Despite recently denying they would be cutting the price on their PlayStation 3 console, Sony has flipped on that notion and announced at this week's E3 event that they will begin phasing out the 40GB model of the console while dropping the price of the 80GB model by $100 USD.
The higher capacity model will now retail for $399 USD, taking over the price spot that has been held by the ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by core2kid: YOUR NOT GETTING BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL!
Check online on sites. Wiki, QJ,net, everything. This is the only site saying that the new 80GB will be B/C which its not! The B/C 80GB will still be $499! Sony DID NOT cut the price of the model, they stuck with their promise, they just upgraded the HD in the 40GB to an 80GB.
Your right the new 80 does not have BWC.Not only are you going to have 40GB of more space for that price but your going to have a Dual shock 3 controller that comes with it also.Sony is giving you more value for your money.
lol, so sony are selling this unit as "new and great" with a price reduction but in reality its a publicity stunt to drum up sales with a console with less functionality, no backwards compatibility.
you all know that as time moves on the smaller hard drives cost more to purchase as they are "old" technology and seems 250 to 500gig is now the norm 80gig is very stingy seems these drives cost about £20.
sony are like a magician doing slight of hand tricks, look at this big wow while we trick you over here!
the reason for this is because Sony introduced the video store so to encourage people to use it, they are putting in a bigger hard drive. And since the hard drives probably cost the same or close to it, it means nothing to them manufacturing wise and more money to them by encouraging people to download movies.
Originally posted by wetsparks: the reason for this is because Sony introduced the video store so to encourage people to use it, they are putting in a bigger hard drive. And since the hard drives probably cost the same or close to it, it means nothing to them manufacturing wise and more money to them by encouraging people to download movies.
Never thought of it that way but it makes a lot of sense. It probably costs less to make a 80GB than a 40GB.
Originally posted by core2kid: Never thought of it that way but it makes a lot of sense. It probably costs less to make a 80GB than a 40GB.
it will no doubt cost the same if not less to source the 80gig drives, as 40gig drives are now a waste of time and production of this old technology will be diminishing fast in favour of current technology usage 500 or 250gig drives.
as i stated in my last post its a big illusion. as they are removing the core function of backwards compatibility and covering it up with a small increase in hard drive space.
