I said the same thing to a friend who is a dick and he was dismissive and said something like this . keep in mind I ' m paraphrasing . Dude , does this really make a difference in your life ? Do you have so little space on your desk where the 2012 wouldn ' t fit , but the 2016 now suddenly fits ? Do you have a laptop bag that you couldn ' t fit the 2012 but now suddenly you have room in your bag for the 2016 ? Is your apartment so small that the difference now allows you to keep a laptop inside your apartment , when before you had to keep it outside ? The original PS 3 was bigger than the super slim model , but to be honest it really didn ' t change anything in my life . I always had enough room in my place for the original PS 3 . Or are you talking about weight because you didn ' t mention that . Weight is an entirely different subject when you have to carry something around all the time .