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PlayStation 3 Slim
The PS3 Slim came out on 1 September 2009, a third smaller and a third lighter than the original, with a matte finish in place of the glossy shell and a 120 GB hard drive in the first models.
- First released
- 2009
- Made by
- Sony
- Generation
- 7
- Type
- Home video game console
Overview
The PS3 Slim came out on 1 September 2009, a third smaller and a third lighter than the original, with a matte finish in place of the glossy shell and a 120 GB hard drive in the first models.
It runs cooler and quieter than the fat models and is far less prone to the yellow light of death. It plays PS1 discs but not PS2 discs, has two USB ports and no memory card reader, and dropped the option to install Linux. Later Slims went to 160, 250 and 320 GB.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Sony
- Type
- Home video game console
- Generation
- Seventh
- Model numbers
- CECH-2000, CECH-2100, CECH-2500, CECH-3000 series
- Released
- North America and Europe 1 September 2009; Japan, Australia and New Zealand 3 September 2009
- Launch price
- US$299 (120 GB)
- Media
- Blu-ray, DVD, CD
- Storage
- 120, 160, 250 or 320 GB hard drive, user upgradeable
- In the box
- Console, DualShock 3 controller, USB cable, AV cable, power cord
- Backward compatibility
- PlayStation discs; no PlayStation 2 discs
- Colours
- Charcoal Black; Classic White (160 GB, 2010)
- Predecessor
- PlayStation 3 (original model)
- Successor
- PlayStation 3 Super Slim
More from PlayStation
- PlayStation 1994
- PlayStation 2 2000
- PS one 2000
- PSX (DESR) 2003
- PlayStation 2 Slim 2004
- PlayStation Portable 2004
- PlayStation 3 2006
- PSP-2000 (Slim and Lite) 2007
- PSP-3000 2008
- PSP Go 2009
- PlayStation Vita 2011
- PlayStation 3 Super Slim 2012
- PlayStation 4 2013
- PlayStation TV 2013
- PlayStation Vita Slim (PCH-2000) 2013
- PlayStation 4 Pro 2016
- PlayStation 4 Slim 2016
- PlayStation VR 2016
- PlayStation Classic 2018
- PlayStation 5 2019
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition 2020
- PlayStation Portal 2023
- PlayStation VR2 2023
- PlayStation 5 Pro 2024
Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- Sony-PlayStation-PS3-Slim-Console-FL.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
- Sony-PlayStation-PS3-Slim-Console-FR.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Checked October 2026.
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