"""The multiple sku's of the box and station do present some problems""""
YES and NO
PS3 sku : minor issue :
HD capacity :
There are all up superior or egual to 20gb
that is sufficient if a game use the HD.
Retrocompability with PS2 game :
Lot of difference between the model, but the software that emulate PS2 seems to work better with the firmware update. Since it is about PS2 game AND NOT PS3 game, it is ok.
Xbox360 : big questions :
Hard drive :
The core doesnt have any hard drive. that is a big problem since some game may not play on it (CoDuty4 ?). OR Microsoft will not be able to use the Xbox360 HardDrive in the games.
HD-DVD : it seems that some develloper need more storage capacity than a DVD. Since the HD-DVD is facultative, Microsoft will not be able to use HD-DVD in game.
The SKU of the Xbox360 are more different than the SKU of the PS3 (mainly only extra storage). I see more problem in the side of Microsoft.
Time to Work !
