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Rumor: $400 40GB PS3 coming this holiday
9:13 AM on 09.10.2007, Dale North 38 comments

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We don't just run with rumors every day, but Ars Technica's insider mole has scored with several recent tips, including the Xbox 360 HDMI inclusion bit, so we'll trust that this new one has some weight behind it as well.

The very same mole now tells Ars Technica about some new Sony holiday pricing. While most of the changes (80GB price reduction, a cheaper PS2) are in line with what we've been keeping our eyes on, their list does include a surprise: a 40GB PlayStation 3 priced at $399.99.

Here's the full list:

  • 80GB PlayStation 3: $499.99
  • 40GB PlayStation 3: $399.99
  • Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray movie pack in with one, or both
  • PlayStation 2: $99.99

If this information is correct, Sony could be set to make a huge splash this holiday. It's a bit difficult to wrap our heads around a third PS3 SKU, but I don't think anyone would disagree that this model would definitely be worth making and selling.

Keep in mind that there might be more "cuts" to this budget PS3. We've heard other rumblings about the omission of HDMI and Wi-Fi, which would take this $400 purchase down from a "given" to a "hmm" for potential buyers. Of course, none of this is confirmed yet.  

Ars Technica says to keep an ear open for more news at this month's Tokyo Game Show. Hopefully then we'll be able to bump this rumor up to fact.

[Via Ars Technica -- thanks, Justin] 


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Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 09/10/2007 09:19
Hmmmmmm.....
hexfix93's Avatar
hexfix93 at 09/10/2007 09:20
i posted it in my blog before you guys did!! WTF give me credit.. lol. i kid...

any how. i'm stoked, because i know if this is the case, it will take the market over. it has better games coming out in my opinion.

i would take ff13 over mass effect any day of the weak.

i would take haze, and killzone over halo any day of the week.

i would take infamous, drakes adventure, ratchet and clank, metal gear, and all the other ps3 exclusives over any of the microsoft exclusives....
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 09/10/2007 09:27
You ARE a fanboy! Lol :). Honestly coming from my perspective I can't and won't call anything until I play it.
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Mike Maloney at 09/10/2007 09:27
I don't understand why the video game industry has no concept regarding the cost of hard drive space.
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Dale North at 09/10/2007 09:43
let's see - with the yanking of the EE, the possible removal of the HDMI, wifi, and card reader as well as 40gb HD? shit, they might even be making money!
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jerrt at 09/10/2007 09:53
i'll take all of it with a grain of salt, although i could see most of that happening. the removal of hdmi on the a budget priced version doesn't make any sense considering they heard how much people were pissed about trying to not include it the first time on the 20gig model which prompted them to put it in all of them.

yeah, that last sentence made sense to me.
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keyrat at 09/10/2007 09:55
It seems kind of dumb as a 40gb disk is only like $20 less than an 80gb.
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RICHARD BLOCKER at 09/10/2007 10:00
I could give less than a fuck about wifi. No HDMI port would be a drag. The magic number is 400.00 IMO. 40gb is plenty. If a decent library becomes available, Sony's got me.
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mandlebaum123 at 09/10/2007 10:00
I don't believe this because there is no mention of a 599 120gb unit.
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Cowboy TTop at 09/10/2007 10:01
Hexfix, you are a fanboy. You'd take another FF game over a brand new ground breaking game like Mass Effect? You need you head testing, mate.]

