Typical price: £300
What is it: High-definition games console with integrated Blu-ray player
What we think: The new PS3 upgrades the hard drive, and is still the best value Blu-ray player on the market
Sony PlayStation 3 (80GB) History
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25 Nov 2009 in Crave
PlayStation Network to add subscriptions
Sony is adding a paid subscription level to PlayStation Network, allowing users to access premium content, but currently free services will remain that way
17 Nov 2009 in Crave
CNET UK's games console reliability survey: 60 per cent of Xbox 360s have broken
We commissioned a survey of UK gamers to find out how reliable the different consoles have been. The results don't reflect well on Microsoft
5 Oct 2009 in Crave
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28 Aug 2009 in Crave
Sony PS3 Slim uses half the power of old PS3
To test Sony's claim that its new console is much more efficient than its chubby predecessor, we put the PS3 Slim through a battery of power-consumption tests
18 Aug 2009 in Crave
PlayStation 3 Slim confirmed by US retailers
K-mart and Sears have started selling pre-orders of a new Sony PlayStation 3 console, the PS3 Slim, with a bigger hard drive and a $100 price cut
22 Jun 2009 in Crave
Activision boss calls for PS3 price cut, threatens to pull support
The Guitar Hero maker's CEO, Bobby Kotick, went on the record to berate Sony's lacklustre sales performance and said he got better value for money making games for the Xbox
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