204w ago - It appears either IGN's "having a laugh" on the subject of
PS3 Slim, or someone just made a rather large booboo.
Speaking in the latest
Game Scoop! podcast, an IGN staffer appears to confirm the site has a PS3 Slim. The other speakers then say the console is "under wraps" and someone timestamps the recording to edit the comment out.
Download:
Game Scoop! Ep. 127 [57MB]
Guess someone forgot to make the cut. Either that or it's all a "joke".
Here's the transcript, to quote:
"Because we have one for real."
"Yeah, but that's..."
"Yeah, but that's under wraps."
"Sorry, I wasn't supposed to say that, was I?"
"We can edit that out. David can edit that out."
"45 minutes. OK."
You can listen to the clip at the link. Go from 45 minutes. The comment comes at 45.35.
After swapping back in my original 160GB HDD, I was still getting the 8002F281 error. I ended up having to do a full PS3 Reset and reformat of the 160...
So it's real
Just sounds like they're messing around to me.