You speak like Sqaure Enix are infallable and can do no wrong. Such a shame you'd deny yourself good games, out of brand loyalty.
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hexfix93 at 09/10/2007 10:05
i saw the trailers of ff13, and the trailers for mass effect. ahahaahahaha, my opinion still stands.. and every final fantasy game changes.. its not stagnant. hell i would rather play fall out 3 than mass effect..
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hexfix93 at 09/10/2007 10:09
and oh, for the record. yeah i am a sony fan boy. they have impressed me with every game console and portable they have made... xbox didn't impress me, 360 still doesn't, wii didnt, neither did the gamecube, n64. what are my fav consoles? microsoft makes crappy operatings systems, ipod rip offs, and video game machines. i don't care, their track record proves it. buggy, and hardware failure beyond what is "normal".

atari 2600, intellivision, atari 5200, nes, master system, genesis, 3d0, dreamcast, ps1, ps2, ps3. those are the only consoles i loved the most. which do i like the most out of that list? ps1, dreamcast, and ps3.

i'm a console fanboy. but only to the machines that deserve my loyalty, and that is not nintendo or microsoft.. it was sega, atari, intellivision, and sony...
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brainderailment at 09/10/2007 10:11
"We've heard other rumblings about the omission of HDMI and Wi-Fi"

No fucking way will they go backwards with their hardware. A hard drive and WiFi is one thing, but HDMI doesn't cost that much to put into a console. If anything, taking it out would increase production costs because they would have to have 2 separate mainboards. I really think that sony would be stupid to introduce a 40gb version instead of dropping the 80gb down and introducing a 120gb. If 40gb=$100 one direction, it can go the other direction as well.
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hexfix93 at 09/10/2007 10:13
and oh, for the record. yeah i am a sony fan boy. they have impressed me with every game console and portable they have made... xbox didn't impress me, 360 still doesn't, wii didnt, neither did the gamecube, n64. what are my fav consoles? microsoft makes crappy operatings systems, ipod rip offs, and video game machines. i don't care, their track record proves it. buggy, and hardware failure beyond what is "normal".

atari 2600, intellivision, atari 5200, nes, master system, genesis, 3d0, dreamcast, ps1, ps2, ps3. those are the only consoles i loved the most. which do i like the most out of that list? ps1, dreamcast, and ps3.

i'm a console fanboy. but only to the machines that deserve my loyalty, and that is not nintendo or microsoft.. it was sega, atari, intellivision, and sony...
hexfix93's Avatar
hexfix93 at 09/10/2007 10:15
god i feel like such a tard when i double post on accident. ouch...

i win the head in butt award today.. easily..
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 09/10/2007 10:17
@cowboy, hexfix: chill this doesn't need to go that direction.
Let him go cowboy, if we ignore him maybe he'll go away.
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bhive01 at 09/10/2007 10:19
Talk to me after Galaxy and Brawl about the Wii. Also, notice that they're starting to do more and more online play. And, their online play is every bit as free as Sony's. Sure the friend codes suck, but maybe they'll fix that in the future too.

Also, it's not in HD, but for most that don't have an HD set they won't notice. I didn't until I got a new TV. Looks aren't everything though. If it's fun to play, then I'll do my best to play it, regardless of which system it's on.
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B-Radicate at 09/10/2007 10:30
A $400 dollar console as powerful as the PS3 is would be hard to avoid... if it had a decent back catalog of games. Some of the new games look good enough (like R&C and Drake's Fortune) but two good titles does not a worthwhile investment make.

Right now my GameFly Q has a dozen titles for the 360 and Wii that I am dying to play. I can honestly only name 1 or 2 that would make the cut if I owned a PS3.

Until the system has more games up my alley, then I won't be making the investment. No matter how many different Blu-Rays they try to shove down my throat. Why don't they take out the damn BR movie and drop the price even more? If they were competing directly with the 360 on price Microsoft would have a much tougher battle.

Oh, and removing quality attributes like HDMI (which the 360 now supports across all SKUs) and wifi (which the 360 lacks internally) would be a huge mistake. It'd be like shooting themselves in the foot.
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mix at 09/10/2007 10:30
I don't think they would remove HDMI as the whole image behind the PS3 was OMG 1080p. I could see the wifi being removed as personally, I have not used that feature once.

