handbag?
This morning I decided to get a Slim PS3
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handbag?
Maybe. She has quite a few to choose from.
you know what to do then
It's all well and good saying that it's only 40 quid. That's an extra game. For cross game chat? Because that's all you are really getting at this point.
spray her with holy water she's a heathen
Lads you'll never believe what I did. I've spent weeks huffing and haring over whether to invest in the new PS3 slim or not, as money wise it is a bit of a stretch tbh, but it's been years since I had a console (PS2 slim which got broken).
Anyways, I eventually drove to Comet after work today. I thought I could put it onto my comet card like I did with the Toshiba 42 incher I'd purchased recently. You can basically pay the money interest free over 6 months.
So I spent ages in the shop negotiating them to let me have Call of Duty as part of the deal. I even explained to them I was going to put half of the cost onto my comet card and pay it off on the 25th when I get paid. After about half an hour we got around to payment time, the new PS3 slim was there, sitting on the counter... and then the geezer looked at me and said, 'oh sorry, i didn't realise you have to spend over £300 in order be able to put it on your comet card'. feck I thought, as I was already stretching myself, so opted not to buy it outright.
So I walk back to my car, and just as it comes into sight, I looked across to Toys R Us to see PS3's advertised for £229. This was £20 cheaper than comet, I thought to myself. I had forty minutes to kill before meeting a mate, so I thought I might as well have a look. Probably, deep down, I already knew that I would end up buying it. I went in, looked at the PS3, walked up and down a bit before picking up the ticket for the console. I took it over to the till; collected it at the collection point, and that was it. I'd finally bought the new PS3 slim I had wanted for weeks.
Only problem was, I got home, opened it up, but then realised I'd only gone and bought the old chunky PS3 by mistake. I was gutted. I'll have to take it back tomorrow. Bloody stupid that was.
Anyways, I eventually drove to Comet after work today. I thought I could put it onto my comet card like I did with the Toshiba 42 incher I'd purchased recently. You can basically pay the money interest free over 6 months.
So I spent ages in the shop negotiating them to let me have Call of Duty as part of the deal. I even explained to them I was going to put half of the cost onto my comet card and pay it off on the 25th when I get paid. After about half an hour we got around to payment time, the new PS3 slim was there, sitting on the counter... and then the geezer looked at me and said, 'oh sorry, i didn't realise you have to spend over £300 in order be able to put it on your comet card'. feck I thought, as I was already stretching myself, so opted not to buy it outright.
So I walk back to my car, and just as it comes into sight, I looked across to Toys R Us to see PS3's advertised for £229. This was £20 cheaper than comet, I thought to myself. I had forty minutes to kill before meeting a mate, so I thought I might as well have a look. Probably, deep down, I already knew that I would end up buying it. I went in, looked at the PS3, walked up and down a bit before picking up the ticket for the console. I took it over to the till; collected it at the collection point, and that was it. I'd finally bought the new PS3 slim I had wanted for weeks.
Only problem was, I got home, opened it up, but then realised I'd only gone and bought the old chunky PS3 by mistake. I was gutted. I'll have to take it back tomorrow. Bloody stupid that was.
Nowt wrong with the chunky one! You don't want to know how much I paid for it though!
I paid £425 for mine, without any games.
I read on the official PS3 forums that someone said the manual of the slim says it should not be played on its side? Is there any truth to that? I have no intentions of trading my fat for a slim but if it had to be flat at all times it would be pretty useless to me because of size constraints.
It's true, because it's unstable (the slim) on its end. It's too thin, and has no rubber feet. Instead you have to shell out 25 quid or whatever for a stand.
So its a ploy to try and make people buy a stand too then, I guess thats fair enough because afterall they are just trying to keep the costs down, its relatively stable I guess.
Thinking about it I guess most people have it horiztonal like they would for DVD players, SKY etc anyway. I have to have mine vertical because my TV is wall mounted right next to my computer desk.
