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Will the 80GB PS3s be replaced by new 120GB or 160GB models? photo

A few days back we heard that Best Buy is dropping the 80GB PS3 model in their stores. That kicked off all kinds of wild speculation, and an analyst even chimed in, but now some new rumors point to two new models of PS3 in the works.

Ars Technica's highly accurate mole is on the case again, and he says that we can expect news SKUs with a sizable storage size increase in the future.

"Sony is, in fact, phasing out the 80GB PS3. Sony is going to stay with the two-SKU approach though, and the prices look to stay the same," the mole told Ars Technica.

"The Spiderman 3 pack-in will disappear as well once the 80GB unit is gone. In order to maintain a similar value proposition to the 80GB/Spiderman 3 bundle, I expect to see a storage increase to 120 or 160GB at the same price point, plus the new DualShock 3 controller."

Silly! If this is true, Sony must be going after the Most SKUs Ever for One Console award. If the price does stay the same, I guess we can't complain too much.

What do you think? Can we rely on AT's mole again? Do we really need bigger hard disks in our PS3s? Are you tired of waiting for the DualShock 3?


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Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 16:30
Syn
Give it time, eventually someone will write some badass PS2 and XBOX emulators and then it will be a total non-issue.
vp360's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 16:39
vp360
what happened to making only one
MasterMS's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 16:50
MasterMS
Just keep it at 80GB and lower the price, we can buy our own HHDs if that isn't enough
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 17:42
Qraze
i believe the bigger the better, though i have the 60 gig, i am glad i got that model, seems the best model to date, but i will get an hdd upgrade as i now have only 12 gigs left. and remember some of the newer sku's only have 2 usb ports, no mem card slots and no/limited bc support. but i don't care, i got the good one. ebay all day if ya want a 60 gig. and why not upgrade a sku? they just did it to the psp and it's better. its a good thing as long as they don't alienate previous owners(coughmicrosoft) #1_in_the_hood_G!!
Replica23's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 17:58
Replica23
I don't really care, I have a 60GB and am HAPPY I bought it. Even if I did pay more...
Furnimus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 18:51
Furnimus
SKU LIST:

[Microsoft]
Xbox 360 Premium
Xbox 360 Core
Xbox 360 Elite
Xbox 360 Premium w/HDMI
Xbox 360 Core w/HDMI
Xbox 360 Halo Edition
Xbox 360 Arcade

(7 SKU's)

[Sony]
PS3 60gig
PS3 20gig
PS3 80gig
PS3 40gig
?

(4[?] SKU's)

(Please tell me if I am missing any BS3 SKU's, I think I covered all of the Xbox's)

Btw, I am an Xbox 360 owner. I have had my original Premium since launch. RRoD is not 99.948576948567% like some people say (unless I got that 0.162534162543% lol). I love my Xbox and it works like a charm whenever I want it. I have nothing against BS---err---PS3.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 20:05
Sharpless
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

Why can't they just wait and do these things in the first place? They should've fucking known that they'd need to come out with higher-GB SKUs.
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 21:49
liqideos
I've already stated this in my blog...days ago...
Holiday's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2008 00:46
Holiday
Fact is the disc is going the way of the dinosaur. Music and now video is being downloaded, stored and accessed via a HD.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2008 01:17
Fading Star
Would they have Backwards Compatibility?
PixelJunky's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2008 07:41
PixelJunky
You guys do know how electronics work right? Especially the Hard Drive market.

The HD manuf advances technology and the market moves with them. After a short period of time, a 40GB will be more expensive to buy in bulk than an 80GB. The manuf would stop 40GB production altogether, and all customers (dell, HP, sony, apple) move to the higher GB model that is now in the mass production lines.

When you produce a machine at this volume, you have to move to the newer parts to keep your volume purchasing costs down. It's manufacturing economics, and why complain when even the higher volume stand alone disks get cheaper as a result too. Then I can upgrade my launch PS3 HD for cheaper.
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