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Originally Posted by Joeiss
Sony is just taking a page out of Nintendo's book.
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Actually, its not just sony. making a smaller version late in its life is not a new thing by far...
NES had a smaller version
SNES had a smaller version
Genesis had a smaller version
Genesis/SegaCD had a combo smaller system that doubled as a CD walkman.
not just the gameboys.
its because they can get smaller parts at a cheaper price that are just too expensive to do when it launches.
And there some quite good reasons for switching to the small one, the PStwo, is 70% quieter, and i hear it loads games faster than the normal PS2.
On the subject of flip lids verse trays, flip lids are better, they have faster easier loading, less things to go wrong, allow for the console to be smaller because it doesnt need the motor and extra parts for the slide out. Plus it allows you to do more by making it easier to use boot discs. old ps2 version was a pain to use a boot disc on, they had some, but you had to take off the front panel, use some hook tool and pull the tray out manually, because the system restarts if you just press eject.