Thinking about it I guess most people have it horiztonal like they would for DVD players, SKY etc anyway. I have to have mine vertical because my TV is wall mounted right next to my computer desk.
I got a movie!
I didn't get anything, just what came out the box.
I should mention I didn't pay cash, I took my 360 in with about 16/17 games and they said they'd give me £400, so I only ended up parting with around £60 in the end.
I regret getting it so early though because aside from Resistance the early batch of games weren't very good. I got it in early April and my next game purchase was Rainbow Six: Vegas in July I think.
Used to play that game for hours at a time, I was awesome. Attack & Defend on Calypso Casino - was superb.
I always have mine horizontal, I'd be scared of it falling over otherwise.
Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
My god man!
Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
WOT!
Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
Kinell fecking playstation owners Nope, turns out I was just high when opening the box a moment or so ago. It really is the slim PS3, just not as slim as I'd imagined!
You have to go and buy a cable now.
You have to go and buy a cable now.
I've got the HDMI cable, I'm messing around on it now!
Just saw these in the local Game Stop and the new price drop. Pretty chuffed ... the wife said she wants one too. Should be picking one up soon.
Who pays £40 for Xbox Live? I get it for £27-28 by buying online.
Well done, that wasn't really the point though. £28 is still more than free.
but it is better
If I offered you some free tesco jeans or a pair of diesel jeans for £28 which would you choose?
Silly comment to be fair. Apart from cross game video/chat, what is it that LIVE does better than PSN? Think about it for a minute, because when it comes to actually playing games online, which is the meat here, Microsoft isn't actually doing much (vast majority of games are hosted off someone's console), yet charging you for it.
The Diesel ones as the Tesco ones are likely to fall apart. Its not the same with LIVE and PSN though is it?
Both are doing pretty much the same job aren't they? I mean, you can do pretty much everything on PSN that you can do on LIVE and vice versa? Unless they've vastly changed LIVE in the last 9-12 months.
If I offered you Diesel jeans for £28 or some other Diesel jeans for free, which would you choose?
The Levis 501's
I own a PS3, Wii and Xbox Elite and have to say I don't touch the first two.
I only pay £23 a year for Live via a good ebay seller I know - it's well worth it too. I've got tons of friends on there and we all hook up for 1v100, COD4 or FIFA 09 most Friday or Saturday nights.
PSN is a joke as is HOME (What a waste of fecking space.)
My PS3 currently holds my spare bedroom door open. We only get the Wii out when family & friends come round for a party or dinner.
I only pay £23 a year for Live via a good ebay seller I know - it's well worth it too. I've got tons of friends on there and we all hook up for 1v100, COD4 or FIFA 09 most Friday or Saturday nights.
PSN is a joke as is HOME (What a waste of fecking space.)
My PS3 currently holds my spare bedroom door open. We only get the Wii out when family & friends come round for a party or dinner.
That pretty much holds true for me too, all be it that my Xbox is gathering dust while my PS3 gets all the action.
I've still yet to see anyone explain why PSN is a joke and why LIVE is so much better than the FREE PSN service.
Because they can't. They still however have to justify its expense (LIVE) to themselves somehow. Most don't even know what they are paying for.
Where is this Africa theme I've been hearing about?
in japan
What is this Africa theme.
The main reason I pay for Live is because I still have friends from the original XBox that play the same games I do. That alone is my main reason. I don't think PSN sucks. The only issue I had with PS online is that usernames were IN game, instead of a gamertag that stuck like Live, and anyone could change their name at any time. This made it confusing for different clans, and when you tried avoiding douche bags it was a pain in the ass.
If they've fixed that with PSN, all the better.
If they've fixed that with PSN, all the better.
Thought as much.
PSN has and is improving alot, I'm not a big online console gamer myself so i only really care to use it for the store and the occasional bit of Rainbow Six Co-Op. Although trying to setup a private game on UFC is nigh on impossible something, but I put that down to the developers of the game.