PS3 Slim - 120 vs 250GB

[Spiderman]

I've decided i'm deffo gonna buy one. But which one now is the quandry.

i ave no idea why i would need the a bigger HD capacity, is it simply to store all my blu-ray films, music etc on or is it gonna affect gameplay in some way too?

Can anyone edumacate me on this?

[tigersaw]

You cant store blu ray movies on it. you can store divx's and the like though.
I have a 250gb, its ages old and only about 20 gig full. so I dunno why the drives are so big. Oh, hang on, you can now download movies from the playstation store, (at more than it costs to rent from blockbusters), maybe thats why

[zsv650]

more space obvioouuuuuusly on psn you have dlc too store and the movie store also their version of live's arcade game's plus game install's all take's space.

[Spiderman]

so if i dont plan to download any movies or buy games online t download to the console i really wont need all that space will i?
Its just that the 120GB is about £40 less and that is the price of the COD2, and none of the bundles come with COD2 of course but rubbish like little big planet etc.

Plan to spend no more than £250, anyone know of any good deals out there?

[zsv650]

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/consolepage.asp?platform=PS3 gameplay are great ive had a couple of consoles of them take your pick.

[tigersaw]

they were £199 at sainsburys before xmas. No reason to say that price can't be matched again in the sales

[Spiderman]

keep em coming gang, thanks for the advice so far btw :)

[Vindaloo]

Also, with PS3 games, when you first play them, they install a largeish section to the hard drive to help with load times, so you may find that you're copying 3-4GB onto the HDD each time you buy a new game.

Personally, I'd think that 120 is loads. I still find that 20GB on my XBOX is manageable, though they don't need installs.

I think that Currys are advertising some kind of PS3 deal on the telly at the moment, but can't find a link for you.

Adrian

[Specialone]

Spidey, i have one of the original 80 gb ps3's, i dont store much on there tbh but i have hardly used any of the hard drive's capacity.
I have had it 2 years now.

Phil
Ps. hurry up and get one, otherwise you'll have too much catching up to do ;)

[Spiderman]

well sainsburys have put the price back up to £249 for the slim console and plenty other places are doing a deal for £249 and thats a console and 1 game that no one really wants of course. What a surprise.

[Spiderman]

Phil
Ps. hurry up and get one, otherwise you'll have too much catching up to do ;)

I'm so gonna get my butt kicked when i get online with you lot aint i? :lol: Hope to get it in next couple of days tho.

[zsv650]

I'm so gonna get my butt kicked when i get online with you lot aint i? :lol: Hope to get it in next couple of days tho.
ohh yes specially if you join me for a game of killzone 2 my speciality.:D

[Spiderman]

well i played COD a couple of times before it got "confiscated" lol, so i think i'll stick with that zsv, till i get better of course. Not played killzone yet.

Getting excited now as a guy on ebay has made me a counter offer on my offer to him. Lets see how that turns out, i might be online in next couple days. Fingers crossed!

[Specialone]

well i played COD a couple of times before it got "confiscated" lol, so i think i'll stick with that zsv, till i get better of course. Not played killzone yet.

Getting excited now as a guy on ebay has made me a counter offer on my offer to him. Lets see how that turns out, i might be online in next couple days. Fingers crossed!

Wahoo:D

[Stu]

£199 for a slim in Guildford - Mister mobile or some store like that.

[Spiderman]

£199 for a slim in Guildford - Mister mobile or some store like that.

Oooh, link please stu. Looked on google and cant find it :(

Guy i'm waiting for an answer from is possibly gonna do it for £210 and i have to collect from east london, so if i can get it for £199 its worth the trip to guildford i guess.

[Stu]

I'll see if I can pop in tomorrow & check their stock

[Spiderman]

Stu, i love you!

[Stu]

address attached for £199.99 a few left

[Spiderman]

Cheers dude, if the one i'm bidding on dont happen i may well see you tomorrow, that other deal i told you about on the phone wont get delivered till monday or tuesday next week if i order it tomorrow.
God i'm sad, cant wait a couple of extra days, lol.

[Dave20046]

If you have a computer on your network you can just set it up as a media server and stream the media from your comp rather than saving to the ps3, or you could hook your comp upto your tv as a secondary monitor if they're next to each other . Doubt you'll ever run out of space on a 120gb version unless you use it for loadsa films but in which case you could save them to your comp as above or use a usb harddrive. If you ever do fill it up you can just upgrade the harddrive at a later date - they're normal laptop hdd's.

[zsv650]

true my 80gb is now a 320gb.

[Spiderman]

thanks for the info guys :)

[Specialone]

thanks for the info guys :)


CPC sell ps3 hdd for about £30-£40, 120gb or 200 something i think.

[Spiderman]

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/consolepage.asp?platform=PS3 gameplay are great ive had a couple of consoles of them take your pick.

Thanks again dude...cos i just placed the order for my brand new 120gb ps3 slim! Woohoo! Comes with Tekken 6 and Mirrors Edge, whatever thats about and i should have it by next monday or tuesday! Woo!

[zsv650]

cool there good chaps i've never had a problem with them.

[barwel1992]

mirrors edge is a free running game quite fun you also get to beat people up and try and escape from helicopters :D have fun

[Viney]

Just remember that if you think, oh damn, i need more space, then you can always buy a new bigger hard drive. They use 2.5" laptop drives, so you could put a 320gb in there if needed.

[Alpinestarhero]

A PS3?

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