While I agree that with consoles having multiple SKUs may not be the ideal approach, Apple is doing swimmingly with several iPod models.

Why this applies to consoles and not to other electronic products is more interesting to me...

Many SKUs = many sales bursts.

 No, it makes sense, but it wasn't necessary to do.

Hell, I remember people complaining that Nintendo would be the one with a new Wii every year.

If I remember correctly, Kwaad cited the Wii 5 or 7 in 2016, when the PS4 is finally released...

i'm all for pricing discrimination and product differentiation... iPod has a million versions, but by and large the differences are clear and reasonably obvious. whereas in the ps3 case... they aren't.

and there's really nothing wrong with that. obviously sony thinks it will help sales. sony's a hardware and electronics maker, so they're pretty knowledgeable about offering products with different specs.

i think wii should have more SKU's, especially one with a bigger hard drive, like 4Gb or something.

Well, when they announce a model that is better than their original 60GB model...

ever think maybe they are going to have a version with a 65nm RSX and Cell? I'm seriously starting to hate this site..half of you dont even understand how technology works. You probably don't even know a 4 terabyte HDD is going to be released soon. Morons.

Keep the personal attacks, you willl be a great moderator.

But ...all of the iPods do the same thing - and the video iPods all do the same thing - except the split screen crap. But regardless - iPods - as craptastic as they are - aren't confusing because Apple puts out a big press release and an event to announce the new features. Not Sony - you have to go to Kotaku and find out.

Nice PR job. I am curious to see this sku - maybe it's the PS3 without BR - and BC ... now, you have my attention!

 Hmm, I thought "personal" meant one person.

Anyways, it could've been a joke or not, meh, whatever.