The phat PS3 is a very sexy looking device. But with that sexy-ness comes the hassle of maintaining it. As many ps3 owners would know, this thing attracts dust even if its in a relatively clean area. The plastic case literally gets magnetized enough to draw dust to it. Also, if you look around the case it has plenty of little holes and divets where dust can get trapped. When ever i vacuum my room i usually would take the nozzle and try to suck up the dust off my ps3 as well as well as my 360. 
 
Now after see screens off the newer model (Sony isn't really calling it the SLIM just yet), and see kotaku's "Five Senses Test," the new PS3 looks to have a more cleaner design with vents only in the back. The plastic also looks like it wouldn't attract much dust either.
 
Call me crazy, or a neat freak, but thats really the only reason i would trade in my phat PS3 for the newer one. I still love it either way.

The phat PS3 is a very sexy looking device. But with that sexy-ness comes the hassle of maintaining it. As many ps3 owners would know, this thing attracts dust even if its in a relatively clean area. The plastic case literally gets magnetized enough to draw dust to it. Also, if you look around the case it has plenty of little holes and divets where dust can get trapped. When ever i vacuum my room i usually would take the nozzle and try to suck up the dust off my ps3 as well as well as my 360. 
 
Now after see screens off the newer model (Sony isn't really calling it the SLIM just yet), and see kotaku's "Five Senses Test," the new PS3 looks to have a more cleaner design with vents only in the back. The plastic also looks like it wouldn't attract much dust either.
 
Call me crazy, or a neat freak, but thats really the only reason i would trade in my phat PS3 for the newer one. I still love it either way.

I love my dust magnet. The only thing that would make me get rid of it for one of those smaller newer ones is if the new ones have BC, which they don't.

Never!
 
Never?
 
NEVER!
 
(I have a semi-BC model)

I don't really know why I'd prefer this to my launch 60GB other than the lower power consumption. It's a damn shame about the backwards compatibility. They've already shown to us that software emulation works fine almost all of the time. =(

I suppose I have a better reason to get the Slim now. Not so much worried about BC since I still play my PS2 a lot.
 
Just to clarify, is the BC just a software issure or is there hardware specifics? If it was software I really don't see why Sony shouldn't do it.

I won't because I have full hardware BC on mine.

Backwards compatability will be available on all PS3's..  eventually.
So no, I don't see the point of trading it in.
 
Although the dust is annoying, and I do think the new ones look a lot better.

Well I have an 80gig MGS4 PS3 and was considering the swap to a SLIM if it had BC, unfortunately it doesn't. I do agree with the dust magnet it currently is however i do not like that you need to physically press buttons and the cheap look of it. Smaller, Quieter and less power is nice but I still prefer needed to be dusted daily big backwards compatible PS3.
 
And Sony said that BC will NOT be coming back, ever. Could it be a bluff to sell PS2s, sure but for dropping 50 bucks on a used PS2 it's not worth the wait of purchasing a PS3.
 
 http://www.destructoid.com/sony-backwards-compatibility-will-not-be-returning-145086.phtml

Why is everyone so down on the look of the new redesign? I don't buy consoles because the "look good", I buy them because I want to play the games on them. If the guts are essentially the same, I'm good.

" Why is everyone so down on the look of the new redesign? I don't buy consoles because the "look good", I buy them because I want to play the games on them. If the guts are essentially the same, I'm good. "

I hate the dust, I hate the finger prints but I love the full backwards compatibility, so I'm stayin' "phat".

The Reset and Eject buttons are now actual buttons that I can press rather than just slide my finger over them so I like that better than the current models.

Only reason I'm giving my 60GB away to get a new Slim is because it's new. I like new stuff.

i wouldn't trade in my ps3 for a smaller one. it's only like 2 months old and i like fat.

"I hate the dust, I hate the finger prints but I love the full backwards compatibility, so I'm stayin' "phat". "