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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 10 March 2010
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

Did you weigh in on the 360 slim rumor thread/article to say the same thing?  Just curious; I haven't perused them.



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arsenicazure on 10 March 2010

PS3: having the finger for dessert confirmed? :)



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Ping_ii on 10 March 2010

LOL I just noticed...

pre ps3 slim launch..

ps3slim wont do anything mark my words its little too late, it will only give a boost for 1 week.

xboxslim rumor:

OMFG!!! good idea xboxslim + price cut over killz!!!

ps3lighter than slim model rumor:

Ha gimmik!! disappointing!! blah blah so on...





WarmachineX on 10 March 2010

those .2kg are being lost...

ps3 now with no HDD! now only uses flash memory lol

you heard it here first.





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Tanstalas on 10 March 2010
WarmachineX said:
those .2kg are being lost...

ps3 now with no HDD! now only uses flash memory lol

you heard it here first.

That would be fine, if it sold for $199



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RVDondaPC on 10 March 2010
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

And what exactly is the gimmick that they are marketing? 



greenmedic88 on 10 March 2010
RVDondaPC said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

And what exactly is the gimmick that they are marketing? 

That it cost $100 less.

That's quite a gimmick. Anytime something that I was planning on buying drops 25% in price, it "gets me" every time. I'm a sucker, I know.



twesterm on 10 March 2010
 
RVDondaPC said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

And what exactly is the gimmick that they are marketing? 

The fact that the slim is so much better?  It is better but fanboys hype it up like it's the next coming of Christ because, well, they buy into the hype. 

Don't get me wrong, I actually have one now since my old PS3 sounded like a jet engine and blue tooth devices didn't connect 1/3 of the time and it is better, but it isn't anything to get super hyped about.

People are more excited that it's the Slim and not about any of the actual improvements actually made.  Before we knew anything about it, fanboys were already touting the Slim as the console king because it was the Slim.  I'm sure they'll declare it an even bigger winner because it's even slimmer now.

Face it, Slim is the new RPG elements.

And yes, getting excited over the idea the PS3Slim2 is as absurb as getting excited over possibility of a 360 Slim.  Again, it's a buzz word and a gimmick.  Congratulations to the people that fall for it.



 

RVDondaPC on 10 March 2010
twesterm said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

Did you weigh in on the 360 slim rumor thread/article to say the same thing?  Just curious; I haven't perused them.

Isn't it just so much more fun to wildly assume things rather than just bothering to see if they're true?  Have fun looking for my comment.

RVDondaPC said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

And what exactly is the gimmick that they are marketing? 

The fact that the slim is so much better?  It is better but fanboys hype it up like it's the next coming of Christ because, well, they buy into the hype. 

Don't get me wrong, I actually have one now since my old PS3 sounded like a jet engine and blue tooth devices didn't connect 1/3 of the time and it is better, but it isn't anything to get super hyped about.

People are more excited that it's the Slim and not about any of the actual improvements actually made.  Before we knew anything about it, fanboys were already touting the Slim as the console king because it was the Slim.  I'm sure they'll declare it an even bigger winner because it's even slimmer now.

Face it, Slim is the new RPG elements.

I'm pretty sure fanboys were hyping it up because it meant that the PS3 was going to sell a lot more than it currently was, not because they thought it was going to make the PS3 that much better of a console. Hence, why they were more excited about the slim than the actual improvements. Besides most PS3 fan boys already have a PS3, such as myself, so why would we get hyped up over such improvements that wouldn't effect us? However the sales improvement is something to get excited about for a fanboy. And considering the huge turn around in sales I don't think it would be considered too much hype for what it did. 



twesterm on 10 March 2010
RVDondaPC said:
twesterm said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

Did you weigh in on the 360 slim rumor thread/article to say the same thing?  Just curious; I haven't perused them.

Isn't it just so much more fun to wildly assume things rather than just bothering to see if they're true?  Have fun looking for my comment.

RVDondaPC said:
twesterm said:
Meh, Slim is a marketing gimmick that loads of people fall for. It works for them so why not?

And what exactly is the gimmick that they are marketing? 

The fact that the slim is so much better?  It is better but fanboys hype it up like it's the next coming of Christ because, well, they buy into the hype. 

Don't get me wrong, I actually have one now since my old PS3 sounded like a jet engine and blue tooth devices didn't connect 1/3 of the time and it is better, but it isn't anything to get super hyped about.

People are more excited that it's the Slim and not about any of the actual improvements actually made.  Before we knew anything about it, fanboys were already touting the Slim as the console king because it was the Slim.  I'm sure they'll declare it an even bigger winner because it's even slimmer now.

Face it, Slim is the new RPG elements.

I'm pretty sure fanboys were hyping it up because it meant that the PS3 was going to sell a lot more than it currently was, not because they thought it was going to make the PS3 that much better of a console. Hence, why they were more excited about the slim than the actual improvements. Besides most PS3 fan boys already have a PS3, such as myself, so why would we get hyped up over such improvements that wouldn't effect us? However the sales improvement is something to get excited about for a fanboy. And considering the huge turn around in sales I don't think it would be considered too much hype for what it did. 

It sold a lot more for two reasons:

  1. Price Drop
  2. People buying a Slim because it was a Slim

So yeah, your post pretty much confirms it is in fact a gimmick.  The only thing you're wrong about is fanboys not buying it.  Hell, when it first came out this site was overrun with people telling everyone that they replaced their old PS3 because it was a Slim.