80gb PS3 going bye-bye?
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 - 6:08pm
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/best-buy-closing-out-80gb-ps3/
So with Best Buy closing out on them and not getting any more in, could this mean Sony is discontinuing it? Maybe because of the new white PS3 that is supposedly going to be released? Hopefully that one will have full BC, otherwise, I wash my hands of Sony unless I can find a 60gb sometime in the future.
Xbox Live: dhelor (though I don't actually HAVE an Xbox)
"Dhelor + intarwebs = Great ideas." - wordsmythe
"Do I what I do: hate everyone." - Quintin_Stone
And here I thought they had already discontinued the 80GB. Don't count on backwards compatability dhelor, Sony has decided "the fans don't really want it so we cut it to cut costs", even though everyone knows that's nothing but bad rationalizing.
I don't see them reversing that decision any time soon.
"What exactly is a squirrel licking beta grabbing frump digger?" ~trichy
"Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines and brudda.... I hurt people"
I know there are too many 360 SKUs, but the PS3 is in the same boat. I thought the 80 gig was the standard, and the 40 was discontinued, and the white one was going 180, and there was a 60..
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Blogging Pencil ...
I heard the next version of the PS3 will have a 90GB HDD, a built in Betamax player and will feature backwards compatibility, but only for those titles starting with the letters B,L, or Y. This will be complimented by the "Premium Gold" version that plays titles starting with M through S, but not B or L. Titles starting with Y will still be supported with a separate USB attachment.
Don't give them any funny ideas!
"What exactly is a squirrel licking beta grabbing frump digger?" ~trichy
"Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines and brudda.... I hurt people"
Remember when Sony said all the 360 SKU's were a terrible idea.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
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Rat Boy: All we need is Samuel L. Jackson and a simplistic title, like "Ho in a Convent," and we got ourselves a winner!
Soul Daddy: "We got Hos in a convent, mutha-f*cker"
I remember it very well, I want to tattoo it on Phil Harrison's face these days.
Now I know why my Best Buy is sold out of 80gb PS3s...and here I was finally thinking about getting one.
Quote:
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Xbox Live: Fedaykin98
bleh.. multiple sku's are a bad idea.. no matter how you try and spin it. It's stupid.. inane.. confuses the consumer and neither Microsoft or Sony should do it next generation.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
The Arcade(previously the Core), now comes with a memory card doesnt it? If you are not into movie/video downloads, how is it crippled? They added the memory card to the bundle. How exactly did Sony get it 'right' by removing components over the four different hardware featuresets during their first year (60gb, 20gb, 60gb cost reduced, 80gb cost reduced), ultimately resulting in the 40gig.
I guess it's all perspective and preferences. I would've thought the 40gb ps3 would be more accurately described as 'crippled' as it doesnt measure up to the capabilities as the PS3 was originally designed, whereas the 360 arcade is still exactly representative of what the product was designed to be.
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Eh, don't bother -- you'll want one of the 60 GB models anyway.
XBL/PSN: zeroKFE | BHA: zeroKFE | Halo Stats
Do those still exist? I thought they stopped producing them months ago.
One little wrinkle is that I have a bunch of money in the form of BB gift cards, so I'm loathe to buy anywhere else...
Quote:
- Legion, taking "keeping it in the family" to a whole new level.
Xbox Live: Fedaykin98
Ah, I see. Well, I'm sure there are still 60 GB units out there to buy, but if your options are limited as to where to buy from that might be a bit of an issue I suppose.
XBL/PSN: zeroKFE | BHA: zeroKFE | Halo Stats
Rat Boy: All we need is Samuel L. Jackson and a simplistic title, like "Ho in a Convent," and we got ourselves a winner!
Soul Daddy: "We got Hos in a convent, mutha-f*cker"
And Sony was right, they are. Doesn't mean Sony can't do it too.
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
BF2142 Stats
As we have come to find out during the PS3 "experience", Sony makes no f*cking sense.
"I recommend against throwing your kids when you're high, regardless of how high you are. You should, however, be very drunk." ~ The Fly
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Screw releasing PC games. What they need to do if they want to insist on multiple SKU's is just admit they want to get into the PC gaming machine market and call it a day. What else can you call the 360 and PS3 but gaming PC's with dedicated OS's and controllers?
"What exactly is a squirrel licking beta grabbing frump digger?" ~trichy
"Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines and brudda.... I hurt people"
http://kotaku.com/349559/80gb-ps3-not-dying-but-being-reborn-bigger
Apparently, some "insider" is saying that they're bumping the 80gb PS3 to either a 120gb or 160gb version, the hard drive size being the only potential difference between the two other than the replacement of the Sixaxis controller with the DualShock 3 controller. Price will supposedly stay the same.
Xbox Live: dhelor (though I don't actually HAVE an Xbox)
"Dhelor + intarwebs = Great ideas." - wordsmythe
"Do I what I do: hate everyone." - Quintin_Stone
Well now I'm glad that I haven't been able to find an 80gb version.
Quote:
- Legion, taking "keeping it in the family" to a whole new level.
Xbox Live: Fedaykin98