Well the new PS3 is now out and its not only skinnier but its 1/2 the price. The original PS3 sold for $600. and the new one sells for only $299. Oh yeah I'm trilled as the owner of a $600. PS3 (last Christmas). Oh well.

So besides the diet what else is new or changed on the skinny version of the PS3? Well according to Wired.com

"The two big differences with the Slim are fairly cut and dried: design and price. As far as the former is concerned, the console is unsurprisingly svelte (11 × 2.5 × 11 inches) and will slide into your media phalanx with ease. At 6.8 pounds, it's also about 36 percent lighter than the old, "fat" PS3. It won't suck down the energy equivalent of a plasma screen any more, either, due to a new 45nm Cell processor. In idle mode, the new PS3 draws 96.24 watts, compared to 206.90 watts on the original model.

Other non-cosmetic differences? Sony finally decided to nix the annoying touch sensitive power and eject controls and replace them with actual buttons. You'll also gain the ability to bitstream, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio, thanks to an updated HDMI chipset. Compared to the original PS3, the Slim does lose two USB ports from its facade, along with the orgy of card readers. That's no biggy -- we never used those ports anyway."

I so agree with wired that the fact that its not backwards compatible is a huge turn off. Backwards compatible as in able to play PS2 games on it. Granted few PS2 games do work on it but its very few, I can't stress the word VERY. Whats up with that Microsoft?

So now that the price is cut in half anyone thinking about getting one?