as Halo, I am sure they can make another GREAT game! Bungie is probably the greatest video game company out there!

Right...well I never played Oblivion but I played non stop fallout 3 for like 2 months...I could not stop it was so much fun but then I started getting bored of it when i reached level 20 and couldnt go any higher and killed all the Behemoth things and found all the bobbleheads...then i didnt want to start over to work on the achievements...so I traded it in to get Resident Evil 5 which has one of the greatest campaigns in any video game...the online play is poor though. But I was merely saying (though it was very indirectly and unclear  ) is that they are so different I could hardly compare them to say which one is better you know? Its like saying Sidney Crosby is better than Christiano Rinaldo...you can't really compare.

How has no one mention MGS 4 yet?

I like x's and I like boxes so I like xbox. Plus Battlefront and Halo people keep me company.