It's by no means a deal breaker, but the disc reading is not as quiet as on the two versions before it. What I did notice about the hardware is that since the disc tray is no longer embedded in the console, the laser reader can be heard from time to time. There doesn't seem to be a noticeable speed increase with the new PS3. Full PS3 game downloads are available in the PlayStation Store.

This service offers select games at a discounted price and other incentives. Online gaming is free on PlayStation Network, though users can subscribe to Sony's answer to Xbox Live Gold, called PlayStation Plus. These franchises include Uncharted, God of War, InFamous, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone, and Resistance, plus future heavy hitters like Beyond, God of War: Ascension, and The Last of Us. PlayStation 3 has its own share of exclusives - which now seem to outweigh Xbox's. In terms of games, the PlayStation 3 plays most of what's out there, save for a few Xbox 360-exclusive games like the Halo, Forza, and Fable franchises, and select downloadable titles. The PS Store offers a variety of classic PS2 games for purchase. For that type of functionality, you'll need to search through the PlayStation Store to see if the PS2 game you want to revisit is there, and then of course you'll need to buy it. Like the most of the PS3 iterations before it, this Super Slim PS3 is not backward-compatible with PS2 games. The Super Slim PS3 has the same old cross-media bar (XMB) interface. However, PS3 file playback is usually very reliable, whether you're playing a file loaded on a thumbdrive or over your home network using a PC or NAS. Home theater do-it-yourselfers have gravitated toward the PS3 due to its versatile playback capabilities, though it still does not play the increasingly popular MKV format.

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