MikeB on 03 November 2008
@ The Anarchyz
(dimensions, weight, power consumption, etc.)
People like you will have to wait for a slimline version, for me the PS3 fits my media cabinet easily and looks pretty slick in there, I don't carry around a console with me as I imagine most people won't. I use it a lot instead of my power hungry PC nowadays and my HDTV draws more power as well, which would still be the case if I would be using a Wii or Slimline PS2 instead.
Technically the PS3 hardware is very slick, they didn't cut too many corners on the device. For the long run the PS3 will and already does benefit greatly from its feature set, without a Blu-Ray drive and the Cell processor the long term outlook for the console wouldn't be as good as it's now. There's a lot of growth potential in there.
I am glad the PS3 is geared towards HDTV gaming / multi-media and supports things like awesome lossless 7.1 audio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a default harddrive, etc by default.
It's a bit like many more people owning shitty PCs in the 80s and me and my friends owning awesome pre-emptive multitasking Amiga systems. Would I have wanted to trade systems with my jealous neighbour? Of course not!
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=cETl8PhUy_E
