An Opinion of the PS3 Slim's Aesthetics

The PS3 Slim has been out for a few days now and I have not been pleased by the aesthetics that Sony has made.

The design of the new PS3 Slim is not that great due to the fact that Sony removed the glossy effect from the original, fat PS3 and added a matte feel towards it. This is how I think of it: If you were to stand up a PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360, the PS3 would stand up very well to others. But if you were to stand a PS3 Slim with the Xbox 360 and a Wii, it is not the same. The slim would feel like it is hiding in the shadows where the original is standing up with pride.

Another reason that I do not like about the new PS3 slim is that it does not have the touch sensitive buttons. Instead, Sony added hard buttons. When I saw the PS3 for the first time, I loved the touch sensitive buttons. It felt like the game system of the future. But when I heard that the slim version had hard buttons, I felt that Sony took a step back.

But other than that, Sony has made a very strategic move by introducing a slim version of the PS3. For $299 you get a bigger 120GB hard drive, the standard blu-ray player, bluetooth & ethernet, and your Dualshock 3 wireless controller. Good job Sony, except next time, go with the glossy.

Cheers,

*Note: This post was written based on a person's opinion. I do ask you to keep the comments to a respected opinion of yours.

Comments

[Raiix]

I'm gonna have to disagree with you. I don't understand why so many people dislike the new look of the ps3. It's slimmer, lighter, uses less power, supposedly feels more solid, and just generally has a nice clean look to it. My only knock on the consoles design is the location of the PS3 logo, but I can deal with that.