You know, I bought the Uncharted 3 bundle, and I'm assuming it's the slim version, but I was surprised by how beefy the thing is. I mean, it's still bulkier than the original PS2. Makes me wonder exactly how "fat" the early versions of the PS3 were.
Personally, and I'm probably in the minority here, I like bulky, hefty machines. They might not be slick and pretty, but they just feel more workhorse-like and built to last. I miss the days of huge, boxy cars that were actually built using steel instead of fiberglass, aluminum, and frickin' Tupperware. I want my DVD/Blu-Ray player to have some weight to it, not pride itself on being less than 2" thick, under 3 lbs. and not much bigger than a hardback book. And I like my gaming console to feel solid enough that I could bash in an intruder's skull with it and then go right back to playing my games while I wait for the coroner to claim the body. The PS2 Slim just look and felt like a cheap, shoddy, disposable piece of crap. And while that's sadly and infuriatingly the current trend with electronics, it's not at all appealing to me.
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