who cares how much you spend u need to be moderately wealthy to begin with if u want a ps3 so in any case u should be prepared for the expenses, and plus anybody who bought the fat was simply impatient to play it instead of waiting for the slim. i wonder if the ps3 slim is like the ps2 slim if its like that it will breakdown pretty easily like my friends one (ps2), but i managed to use my fat for a good decade not once has it broken up until now where it just takes few times to reset and then kicks onto the main interface.

Never got into it, lucky :-)