ReFracture

" My XBOX is back from Germany. The HDD is in there, with all the data intact, and the FIFA 10 disc was inside the box as well, neatly put into a paper wrap. I am very pleased. Guess I overreacted. :p "

I doubt there is going to be a 'slim' so much as there will be a model that is pretty much the same size as the current models only without that atrocious power brick.
 
Though honestly I think they would be better off just allocating any free space gained by this smaller mother board to better cooling.

Ouch! Terrible luck I suppose. I have never heard of anybody having this kind of trouble with the PS3.
 
No matter how well engineered something may be, there is always going to be a failure rate, so hearing of failed PS3s is by no means surprising to me, but man.. rough luck.
 
..course, you read all the posts going down this thread, and how many people have gone through 2 or more 360s? heh.

Comfortable or not, it's too big.

80GB late 2008.

Back when I bought my PS3, it was $400. I strongly considered a 360, but in retrospect, I am so glad I didn't buy one.
 
I guess the only reason there are so many people who put up with this bullshit is merely because they have invested so much into it.
Physical games, DLC, XBLA games... poor bastards. If they tried to sell their 360 and games, they would never make enough to replace all the applicable games with ps3 counter parts.
 
This is the only reason a friend of mine still uses the 360, he has simply invested too much.

You need to understand something here:
 
In Linux, you DO NOT have access to the PS3's RSX (the graphics chip).
 
What does this mean? That wonderful app (XBMC) that is the only reason so many of us keep an original xbox in the living room never got made for it.
 
So really, Linux on the PS3 was a joke. So I don't give a fuck.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma

The lack of access to the RSX under linux made this feature a joke anyway, so whatever.