Sony is phasing out the 60 gb to be replaced by the 80gb

[Avalach21]

Gballzack said:
The problem here is optimist assume all consumers are eager-to-pounce Sony cheerleaders. The fact of the matter is, a price cut for an older version with a newer version comming out basically makes the older version quite suspicious in the eyes of the consumer if not to a certain degree more undersireable then it would have been before hand. Given the casual consumer's typical perception of video game consoles having technical issues this generation and last it wouldn't be atypical for them to attribute the abandonment of an older model to defects or undesireable performance especially with all the fuss about firmware updates and what not to make the Ps3 do what it should have out of the box. On that note, will this newer version even fix all those issues? But then again, this pesimism isn't any more founded in many regards than the optimism fluffing this thread so let's move on to some tangible hypotheticals shall we?

If $500 instead of $600 dollars isn't enough to sway people's passions to buy a PS3 to begin with, why would you think that announcing the fact that the said $500 dollar version is now essentially dated and inferior to an upcomming better version is going to help its sales any? Did the inferior $500 20gb PS3 sell well in comparison to the $600 60gb PS3? No. So I fail to see how this is going to be any different. History people, History, it repeats itself.

If Nintendo had done something to this effect for the Wii, it would have been cursed by Sony Fanboys across the land as Nintendo forsaking the customer for a cheap buck and not doing the job right the first time. Yet surprise surprise I see people here cutely trying to put a positive twist on the whole debacle for their Sony console as if this is some master stroke in a long played Chess Game of marketing.

If this is such a good thing or non-issue (as I see it played both ways at the mercy of the optimists' arguments) then why did Sony Fanboys on this forum go apeshit with rage after it was announced? Why has Sony fanboy trolling been at an all time high? You can feign confidence but you can't hide your fear.

Oh hello Gballzack!  I'm sort of new around here, so I don't know if we've ever had the chance to introduce ourselves to each other.  Apparently to the Sony fanboys on this forum, I am you!  I hope that has been cleared up by now.