I was thinking since the slim released PS3 sales have spiked upward and thensome. I was wondering if in 10, 20, 30 years time do you think the Fat or Phat as some call it model of the PS3 will be regarded as a joke. Think about it  the Fat/Phat model will always be looked at as troubled times for Sony. I think as years pass sites like Screw Attack, IGN, etc. will all poke fun at the older fat/phat PS3.

What do you think?

A Phat 60 gig in good/working condition is going to make big money on ebay. I'd recommend anybody with one to pack it up and buy a Slim. Put your pot of gold away in the closet to sell some day.

Yeah who knows the gaming industry will evolve into new heights (e.g virtual reality)
and the gaming consoles are obselete....

I love my bigboyPS3. 80gig, 4 usb ports, backyards comp with PS2 (which I never use but still good value). far better than the slim and no one can convince me other wise.

My Ps3 is so big. That when it sits around the house... It sits around the house.

No. it's gonna be seen as a valuable item.

I have both the phat and slim and I'll tell you that the slim is not that much smaller at least not when comparing to ps2 phat vs ps2 slim.

As for the symbolism, some people (myself included) still view the launch ps3 as the real ps3. That was the console the Father of Playstation dreamed up and what we are left with now is a result of his "firing". So my point is the original phat simply can't be viewed as a joke when it is waay more feature rich than the slim and represents the last console of the Playstation founder.

the Phat is fucking awesome.

I love my ps3 phat. 60 gigs of backwords compatibilty

No the phat is great like the slim.