Less space than the PS3 Super Slim 500 GB model, if your buying a new PS3 and really need extra hard disk space, get the new 500 GB Super Slim model (isn't

constantly getting error messages. until i got a hard disk corrupted error and system restoring

Now with the bumped-up hard-disk drive, you could store most of your games data, downloaded movies, or music files without having to worry for a few more years

(Mind you, this generation of video games can take up any where from 1GB to 15 GB of HDD (hard disk drive) space) hard disk space is IMPORTANT if you download often.-Stream tons of 1080p Videos from my laptop to my console.-Stream tons of my favorite high

Especially games that requires 4GB of space like Heavy Rain, my brother-in-law simply had to get a new 500GB Hard Disk Drive for $80 to replace his old 40GB system, that was just about 3 years ago

, the slim model is a good buy, the Blu Ray drive was fixed and some minor upgrades were included; i have some doubts about the hard disk drive quality, specially in the slim and the super slim models but you can always upgrade (HDD); Sony is a company with high quality standards but the PS3 is way cheaper to produce now

So if you are a gamer and you are looking forward to buy a PS3, you wouldn't go wrong with this one and i also recommend to install the games in the hard disk drive, the PS3 is an excellent game system and still has plenty of great games coming, and although the PS4 launch is getting closer (2013 holiday season), the PS3 still has plenty of life ahead, so expect the system to be around 4 more years or until PS5 arrives.

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