Also if $399 is too much, I must tsk tsk. The Elite is $499 so as of now the 60gig PS3 is $50 more (In Canada). $399 is $100 more than the Wii....which is totally worth it. I haven't touched my Wii in about 4 months.........take that as you will for an easy set up!
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crizz at 09/10/2007 10:36
I'm waiting for the $199 20GB version with the RF connection.
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wiiwillovercome at 09/10/2007 10:42
What a mess this is...let's just quickly go over what we've seen so far...

11/06 $599 60GB, $499 20GB (20 gets phased out)
7/07 $499 60GB, $599 80GB (60 gets phased out)
?11/07? $399 40GB, $499 80 GB

That's four SKUs in one year! Also, I would prefer to remove HDMI over WiFi. And I don't think they can remove the BD drive because the games are printed on BD, no?
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Necros at 09/10/2007 10:52
Bah. The most expensive one is still the one to get, it's just...still too expensive. Did everyone forget the stigma of being a Coretard?
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DGX Goggles at 09/10/2007 11:06
@crizz
LOL

Still doesn't have any games, they can make it as cheap as they want, but as long as Warhawk and Resistance are the only games to play on it, I could care less. The 40 GB PS3 is still equivalent to an Xbox Core if they strip all the goodies off of it.
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brainderailment at 09/10/2007 11:07
@necros, yeah but that's different, you don't have to buy a memory card that costs half the amount of the hard drive that should be standard in the first place. Neither do you get a crappy wired controller. The wifi is not going to make you look like a tard. BTW everyone who owns a PS3 of any form is getting made fun of anyway.
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foxhound009 at 09/10/2007 11:09
I'm soo getting it :)
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Professor Pew at 09/10/2007 11:15
I'll wait for the next pricedrop if that one won't include Spider-Man 3. No way in hell am I ever going to spend more money on something related to that movie, not even a dvdr. Is there something like a hateboy yet?
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foxhound009 at 09/10/2007 11:28
No, but I think you'll make a breakthrough with that.
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Sharpless at 09/10/2007 13:21
This could be good for Sony. Finally, something that has more harddrive space than one 360 SKU, and is cheaper than another. Honestly, though, Sony needs to scrap all this BS and release a 40GB and a 100-120GB SKU. If they want to make any progress in this next-gen "war," then they need to actually do better than MS. Either way, we do not need the 60GB system. Why can't Sony just do things intelligently for a change?
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qo_op at 09/10/2007 13:32
Uh, how does no hdmi make sense? ITS A BLU RAY DISC PLAYER! it has to have hdmi! Otherwise there would be no reason for the spiderman 3 movie. So that negates that speculation, although no wifi is still possible.
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vexed alex at 09/10/2007 13:44
I'm still to poor to buy one. Plus, my 360 is doing really well for me considering that I'm a FPS sort of dude. RPGs aren't really my bag, especially turned based. That stuff puts me to sleep.

I'm really looking forward to...God. I don't know what I'm looking forward to on the PS3. I just want one. A Blu-Ray player would be cute to have. You know what else is cute? If you google search "Blu-Ray" you'll get the official HD-DVD website on the sponsored links section. I don't know if any of you noticed that.

I guess Killzone is cool to check out, but still. I'm too poor. Hopefully this Christmas I can spend some money on myself.
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mackisawesome at 09/10/2007 14:03
for 399 i would consider buying one when theyy stop failing so much.
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RskimB at 09/10/2007 14:53
damnit sony 60gb and $400 just go together. make it happen cap'n!
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Samit Sarkar at 09/10/2007 18:58
I’m almost (almost) glad that I paid $599 for a 60 GB PS3 back on New Year’s Eve. I mean, Spider-Man 3 was full of EPIC FAIL and suckitude. Plus, I’m playing Warhawk now...and it’s awesome. Also, software emulation < EE + GS chip on motherboard.

Still, though, $100 (for 20 more GB) or $200 (for 20 less GB) is a lot of money...damn you, Sony! Pull a Steve Jobs and give me part of the difference back!
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Fading Star at 01/29/2008 01:16
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